Equipment

Transceivers

  • 1 Collins KWM-2A transceiver (vintage 1967)
  • 1 Kenwood TS 120V (10 W) transceiver as backup

 

Receiver

  • Collins 51S1 general coverage (vintage 1959) with 312B-4 speaker/watt meter console

 

Antennas

  • 1 homemade multi-band dipole (80 – 10 m) to be set up as inverted V
  • Collins dipole
  • Jasco extendable crank-up mast (15 m), rated for 120 km/h winds (we will need it!)

 

Computer

  • 1 Laptop computer

 

Microphones

  • 1 Collins MM1
  • 1 Astatic D104 lollypop

 

CW

  • 1 straight key circa 1943

 

Logging

  • Pencil and paper (pens cannot be used on the island due to climate)
  • Logs will be forwarded by e-mail to HartRAO for updating website

 

Cables

  • RG 213 Coax

 

 

1967 Collins KWM-2A transceiver



1959 Collins 51S1 receiver

312B-4 speaker/watt meter console

 

15m Jasco mast, uncranked
 

 15m Jasco mast, cranked up and guyed, with the HartRAO 26m radio telescope in the background.

 

Wooden crate built for the transportation of the Jasco mast and other equipment.  The MOBLAS6 satellite laser ranger can be seen in the background.

 

One of our mobile units, a B25 transceiver.

Syncal30/TR-48S mobile unit.