ZS2EZ SHACK LINEUP
The
ZS2EZ zhack is located in a room that forms part of a flatlet at the
family home in the residential suburb of Walmer, Port Elizabeth. Our
family have occupied this house for the past 65 years. The flatlet is
against the boundary wall of the property, and the shack is at the end
closest to the house (and directly alongside the tower). There is a
bathroom in the middle, and the bedroom is on the left.
The ZS2EZ residence. The shack is at the right (directly below the tower)
RADIO's:
Kenwood TS2000X (HF+6m+2m+70cm+23cm)
Kenwood TK-80 HF Transceiver (On Loan from ZS2GV)
Kenwood TM-241 (2m FM)
Kenwood TR-7730 (2m FM with 88.5Hz Tone Board)
Icom IC-22A (2m FM Xtal Controlled)
SDRPlay RSP1 100kHz-2GHz SDR Receiver
Tyt TH-UVF1 Portable (2m/70cm)
2x Baofeng UV5R Portables (2m/70cm)
RTL2832U R820T2 USB SDR Receiver
ANTENNAS:
Hy-Gain TH-7DX 7 Element Tribander (10m/15m/20m)
EFHW (80m/40m/30m/20m/17m/15m/12m/10m)
30m Inverted V Dipole
40m Inverted V Dipole
60m Inverted V Dipole
80m Inverted V Dipole
Diamond X50 Dualband (2m/70cm) Collinear
Comet GP-1 (2m)
Elevated 1/4Wv Groundplane (2m)
162MHz Endfed Dipole (AIS RX)
UHF Folded Dipole
137MHz Turnstile (NOAA WxSAT RX)
STATION ACCESSORIES:
YAESU FC-902 ANTENNA TUNER
LDG DTS-6 ANTENNA SWITCH
QNC HF QRM NOISE CANCELLER
SDR TX/RX SWITCH
KENWOOD MC-60 DESK MICROPHONE
KENWOOD SP-23 SPEAKER
YAESU G-1000C ROTATOR (BROKEN)
HEIL PROSET PLUS HEADSET w/DUAL-ELEMENT BOOM MIC
MICROHAM MICROKEYER II
K3NG ARDUINO CW KEYER
HOMEBREW SOUNDCARD INTERFACE
2x DAIWA CN620A SWR/POWER METERS
HAL DXP-38 MULTIMODE TNC
plus an assortment of Power supplies and other accessories
Shack Layout
Kenwood TS-2000X, Kenwood SP-23 Speaker, Kenwood PS-60 PSU, Kenwood MC-60 Desk Mic, MicroHam MicroKeyer II,
QNC HF Noise Canceller, Yaesu FC-902 Tuner, Daiwa CN620A Meter
Kenwood TS-2000X with Heil Pro-Set Plus Headset
Kenwood TS-2000X
Kenwood TR-7730
Portables : Tyt TH-UVF1 (2m/70cm), Kenwood TK-2000 (2m), 2x Baofeng UV5R (2m/70cm)
LDG DTS-6, HAL DXP38, Kenwood TK-80 (on loan from ZS2GV), Kenwood TR-7730
Main Monitors Running DXLab Commander, DXKeeper and DXView, JTDX and JTAlert
Monitor Running DXLab SpotCollector
The Shack PC - An Intel i5 12th Gen with 32Gb RAM, Running Windows 11 Pro 64 Bit.
SDR Console Software with SDRPlay Receiver running as a Panadapter following TS-2000X
ZS2EZ-3 DX Cluster - CC Cluster Running on Mini PC (Windows 10 Pro)
(Marine Traffic RPi unit to right of Mini PC)