WA7EOC

Yakima County Radio Amateurs Club Station
Located at the Yakima County EOC
(Emergancy Operation Center)
"Office of Emergancy Managment"
KB7HDX Trustee

This Station is in the Basement of a four story Building, which made running Coax a real chore. We made the run through an Elevator shaft to the roof. The longest run of cable is 244 feet. Most of the runs use 1/2" Andrews Hardline and 1/4" "Superflex" for the connecting jumpers.

The Station consists of the following equipment;

Icom  IC-737A  HF Radio connected to a 40/80 meter dipole and Cushcraft R-5 Vertical
Icom  IC-281H  VHF Radio connected to a AEA Isopole
Icom  IC-281H  VHF Radio connected to a Diamond Tri-Band antenna
Kenwood  201B VHF Radio connected to a Cushcraft ARX-270
Icom  IC-481H  UHF Radio connected to a Cushcraft ARX-270
Icom IC-38A  VHF(220) Radio connected to a AEA Isopole


Packet Radio station with the following:

AEA PK-900 driving a Icom IC-737A operating pactor and a Kenwood TR7400 to connect to the local Node YKM
This station is on the air at all times, unless voice traffic is needed on HF, (Radio is shared) Pactor Frequency is 3626.1 LSB and is part of a state wide net.

Amateur Television:

PC Electronics 10 watt transceiver (440 Mhz)
PC Electronics 1.2 Ghz Downconverter
We are able to send and receive ATV pictures

We also operate a Sheriffs office radio, Red Cross/Cemnet radio, and a Radio to access a GMRS Repeater

Power for all this equipment is provided from 2 RS-20 Astron power supplys and 1 RS-35. The building is supported with a generator in the event of power failure, and it is registered as a fallout shelter.