[SCCC] central oregon radio qth forsale

Bruce Horn bhorn at hornucopia.com
Sat May 6 12:09:31 EDT 2006



Central Oregon Ham Radio Contest QTH for Sale


Property Location and features:

Easy commute from the Portland area.  Use as a weekend retreat, vacation
home, retirement site or permanent residence.

Central Oregon in Jefferson County.  25 miles S.W. of Madras,
Oregon and approximately 50 miles NW of Bend Oregon on
5 acres of Juniper populated land close to Lake Billy Chinook.
Private lake access for year round fishing and water sports.

Property includes a 3br 2-bath manufactured home.  Approx
1400 sq. feet of living space with full wrap-around deck.
Wood fired stove, gas range/oven and electric refrigerator
included.  Also part of the deal is a 24'X48' shop with cement
floor, fully lit and heated.  A great place to tinker with a hobby or
shop tools.  A 8'X18' enclosed wood shed and an old but habitable
Vacation trailer are also on the property.

This property is located within the Three Rivers Recreation area.
3R is a gated community covering 7000 acres of land on the shores
of Lake Billy Chinook.

3R is unique in that it is off the electrical grid.  Each property
owner takes care of their individual utility needs.  No utility bills!

This property has its own solar and wind electrical generation system.
The system consists of wind generators, solar panels, and battery storage
System, DC to AC converter and two Onan auxiliary generators.
One diesel and the other propane.  TV and Internet via installed
Satellite Dish system.  Telephone service via Cell.

Diesel and Propane delivered year round.  Off grid living
gives one a pioneering sense of living as well as independence
from local utility power failures or interruptions and noise etc.






If you ever wanted to live near nature and away from the
maddening hub-bub of the city dweller this is your chance.  Wild
life abounds right in your front yard!  Absolute peace and quiet
is the norm.  View of Central Oregon mountain peaks are
included.





Ham Radio Features and Inclusions


Four Rohn towers fully approved and in place.  One 190' Rohn 55G
Rotating Tower and two Rohn 45G (one 165' and one 85') and one
105' Rohn 25G tower all utilizing Phillystran guys and hardware.
Each tower has a variety of HF antennas in place.  Some 23 antennas
in total.  Antennas include 10-15-20m stacks as well as stacked full
sized 40m Yagis on 50' booms.  Various Tri-banders and wire 4-Squares
for 80 and 160m also included.

All antennas are fed by buried hardline coaxial cable.  All feed lines
terminate outside the radio room wall into a switching matrix controllable
from inside the shack.

Highlight of this remote radio QTH is the lack of man-made noise as
well as no TVI, Stereo, BCI, Garage door opener interference etc.
No one pounding on the door or calling you in the middle of the night
complaining about your radio activities!  Total freedom plus peace and
quiet!

Summer climate is magnificent.  Warm and dry.  Winters are extra
peaceful and quiet.  Only 11" of annual rainfall in this dry, low humidity
high desert climate.  Rust or corrosion does not exist!  Elevation is 3200 
feet.
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A 23' Bayliner V6 inboard deck/ski boat could be negotiated into the
deal if buyer is interested.  Also negotiable is a Kubota L-35
4WD tractor with front loader and rear mounted box grader.

All sorts of shop tools including extensive rigging gear needed to maintain
or expand the antenna systems are also available (separately) if buyer
interested.

Also available separately are two Yaesu FT-1000 Mk 5's, an ACOM
2000A auto tune amplifier and a Henry 8k auto tune brute of an amplifier
using a 3CX3000A tube.  Station designed for full SO2R operation.





Declining health forcing sale.

Asking price including towers and antennas is:  $289,000.

Contact:  Bob Wruble, W7GG, Ai7b, WW7OR

Email:  <mailto:w7gg at comcast.net>w7gg at comcast.net
503-816-5002  


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