I have a very small yard, so I tried various small antennas. ATAS-100 (Yaesu) worked fine for sometime. Currently I am using combination of ICOM auto tuner AH-4 and compact V dipole from RADIX. I QSOed 350 stations at 2007 All JA contest.
　 　 　
QRV at BY1BJ Some oversea trip experience JA1PTO Station

　

　

　

　
　 　 　
　 Installed Ubuntu 10.10
 (2011/5)
　 Yokoma tour with JA1IZZ and JA1PYP (2010/3)
　 Visited Hamer's, ham shop at Yokohama (2010/2)
　 Visited Hamland, local ham shop (2010/1)
　 Build 430 and 1200MHz collinear antennas (2009/9)
　 2009 Ham Fair in Tokyo (2009/8)
　 Remote control radio (2009/5)
　 Constructed an SO2R switch (sort of). (2009/5)
　 2008 Ham Fair in Tokyo. I applied for a DXCC. (2008/8)
　 2008 MLB opening series in Japan Oakland Athletics vs Tokyo Giants (2008/3)
　 My first QSO in the US using AF6FA call sign (2008/3)
　 Passed FCC Extra class examination and received AF6FA call sign (2007/9)
　 Apartment antenna and manual antenna tuner I purchased at HRO in Califronia (2007/5)
　 First US trip after 7 years, visited HRO (2007/4)
　 After long time, operated BY1BJ (2006/12)
　 Operated BY1BJ, pile up by RTTY mode (2006/2)
　 Tried to build eh antenna but failed. (2006/2)
　 Home brewed portable CW puddle (2006/1)
　 Operated BY1BJ fourth time, tried RTTY (2004/8)
　 Operated BY1BJ third time, tried CW (2004/6)
　 Operated BY1BJ second time (2004/5)
　 First guest operation at Bejing BY1BJ (2004/2)
　 Home brewed frequency counter (2003/8)
　 Home brewed dip meter (2003/7)
　 PC interfaces (2002/6)
　 Bicycle moble using FT-817 (2001/8)
　 Contest with mobile shack (2001/4)
　 JA1PTO mobile with FT-100 and FT-757GX (2001/1)
　 　 　

　

One time popular Heathkit SB301 and SB401 line. Movie titled Frequency featured these equipment.

Very simple interface. I can operate RTTY or SSTV.

　

My early home brewed equipment around 1965.

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