4Z5TX Amateur Radio Page

My antenna

• My callsign is 4Z5TX.
• I'm an amateur radio operator since 2008.
• I am a member of the Israeli Amateur Radio Club (IARC).
• My QTH is Tel Aviv in Israel, grid square KM72ma.
• My square on the Hollyland Contest during 2009 was E14TA.
• I'm on QRZ

Zumi DXing

I currently have two transceivers - for HF I am using a Drake TR-7 along with a Kenwood MC-50 microphone. I was told the Drake is the first fully amateur solid-state receiver ever made. For VHF/UHF I am using the IC208H, connected to a switched SEC1223 PSU.

I currently have two antennas - a dual-bander VHF/UHF which I built from a magmount antenna, and a 20m Inverted-Vee HF antenna built from utility line wires and a custom-made splitbox.
I raised the antenna with some help¹⁾. The antenna pole is made from a water pipe (like a standard TV antenna mast), about 6m (~20ft) long, with steel bars on it so it'll be possible to climb on. On the top of the antenna I mounted two pulleys which enable me to bring the dipole center insulator up and down ²⁾. On top of that the UHF/VHF antenna is mounted.

Bringing up the antenna

Israel's 61st Independence Day 2009, featuring my wife Adi.

Cheat-sheet thumbnail

I made this cheat-sheet for my procedures tests. It helped me to summarize the material and act as a quick reference.

Get the full document here.