My "KITCHCOM"

[SteveDouglass]

A photo of my listening post I call KITCHCOM because it is in a corner of my kitchen.
Equipment includes:
BCD996XT (SATCOM & MILAIR
Radio Shack Pro-43 (MILAIR ONLY)
BCD396T - Local Public safety and more (APCO 25)
Panasonic RF4900 (GHFS & SW broadcasters)
Motorola Communications System Analyzer with spectrum display
Motorola Radius CM300 VHF Two-way
Grundig G-5 SSB/700 (not pictured)
2 PCs running ARC-396 and FREESCAN for both Uniden Radios
ASUS netbook for portable computer -aided scanning
LCD Digital (7 inch) TV
Mac-Mini for everything else.

-Steve Douglass

 

[b7spectra]

I'm guessing you are not married? Lot of stuff there!

 

[SteveDouglass]

Actually I am and to a very tolerant wifey!

 

[Metrofire31]

Kitchen

Steve -

You'd better hang on to that sweet, tolerant wife of yours. If I installed a post like that in our kitchen, when my wife came home from work, I'd be UNinstalling it - quickly!

Nice post - thanks for sharing.

Mike
"Metrofire31"
Atlanta

 

[OsloViking1975]

Great Pictures. Are you Radar Control Backup?

 

[SteveDouglass]

We've been married twenty plus years - and she hasn't griped about all the wires yet. Actually - to be fair - she's an artist and I let (yeah right) her have a whole room for her own art studio. It's a good trade-off. She might say something if I installed a radar - but I really don't have to because I subscribe to several over the Internet.

 

[VE3RADIO]

If I ever get like this I will know the hobby has become a sick obsession

 

[hfxChris]

That must be one hell of a kitchen; any chance we can get some shots of how your shack relates to the rest of the kitchen?

I'm always curious about stuff like that but it does look great!

 

[Metrofire31]

Kitchcomm

Steve - truthfully, the only thing that matters is whether this works for you and you and your wife are both OK with it. I've found that kitchens seem to be the central point of the house, in most cases, so having your post in your kitchen sounds like a neat idea. For any of us, having the post in a room where you WILL use it is important but it's also important to have it in a place where you can monitor while also interacting with others.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[N4ADE]

awesome plus you got a great wife for letting you do that.
how bout some pictures of the antennas?

 

[gewecke]

Looks like you do well catching the news with breakfast,lol!
Nice shack.
n9zas

 

[commscanaus]

When you said KITCHCOM, I expected to see a scanner next to the toaster.

Man was I wrong!

Very nice setup you have.
You must cook up some nice food and do so whilst listening to the world.
The service monitor is a nice addition too.

Regards, Commscanaus.

 

[N8DRC]

Great shack and nice collection of radios, there are some good wives out the for us radio buffs, I am also married to one N8CMC...

 

[pilot_ngb]

If I had a kitchen like that I would be the worlds best cook.

 

[andyishere]

Scanners + Wife + Kitchen = Bad???? Wait no good!

Uh... I want your kitchen. I want your Wife and, I want your Equipment. Want to swap your life for my life? I am single!

Looks good. Can we see a pic of the entire kitchen to see how it fits in? How about some Antennas!

 

[nova1010]

Love the old Panasonic RF4900 I used to have one never did me wrong....nice shack

 

[dougjgray]

where is the stove and microwave lol

 

[wdz]

That's a great set up! I like the Memphis Belle poster too. Thanks for sharing it with us!

 

[SteveDouglass]

I've just added two new scanners - a RS Pro-2050 to relieve the UNIDEN396 for MILAIR only and a RS Pro-18 for more public safety (redundant) coverage. I'll post new photos of KITCHCOM soon.

 

[davidgcet]

nice setup!

i can't tell from the pics is that 2001 a D revision? i used one just like it for about 10 years. i actually prefer to use it for cavity tuning or setting delay on our paging simulcast, my 2600 is just too slow updating the screen for real time adjustments!