W5YAR (Amateure Radio Station)

See My Bio at QRZ.com

My Station:
Elecraft K4 Transceiver (S.N. 1389)
Elecraft KPA-500 Amplifier
Elecraft KAT-500 Auto Tuner
SDRplay-RSPdx
Logging - Ham Radio Delux (on 2nd 19' LCD display)
(two) Alpha Delta-4B antenna switches
Two Yaesu DX-800 DXA rotors
Microphone - Radio Shack 33-984
J-38 manual key (collecting dust until I brush-up on code)
2m (8 watts) Baofeng BF-F8HP Handheld

FOR SALE
LP-Pan panadaptor (I/Q box from TelePost)

My Antennas ( see my antenna strategy / lay-out)
Mosley 57-B-Pro on Height Tower System - 60ft
Mosley 6m 5el on (homebrew) Ladder Tower - 60ft
2m J-Pole mounted over shack -30ft
10/15/20m Tri-Band, 3 element, @ 35ft - Hy-Gain TH-3JRS
12/17m center fed homebrew copper pipe vertical dipole <---See it here.
40m dipole @ 40ft, directivity NW (330deg) / SE (150degg)
80m dipole @ 50ft, directivity NE (45deg) / SW (225deg)
160m dipole @ 32ft, one arm shortened w/loading coil
500ft loop (all bands) 160 to 6 meters
2m J-Pole @ 30ft

Aluminum Ladder Tower
56 ft crank-up / tilt-over using 3 aluminum ladder sections <---See it here

Above:
My current QSL card shows me at age 17 (1958) opereating 6 meters as a Technician, running 50 watts AM on a modified military BC-1158 transmitter. For receiving, I built a vacuum tube 6 meter to 40 meter converter, which I tuned-in on my National NC-125 receiver. Much has changed since1958, but antennas still remain a comforting constant, in fact, I'm still using my old Hi-Par 6 meter Yagi which is over 61 years old.

Need my QSL Card
Cards - 100% on receipt of your card, however SASE appreciated.
LoTW - Yes (uploaded monthly)

Try these D.I.Y templates:
download my QSL card (.ppt format) for use as a template to create your own card. 4 cards per sheet fits nicely on Office Depot #244-360 Semi-Gloss Pro Photo Paper, scissors cut, about 8 cents/card. For best results, edit with Microsoft Power Point.

my ARRL logo calling cards (.doc format). Use as template, prints on Office Depot #388-302 business card stock. For best results edit with Microsoft Word.