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K6AA's permanent station is on the second floor of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. Station operators are club members who donate their time to explain communications and amateur radio to museum guests.

 



Station Operators PDF Print
Written by Bev Pitman   
Tuesday, 11 May 2010 14:22

Click read more to see images of our current, active station operators.

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Station History PDF Print
Wednesday, 05 May 2010 11:49

Hello, my name is Doug Dowds, W6HB,

 

I am the trustee for K6AA and President of URAC for 2012.

 

The station is located at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. We operate 6 days a week; closed on Mondays. We operate the radios, but there is also a lot of interaction with the public. Individuals, school and other groups, tour the museum and stop at the station. This gives us an excellent opportunity to familiarize the public with what Ham radio is all about. Both, by explaining it to them and by demonstrating the various modes that we use at K6AA. We have visitors from all over the world, and it is great to be able to chat and learn more about them. Hams from around the country and the world are frequent visitors to the station. New Ham buddies are often developed. Hams that I've met on the air stop in at the museum to visit, several are from other countries.

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Station Equipment PDF Print
Wednesday, 05 May 2010 10:57
Rigs:
  • ICOM IC-718 HF Xcvr
  • Radio Shack HTX-242 2 meter FM
  • ICOM 220 FM Xcvr
  • ICOM 756 Pro III

Antennas:

  • Mosley TA-53M 5-band Yagi
  • 80-40-30 meter fanned dipole
  • Isopole for 220
  • Collinear for 2 meters

Miscellaneous:

  • Heil ICM w / mini boom, Heil Classic 5 & Heil Proset 5
  • AEA TNC for packet
  • Alliance HD-73-1 rotator
  • LDG AT-11MP auto tuner
  • Clear Speech speaker
 
QSL Information PDF Print
Wednesday, 05 May 2010 10:48
  • Callsign: K6AA
  • Class: Club
  • Effective: 23 March 2010
  • Expires: 15 Jan 2018
  • Trustee: W6HB, Douglas L. Dowds
  • QSL Mgr: DOMESTIC W/SASE; DX VIA BUREAU
  • Coordinates: 33° 44' 9" N, 118° 17' 23" W
  • Coordinates: 33.735842 -118.289745
  • County: Los Angeles
  • Grid: DM03ur
  • Area Code: 310
  • GMT Offset: -8
  • Time Zone: Pacific
  • Birthday: 01 Jan 1927
  • Website: http://www.k6aa.org
  • Club Call Frequency: 145.510
 


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