Kc2RTE.com
Welcome to kc2rte.com my personal page with information about my self and my interests.
My most commonly used rigs are my Kenwood TS-2000 and my mobile set up Yaesu FT-100
I have dreamed of a TS-2000 for a while now! And thanks to my friend Paul KB2FMD I finally acquired one in March of 2021! I currently use a Diamond X50a for 2m/70cm mounted on a 40ft mast as shown in my banner above. The diamond is fed with lmd 400 which runs into the switch and then a duplexer to the TS-2000. For HF I run a Off Center Fed Dipole and a Imax 2000 for 10m. I have my TS-2000 interfaced to my pc via cat control and a signalink for TX/RX.
My mobile station is by far my favorite to operate. I have the FT-100 going into a switch one line is for my nano vna when tuning my antenna and the other goes to my LDG auto tuner. I run a breed love mount, wolf river coil and a 102in whip. I do a lot of contesting and DXing from my car as well as digital.
My favorite radios
The 1958 Gonset is paired with a National NC-300 receiver. This is RF sampled with a scope and a frequecy counter to help me know what I am puting out and where I am at. I got this sweet station from my good friend Tim N2LCJ. My Gonset station is currently down and being stored as I have rearrange my entire shack. Eventually I will set up a rack for this station and get her back on the air.
Top Destinations
I dabble everywhere I possibly can from UHF to HF. Repeaters, Simplex, SSB and Digital Modes. I like to do all I possibly can and learn new things!
I primarily enjoy voice and do spend a lot of time on 2m. You will often hear me on my local traffic net the Western District Net. I really do enjoy passing and receiving radio grams. Thats where I started after all when I was a kid in 2007. In 2020 I was finally able to add HF to my station and have had a blast on SSB. Again I try to participate in traffic nets and nets in general. There are many HF nets I enjoy checking into when I am able. Other time I just enjoy running Digital. I am an RRI Digital station and pass and receive traffic using win link. For contacts I use FT8, VaraC, FlDigi PSK31 and dabble in a few others. I really expanded digital beyond FT8 in Feb-March of 2023. So many modes and so many bands to choose! If you get bored as a ham then you are not doing it right. I currently have plans for APRS in my car as well as my QTH and am also hoping to get my tower up (2023) and get an APRS weather station.
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