[MilCom] My station set up/ Flaming

[jeffv]

Great info, thanks.
Do you use, or are you considering, computer control?
I know there's some good software for scanners, less so for SW/ham.
You can also use VOX recording capabilities.


On 11/2/21 19:55, SCOTT BAUER wrote:
> Hello my fellow comrades
> 
> It has been a while and a few people have been asking what type gear I use here.
> My first thought would be to say the antennae is the first & upmost part of any listening
> set-up.
> 
> I have a 50ft tower on my property. Mounted upon it is a Force-12 multi-monobander
> with a 40 meter rotatable dipole attached.
> 
> A few feet below the beam is an Alpha Delta LB DX mounted in the inverted V configuration.
> This not only is my 40-160 meter Amateur radio transmit antenna, its also my main receive
> antenna for Milcomms & SWL. Highly recommended. It can hear worldwide depending on
> conditions of course.
> 
> I am currently using 2 Ten Tec RX-350 as my main listening radios. On the side I run 6
> Yaesu FRG-100. These I keep running in the background listening on less active frequencies.
> 
> For UHF/ VHF I am in a less than ideal situation. My antenna is not high enough to get good
> 2-way comms. I have been thinking for way to long about mounting  a new discone onto
> my tower as I am able to receive Aircraft in the air but not the ground stations at this time.
> I am just to far beyond the curvature of the earth to hear them.
> 
> The UHF/VHF receivers are 4 Icom IC-R100 & 2 Realistic PRO-2006 scanners.
> 
> 
> With all of this gear running in one small room it gets very loud. At Times I may get a callsign
> or 2 wrong. It does not bother me but apparently there is a  person here on Military Scan
> that thinks differently. What I am sharing is my log. Nothing else. The people that dont like
> it dont have to read it. Just hit the delete button.  I am open to discussion in an adult manner
> as well. However I dont take a lot of Bull Shit. I dont have to post my log here and I will leave
> if this continues.
> 
> Scott  FM19pb
> 
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