My Shack

[timkilbride]

Radios:
On back wall: BC55XLT
On top of the desk, left to right: 996t, 396t, TK-290, and TK-790
Above monitor, left to right: TK-790 and Spectra, both remote mounts
Left of monitor: Home Patrol 1

Antennas:
Yagi by 996t: 800MHz. Will do full 360.
Outside vertical: 2 meter base antenna made from 450ohm ladder line enclosed in PVC and painted to match building.

Computers:
White tower: Used for coping files from CD's to floppies and programming Motorola/Kenwood radios.
Black tower: Main computer for day to day use
White Laptop: Used for programming Motorola/Kenwood radios.

Not pictured is a tri-band antenna on top of the apartment building feeding a 8 port Stridsberg multicoupler with LMR-400 coax.

The Spectra uses the 2 Meter vertical, all other base radios use the multicoupler, unless I hook one up to the yagi for 800MHz work.

Enjoy,

Tim K.

 

[KG4INW]

Very nice. What all portables do you have on the shelf (to the right of the Spectra)?

 

[DieselFF918]

Nice setup, I like the way you have the antenna secured. Btw, Fred Flinstone called, he wants his laptop back.

 

[timkilbride]

Very nice. What all portables do you have on the shelf (to the right of the Spectra)?

HT1250's.

Tim K.

 

[ScanWI]

Great setup! Just curious, how did you get your hands on the Motorola Programming software?

 

[timkilbride]

Great setup! Just curious, how did you get your hands on the Motorola Programming software?

If you look hard enough, its out there.

Tim K.

 

[el_pichirulo]

Nice setup, I like the way you have the antenna secured. Btw, Fred Flinstone called, he wants his laptop back.

What do you mean Fred Flinstone wants it back? These old computers are golden when it comes to programming old DOS based Motorola radios.

 

[KM4WLV]

Hey Time,

Looking good. That 790 wouldn't be the one I sold ya about 3 years ago would it?

 

[timkilbride]

Hey Time,

Looking good. That 790 wouldn't be the one I sold ya about 3 years ago would it?

It sure is.

Tim K.

 

[KM4WLV]

It sure is.

Tim K.

Well I'm glad to see it still has a loving home, lol. Again, Lookin good !!

 

[CalebATC]

Nice shack!

 

[jeffreyinberthoud]

I gotta comment on the "interior Yagi " and your "hidden" PVC pipe antenna I recently decided top get a Yagi for my set up
I did my homework on the antenna regs and such and drove around town and took like 100 photo's
of everything from satellite dishes,old funky TV antenna's,to the newer smaller HDTV directional antennas most of these but not all mounted on side of houses or off deck rail I'm going for the exterior mount and when and if I get called by the town code enforcement Nazi's Ill go to city hall with the pictures

 

[NWI_Scanner_Guy]

Very nice. Great assortment of equipment.

 

[SCPD]

is that a paper clip stuck into the antenna connector on the HT uniden scanner?

 

[newsphotog]

I'm jealous your landlord lets you mount antennas!

 

[timkilbride]

is that a paper clip stuck into the antenna connector on the HT uniden scanner?

Yes.

Tim K.

 

[timkilbride]

I'm jealous your landlord lets you mount antennas!

I never asked, just did it.

Tim K.

 

[gewecke]

At a previous apt. I rented some years back, I had my diamond vertical mounted to the balcony like you and disguised it by attaching a nice flag to it. The landlord came by one day and said, "hey nice flag pole,where can I get one?" :lol:

Nice station too!

73
n9zas

 

[WisconsinRailfan]

I am that same desk, and train picture frame - great setup

 

[timkilbride]

The apartment complex just recently replaced my deck. Instead of drilling into the new railing, I decided to get my 2 meter, 10 foot tall, 6.7db gain diamond antenna out. Working like champ!

Tim K.