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| The Southeast Ohio Radio Adventure Team is a small group of ham radio operators with ties to southeastern Ohio who enjoy operating their radios outdoors and when away from home. | |
| Meet the SEORATs: K8RAT | N8XWO | W8MHV | WD8RIF | K4SWL | |
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Mike is a fan of directional field-portable antennas and has built a 330' vee-beam for field use; he is also a fan of large competition-grade radios and has taken a Yaesu FT-920 to SEORAT field events. Mike has many HF rigs, including a 10-watt Elecraft K2; a Kenwood TS-930A with Inrad CW filters; a Ten-Tec Argonaut 515, Scout, Omni D, and Corsair II; a Yaesu FT-102; and a Heathkit HW-8, HW-9, and HW-16 with HG-10B VFO. Mike is fascinated by historic means of generating CW and has developed a good fist with a cootie/sideswiper fashioned from a kitchen knife, a c-clamp, and a pair of vise-grips (photo).
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John has numerous rigs for HF and VHF, modern and vintage, including an ICOM IC-706MkIIG and an IC-746, both of which he uses in the field. Within the team, John is the guru on weak-signal VHF operations.
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Drew has far too many rigs to list, but in his stable of rigs can be found an Elecraft K1, KX1, 10-watt K2, and 100-watt K2; a YouKits TJ6A Pro; a Hendricks PFR3; a Yaesu FT-817; an ICOM IC-781, IC-7000, and IC-7800; a Ten-Tec Argonaut 515 and Argonaut II; an Index Labs Improved QRP Plus; and several homebrew rigs. Drew has ordered and is awaiting delivery an Elecraft KX3 kit. Drew is a fan of vintage equipment and has a very impressive collection of "heavy metal". Drew's home station, with the exception of the vintage equipment, is powered by sunlight. Visit Drew's Amateur Radio and Asia Travels web sites.
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Eric's collection of HF rigs includes a 10-watt Elecraft K2, a Heathkit HW-7, HW-8, HW-9, and HW-16 with HG-10B VFO; and an ICOM IC-735. Eric's favorite rig is his Elecraft K2 which is the heart of his K2 Travel Kit. Eric has been experimenting with easy-to-deploy field-portable antennas. Visit Eric's Amateur Radio web site.
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Tom has an Elecraft four-band KX1 and 10-watt K2 and a Ten-Tec Omni VI Plus. Tom is experimenting with field antennas using a 31' Jackite telescoping fiberlass pole. Tom and his wife, Heather, recently finished building a passive-solar house with an off-the-grid hamshack. Tom is looking forward to erecting several very significant antennas on the new property. Visit Tom's Ears to Our World, QRPer.com, and SWLing.com websites.
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