Radio Station of KN5GRK Herman
My name is Herman Campbell, and this is a shot of me in my "ham shack".
I first became interested in amateur radio back in 1956 while in high school.
Our school had a radio club
W5RFS. I joined, received my novice license "KN5GRK"
in 1956 which was only
good for one year. After it expired, I never pursued ham radio until man years
later. Some ham radio friends of mine kept insisting that I should get back into the
hobby, and after some threats and pushing, I finally gave in to them. I tested and
received my Tech. License with the call "KC5LTJ". It seemed that everyone in this area
had a KC5LT…. something or other, so when the vanity calls came out, I applied and
received my old vanity call back again. BTW, I still have the original license. I thought mabee I would give you a brief idea of what my radio room (a.k.a shack)
looks like at the present time. I hope to make some changes as time goes by, it is by
far what I would like it to be.
By right clicking on the photos, you can get a larger view.
This is a shot of the center of my operator's desk. You can see
that I am running an Icom IC-7200 transceiver on 80 75 40 20 10 meters with a Astron 35A power supply driving a Yaesu FL-2100B linear amplifier with a MFJ 989C Roller Inductor tuner. I also run a Icom IC-2100H on two meters with a Astron 12A power supply .I also have a AES PK-88 that I use on packet on occasions. I power the ICOM-730 with a Heath HP1144 20 amp power supply, the ICOM 2100H with a Astron RS 12A power supply. I have a dual band Kenwood TM-V71A with a Astron 25A power supply. You can normally find me on 75 meters each evening on the followings nets: Louisiana Traffic Net - M/W/F/S @ 1800 hrs CT 3910 KHz Gulf Coast SB Net - Monday thru Sunday @ 0030Z 3925 KHz. Delta 75 Net - Monday thru Saturday @ 1900 hrs 3905 KHz. |
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| Shown above top is my Yeasu FL-2100B that I acquired from the estate sale of Stu Rhoner WD5FDD now a Silent Key . Shown at bottom is my Icom IC-7200 Transceiver and my Icom IC-2100H VHF Transceiver. |
Above is a shot on the right side of my radio console showing a small TV at top and my Icom IC-706 MK2G ("Go-kit") and my Kenwood TM-V71A ("Go-kit"). |
| Above
is a shot of the left side of my ham station showing my Samsung LM-2165W
Laser printer and my desktop Core2 computer running Windows 10. |
Above is another shot of the left side of my ham radio shack showing my computer and monitor. You can also see my Icom SM8 desk microphone. Underneath is a storage area |
| Above is my Icom IC-7200 Transceiver. | Above is my Icom IC-2100H 2 meter transceiver and MFJ-989C 2 KW Roller Inductor. |
| This is my Kenwood TM-V71A dual band transceiver mounted on a piece of heavy gauge Plexiglas to make a VHF/UHF Go-kit. Just plug in 110 vac and a dual band antenna and you are ready to go. | My VHF/UHF Go-kit has a 25 amp switching power supply mounted on the board. Right now I am using it as a stand-by base station connected to a Blackbird dual band "J" pole antenna up 15 feet at back of QTH. |
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Above is my Icom IC-706 MK2G transceiver and MFJ 986 Antenna
Tuner. It is mounted on a piece of heavy gauge Plexiglas along with a speaker as Go-kit. Just needs 12 volts dc and HF antenna. |
This
is my CDE antenna controller box that turns my Hi-Gain TH3 antenna mounted
on a Glen Martin Hazer at 30 feet on a Rohn 25 tower located in my back
yard. |
| My first license (Novice) I received in June 1956 at Little Rock Central High School. Their club station (W5RFS) consisted of AN/ARC-5 Command Radio Set on 40 meters on the 4th floor with a long wire antenna. | This
is a view under my operating desk. I have switched and un-switched receptacles
that I control power going to my ham radio equipment. |
My Antennas
80/75/40/20/10 m 120' Inverted "V" at
30 foot center - 8 foot on ends.
40/20/10 m
Hi-Gain TH-3 at 30 feet on a Glen Martin Hazer on Rohn tower.
10 m 10 meter dipole at 20 feet.
2 m Cushcraft ARX-2B Ringo Ranger on a Rohn 25 tower at 30 feet.
VHF/UHF
Blackbird dual band "J" Pole at 12 feet.
Click here to see my QSL Card.
Some of my favorite events.
Ham of the Year
2010 - I was selected AARA Louisiana Section
"Ham of the Year 2010".
Many Hamfest 2010 - Pie
in the Face - Herman Campbell (KN5GRK) gets a
cherry pie in the face by Virginia Bryant (KE5DJA). Recorded on Saturday, June
5, 2010.
