I have been working on organizing my shack for a VERY long time. Its difficult cause it is a small rectangular room with windows and other things in the way. The first pic is my MAIN radio desk. That stack of radios on top of an Astron 35m power supply contains an SDS200, BCT15X, BCD996P2 scanners and Kenwood TM 241A vhf, and Alinco DR-600. That scanner rack apparently wasn't enough. In center rear of desk is IC 7300 with LDG Z-100 plus auto tuner. HF antenna is G5RV as inverted "V". Computer used at this station is an HP Z420(!) server modified for home use. I had to send away to China for the 32GB of RAM that fits it. Has a SSD.
The pic on right is my Linux station which I can use to run FT8. I use the Linux version of WSJT-X...works really well. I also run an RTL-SDR dongle with SDR TRunk (Linux version) which also works very well on Linux. The Linux I am using is MX. Computer is HP Z210 with SSD. So Since I retired I am always fooling with all this stuff and now have 3 stations in this room. The station below right, wooden desk is my music production desk. I am multi instrumentalist and run Mixcraft software on an HP envoy I got myself in 2016 as a retirement gift. I had planned to move the recording station downstairs cause I am not using it at the moment. I play mostly guitar, keyboard, bass, everything except drums. My style is quirky gothic modal jazzy stuff. So I am taking an extended break from recording till later in Fall. I already had enough material finished and on my websites. I want to play radio again, especially ham radio since I have been out of the hobby for 20 years. I have been up in this room since 2011, formerly I was in a big finished basement room. But my Son now lives with us and he stays in basement room for Summer and in Winter he has a small bedroom on first floor. I would like to consolidate but I like putzing with computers so much I can never get motivated.
The pic on right is my Linux station which I can use to run FT8. I use the Linux version of WSJT-X...works really well. I also run an RTL-SDR dongle with SDR TRunk (Linux version) which also works very well on Linux. The Linux I am using is MX. Computer is HP Z210 with SSD. So Since I retired I am always fooling with all this stuff and now have 3 stations in this room. The station below right, wooden desk is my music production desk. I am multi instrumentalist and run Mixcraft software on an HP envoy I got myself in 2016 as a retirement gift. I had planned to move the recording station downstairs cause I am not using it at the moment. I play mostly guitar, keyboard, bass, everything except drums. My style is quirky gothic modal jazzy stuff. So I am taking an extended break from recording till later in Fall. I already had enough material finished and on my websites. I want to play radio again, especially ham radio since I have been out of the hobby for 20 years. I have been up in this room since 2011, formerly I was in a big finished basement room. But my Son now lives with us and he stays in basement room for Summer and in Winter he has a small bedroom on first floor. I would like to consolidate but I like putzing with computers so much I can never get motivated.
