My Humble Shack

[NoRide]

Hello RR members.

Thought I'd post a couple pics of my humble shack. Only started about 3 months ago. With the help of members, I feel I have some good equipment and a solid starting point. Use the Pro-97 mainly for trunking and the BCT-15 for everything else. Not much to look at but here it is.

Moved the Scatenna and RS 20-176 back inside for now as I never came up with a permanent mounting solution. It's in a unused spare room. Looking for something to act as a base for the pole so I can get my bar stool back. :lol:

 

[n3ncn]

Very nice.

 

[mikeydcg2003]

always love to see the glow in the dark pics.. Nice Setup

 

[hoser147]

Dude wheres are your pics?? Hoser

 

[mule1075]

a very nice start looks good.

 

[NoRide]

Added more to the family... Another Pro-97 with a Diamond RH77CA antenna and a Bearcat ESP-20 ext. speaker.

 

[hoser147]

NoRide looks good dude. Nice clean Setup........................Hoser

 

[CLTX11]

That antenna setup looks like something I would have in my room. Looks good!

 

[SCPD]

Imagine sleeping with all that RF activity beside your head ..... DrainBammage?

Very nice set-up, Quiet low profile look yet effective. Good Job!

 

[jonny290]

Imagine sleeping with all that RF activity beside your head ..... DrainBammage?

Very nice set-up, Quiet low profile look yet effective. Good Job!

Pshh, he's not even transmitting.

I've got a 50 watt 2 meter packet node that ticks all day long, antenna is about 10 feet and one exterior wall away from my head whilst I sleep. No brain damage yet...but then again, I do try to debate on QRZ sometimes, so even that might be suspect.

 

[NoRide]

Update. My newest toy. Wilson 301111 800 Mhz Yagi.

The "control center"minus 1 Pro-97 which I keep at work.

 

[ScanDaBands]

Love those night shots - looks GREAT - how's that Yagi , decent ?

 

[NoRide]

The yagi itself is nice. Good build. As for performance, I only picked up about 1 bar (at best) compared to a window mounted RS800. But, I live in a remote country area with ridges and such. Typical of the Catskill area. So, I really didn't expect much. Pulls similar to the RS800 (one should never underestimate this little guy) but does have a cleaner signal.

In the video provided, you can see the BCT15 that I use for trunking hitting two different towers. The "Ulster Co." tower is about 16 miles away from what I understand and the "Dutchess Co." tower is somewhere in the range of 33 miles away though I don't know the exact location. Hey, I'm new at this! In the spring, I'll experiment with it outside and see if it will be worth my troubles to mount it on a mast.

Video [wmv - 4.76MB - 1.65min]

 

[mancow]

No matter where you live it will be worth your time. You can't beat an exterior antenna.

 

[ScanDaBands]

Hey, I'm new at this! ]

New - but well on the way....good video - if that was mine I'd put some delay on those systems - GRIN

 

[StevieD]

Love the set nice and clean,Plus like the video to.I see what you mean about only one bar for signal but still nice and clean audio

 

[W9NES]

Very Nice Setup and a Very good video..

 

[fireSAR]

Imagine sleeping with all that RF activity beside your head ..... DrainBammage?

Very nice set-up, Quiet low profile look yet effective. Good Job!

you don't have anything to worry about

 

[NoRide]

Thanks for the comments folks. BTW, got my bar stool back! More to come...

 

[stevolene1]

what program are you using to get the scanning on your computer? nice set up