Located approx 25 miles NW of Austin, TX. Analog VHF/UHF local metro coverage on the 2m, 70cm, and 220Mhz FM bands. VoIP digital radio communications worldwide using a Raspberry Pi 3 running Pi-Star® in DMR mode and Wires-X® on a PC for access to YSF rooms.
The Yaesu FTM-400 and FTM-7250D on the left side provide access to 70cm/2m/C4FM modes using identical groundplane antennas. The FTM-400 can also be powered up into direct Wires-X® mode for direct digital access to YSF rooms and nodes over the internet without the need to transmit any RF. The Radiocity DB-25F and the pi-Star hotspot are teamed together to provide exclusive access to DMR talkgroups. The Alinco DR-235 provides access to the local area 220 repeaters that are still in operation but have very little traffic. The hotspot is equipped with the 70cm Ugly Duck that used be on the 2 story eave outside and was replaced with a dual band groundplane in 2026.
My legacy HF control point in those days. The Alinco DR-235 220 monobander (lower right corner) is the only radio still in service today on it's monoband 1/4 λ Ugly Duck dipole.HF operation is sorely missed, but the HOA did not approve of putting the large HF antennas back up after the wreck.
