Cedrick Johnson

Welcome!

This site is mostly dedicated to my passion/hobby, Ham (Amateur) Radio. I primarily focus on Contesting, however I am active in DX’ing. Primary mode of operation is CW (Morse Code) but am active in Phone and RTTY contests.

Please feel free to browse around, I also am active in drone flying and have taken a lot of pictures in various places around Chicago and beyond.

The station underwent a bit of an upgrade in late 2018/2019 and it lost a lot of weight! Now using Flexradio 6600 instead of the KX3 and IC-7300 and all the assorted outboard switching required for SO2R operation. See the old station here

Current Station Layout (2020)

Station 1 (Main): FlexRadio 6600 + Maestro – Full SO2R

Station 2 – Backup SO2R

ICOM IC-7300
Kenwood TS-940S/AT (with Piexx computer control interface)
DXDoubler SO2R Controller (with Piexx SO2Rxlat interface)

VHF

Q5 Signal 2M Transverter
RM Italy LA-144 Linear Amplifier

Other Equipment

SPE Expert 1K-FA Solid State amplifier
Alpha 76PA Amplifier
LP-100A Digital Vector Wattmeter with dual coupler option
Array Solutions Six Pack 2 radio antenna switch.
Green Heron Everyware wireless interface/software for antenna switching from any computer (local or remote).
StreamDeck programmable keypad to control various Green Heron switches
VA6AM High Power bandpass filters for 160, 80, 40 and 20 Meters
(New – Spring 2020) Homebrew coaxial stubs for 40 & 20 Meters, in parallel with the VA6AM HP filters to achieve greater isolation between these 2 bands.
Low Band Systems 40/20/15/10 1500W Quadplexer
Vibroplex and Bencher BY-1 morse code paddles