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# Hardware

Equipment in use, spare parts, and manuals.

## Station

* Aluma T-24XXHD tower — fully lowered in the August 2026 roof photo
* Lab rack: power distribution unit (PDU), Astron 1 / Astron 2 power supplies, IC-9700 and IC-R8600 radios, PC1-RF and PC2-Pointing computers, and rotator controller

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Aluma Tower T-24XXHD — shop drawings
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Rack layout
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Rack position — includes the airflow slide not in the PDF
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## Antennas

The band labels (2 m, 70 cm, and 12 cm) describe the radio frequencies the antennas are made for, not their size.

* M2 2M7X — installed 2 m
* M2 425CP16 — installed 70 cm
* DSE1276LY — spare 12 cm loop yagi

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M2 2M7X — manual
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M2 425CP16 — manual
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DSE1276LY — 12 cm loop yagi kit
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## Pointing

* AlfaSpid BIG-RAS rotator — turns the antennas left/right and up/down
* ROT2Prog controller — controls the rotator’s movement

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BIG-RAS specifications
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ROT2Prog controller manual
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Standard rotator setup
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Do not regulate
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## Radios

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IC-9700 — basic manual
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IC-9700 — advanced manual
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IC-9700 — computer control commands (CI-V)
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IC-R8600 — instruction manual
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IC-R8600 — computer control commands (CI-V)
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## Station photos

![IC-R8600 rear panel](https://1394776253-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPuVVtRVX2TItLnaqjW8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-fad15a5b25fd41aea15a043b6bb3509f72ce089d%2Fimage1.jpg?alt=media)

![IC-R8600 front panel](https://1394776253-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPuVVtRVX2TItLnaqjW8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6db542ac5c23a7389530ce1ed92389bf3f2125ac%2Fimage3.jpg?alt=media)

![Astron rack power units](https://1394776253-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPuVVtRVX2TItLnaqjW8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-29172c4f643597248bdb307e6e11c84ce497fab9%2Fimage4.jpg?alt=media)

![Rack layout](https://1394776253-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPuVVtRVX2TItLnaqjW8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6666a4445a774f04d3d7dc272dfb5ae4769cb09c%2Frack-image1.png?alt=media)