THE ICEMOBILE
THE KL7JR/K7ICE DX ROVING
MOBILE
OR
"HOW TO ENJOY
HAM RADIO AND HAVE YOUR CAKE
OR ANYTHING
ELSE....TOO"!
Come along and take a ride
with
John Reisenauer, Jr.,
KL7JR
and the North Country DX Association
(NCDXA).
A dedicated group of North Country expeditioners
who specialize in unique Amateur Radio activities from the
North!
MAN, THIS IS HAM
RADIO!
The "Icemobile" (WA license plate K7ICE)
is a totally self-contained DX machine custom outfitted for island
operations and contesting up North.
My 2002 "Rogue"
Class C (by McKenzie) is 32 feet long and equipped with:
-Ford Econoline E450 loaded (1 1/2
ton) w/ Triton V-10 engine, AT, PS, CC,
-AC, leather captain chairs
etc.
-15 foot long slide-out, roof ladder,
under floor storage (for masts!), Arctic package (Helps keep the
drinks colder)
-25" color tv, VCR, CD, 50 amp service,
microwave oven, roof AC, gas heat, gas stove, various electric
heaters
-large upright refrigerator and freezer
(AC, gas or DC), shower (not used much, too busy with ham radio!),
marine toilet( used often), couch and fold-out bed, queen bed in
master bedroom,
-55 gallon gas tank and capacity to carry
25 gals, (that's gallons), spare gas
-three 12 volt RV batteries, 4 kw onboard
Onan generator w/all controls inside coach, 1kw Honda generator for
a spare.
-floor penetration for three coax cables,
two-person booth for eating and operating radio
-under floor storage for 100 feet of
mast, antennas and several rolls of coax
-comes with two OPARs (One Person Antenna Raisers) and several
mast assemblies.
Main Amateur Radio
station (portable)
TS-570D and TS-50 (spare) xcvr, AL-80B
amp, T-3000 tuner, A3S tribander, (A-99 vertical, & 5 BTV
vertical, FT-840 xcvr and SB-200 amp for back up).
Secondary station
(mobile)
TS-50 xcvr, Z-100 tuner, Outbacker
vertical and several Ice Stix verticals (modified Wilson FGT CB antennas by
KL7JR)
