05-05-2013 - 900mhz & the Kenwood TK-981

I'm fascinated by 900 and microwave frequencies.  I am new to 900 and have no equipment operating on the higher bands at this time.

Most people in the area are using Moto's for 900 and I own 2 of them.  I had read about the Kenwood TK-981 rigs and decided to give them a try.

They work well and are easy to program.

I was able to find a place where I get get into our local repeater at 927.6125 from my front balcony. I am surrounded by buildings and I am in a lower spot than what surrounds me to the North and to the East.

The repeater is located East/NE of me. I have a 200 foot tall building across the street NE of me. It's a problem for me. I found I can point a small YAGI north and get into the repeater. I have no doubts this is via reflection.

Here I am outside testing the radios and checking into the Super Sunday Niner Net.

The screen is not metal it is nylon.

Hope to hear you on 900mhz.

05-04-2012 - May Foxhunt as reviews by Ray / AA4UK

I was unable to make it to the Foxhunt but Ray / AA4UK has an excellent review on his site.


You can read his review here:   5/4/2013 - Foxhunt Exercise Review by Ray AA4UK

04/07/2013 - Tri-State 145.450/146.940 Link Project

On 4-7-2013 the Tri-State 145.450 repeater located in Downtown Memphis was linked to the 146.940 repeater located in Oakland TN. This video shows connection of the repeater and link radio at the 145.450 site. Combined the 2 repeaters cover all or parts of 8 counties in Ark, TN, and MS. Stacey KJ4MDA was the first station to make a contact via the link. Thanks to Ervin KU4K, Tony WA4HKN, Randy WB4LHD, Danny KF4FXZ, Jeff AJ4GY, Mike KK4MCL, and Joe WA4OVO.

It's always nice high above Downtown Memphis

A special thanks to Mike / KK4MCL for making this video!

This half of the link system enjoys great coverage from East Memphis into Eastern Arkansas.

We have P-P-P-P-P-POWER

Here is the one end of the link shown with some filtering for the receive side.

On 03/02/2013 - Ervin / KU4K, Randy / WB4LHD, and myself set up and did some testing on the Downtown end of the link.

02/24/2013 - SCO work with Tri-State Repeater Assn.

Tri-state operates WB4KOG-3 APRS Digi from the SCO building in Midtown Memphis.

Danny KJ4FXZ is not afraid of heights. 

02/23/2013 - Mississippi QSO Party with Olive Branch ARC / W5OBM

02/23/2013 - Here are just a few pics I took while at the Mississippi QSO Party with Olive Branch ARC / W5OBM. We operated from Ashland MS since there are very few ham operators in Benton County.

02-16-2013 - Ham Breakfast, MDARC, Clark Tower

Saturday Morning Ham Breakfast at Danvers

Memphis Digital Amateur Radio Club Meeting

Trip to the top of Clark Tower for Tri-State Repeater Association

Looking south from the roof of Clark Tower @ 365 feet above East Memphis.

Looking North

Looking West with Downtown in the Distance. One of our repeater antennas is in the center just right of the red marker light.

Looking East/SE toward Germantown.

And 2 more pics looking West.

02/02/2013 - Repeater work in Downtown Memphis

Repeater work 330 feet above Downtown Memphis.


Looking SE over Memphis

Looking North

Looking West into Arkansas.

Looking South.

This is the Tri-State 145.450 repeater. This repeater is being linked to 146.940 in Oakland.

This is the Tri-State 444.775 repeater which is being relocated to East Memphis and linked into the West Link system.