Home Station:Icom 9700for Satellites and D-Star and VHF/UHF.Icom 7300for all things HF including mostly FT8!Icom 705for HF, DSTAR, portable and mobile operations. Antennas on HF: 135′ EFHW antenna – 80m through 10m at 40′. 65′ EFHW antenna – 40m through 10m at 35′. 6m dipo...
Other Setup Notes Setting up the 7100 is pretty easy, but there’s a lot of features in there, and it’s a good idea to take time to go through both the Basic and Advanced manuals. D-Star is particularly confusing, and understanding the D-Star sections of the manual will require some...
Icom 705 for HF, DSTAR, portable and mobile operations. Antennas on HF: 135′ EFHW antenna – 80m through 10m at 40′. 65′ EFHW antenna – 40m through 10m at 35′. 6m dipole at 17’made from leftover BuddiPole parts VHF / UHF / Beyond: Diamond D-130 Discone antenna with 25-...