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JUAN A. GRANADOS - K4LCD

Owner and Moderator of the SDR (Software Defined Radio) User’s Discussion Group.

First licensed in Cuba in 1958 as CO2ZS.

Winner of the 1959 World Wide CQDX Contest - 14Mz Single Operator - Division: CUBA.

RADIOS AND AMPS: Transceivers: YAESU FT DX 1200; KENWOOD TS-590S; KENWOOD TS-2000; Yaesu FT-857; Transverter for 472KHz - 505KHz built for me by KB5NJD, John Langridge of Duncanville, TX modified from a design by Roger Lapthorn G3XBM's; RF-Space SDR-IQ Receiver; 2xSoftrock Ensemble II SDR receivers; Jackson Harbor LF/MF RX down converter.

Icom IC-706MKII-G, (Antenna Tuner) and Screwdriver antenna, installed in the 2009 Toyota Corolla.

IRLP Node 8130 w/ICOM Ic-208H Antenna is duoband 145/440 vertical at 60 feet (off the air).

TOWERS: Heavy Duty motorized TRIEX 38' Rotor: Tailtwister; Guyed ROHN 45, 50'; Rotor: Tailtwister.

ANTENNAS: 20M through 10M TENNADYNE T8 LOGPERIODIC AT 52 FEET (16 meter); 160/80M Shunted 50' Rohn 45G Tower; 40M Slopper fed at 50 foot (15 meter) level of tower; 98 radial ground system; 432 M2 432-9WL YAGI; 144 M2 2M12 YAGI; 54Mhz M2 6M7JHV Yagi;

*Lowband receive only antennas: 4xEWE loops for 160/80Mts custom designed by Floyd Koontz (WA2WVL) and 160/80M coax rotatable loop; LF/MF amplified coax loop; . Preamps are Advance Receiver Research. Timewave ANC-4 Noice Canceller.

VHF and UHF AMPLIFIERS: Mirage B1016 and B1010 brick amps; Modified Heathkit SB220 1KW in 6 Meters.

HF AMPLIFIERS AND TUNERS: Ameritron ALS-600 solid state HF amp; Ameritron AL-82 HF amp; Heathkit SB-220 HF Amp; Palstar AT 1500CV Antenna tuner.

2 BIRD WATTMETERS, MFJ-269 Antenna Analyzer, DAIWA WATT METER, 2xASTRON POWER SUPPLIES and Power werx Power Supply.

COMPUTERS: GATEWAY i5 Windows 8 64bits; GATEWAY quattro Windows 7 64bits; Emachine Windows XP;

DIGITAL SOFTWARE: FLRIG, FLDIGI, WSPR and others.

Plus: complete state of the art mobile station.

Email: k4lcd@bellsouth.net

Skype: juangranados-miami