The Shack

The Club has a designated area in Buckman 203 where most of our operations occurs at:

Ham Shack

The shack as of 2025-02-22

Radios

We currently own and operate with the following radios:

  • Yeasu FT891
    • Our primary HF radio
  • Yeasu FTM-6000R
    • Our primary VHF/UHF radio
  • G90 Radios
    • Used for any portable uses and for it’s excellent tuner
  • UT-2000A Antenna Tuner
    • An ol’ school tuner which does wonders, none of this modern auto-tuner rubbish ;)
  • AirSpy HF
    • For any receive-only uses

Antennas

Our main HF antenna is XR5 9-element Yagi from InnovAntennas, 20ft on top of Buckman Hall rotatable with an MFJ rotator.

We also have a Diamond Vertical for VHF/UHF (currently not connected), a Diamond D130J discone for a wide-band operation, and a Nooelec GOES satellite dish for GOES16 reception (currently unused due to unknown interference issues).

Research Equipment

The Club has access to the following equipment which are geared towards RF research.

  • Agilent N9310A RF Signal Generator
  • Agilent N9320B Spectrum Analyzer
  • Multiple N201 USRP
  • RFSoC 4x2 Kit

They are available on request, managed by the Club Trustee.