I know, I know! I moved it around AGAIN. My wife preferred her desk to be elsewhere and she likes having the recliner so she can sit with me in the office and watch TV. Usually however she ends up watching trains go by instead and plays with her iPad in between them. I will make a railfan out of her yet!
I created a quick video of the shack/ManCave as it is today at
Most of the equipment remains the same with the addition of the new clock, desk rack and some relocations.
Above is the main desk and view forward. I have a pair of 55 inch screens to watch railfan cameras, Netflix, news etc. Also on the forward wall is the big red clock that used to be on the radio cabinet.
The desk is the L-shaped Uplift standing desk which allows me to work standing or sitting. Being that it is on casters I can move it to access the rear to work on things as needed.
The main computer is a 2018 MacMini, 32GB RAM, 2 TB SSD with 2 32-inch HD monitors. I occasionally add a third identical monitor but right now I am OK with 2.
Above is the radio stuff. On the left (on the Uplift desk) is the Mini Cabinet (See The Desk Rack of 2021). This has a pair of 536's, a pair of 996XT's, an HP2 and HP1, SDS200, SDS100 and several other HH scanners. All of these are served by a Stridsberg multicoupler.
The big cabinet has:
8 BCT15
4 BCT15X
4 BCD996XT
4 PSR600
R8500
IC-746Pro
KW TK-880
KW TM-D700A
TYT MD8600
4 Stridsberg multicouplers.
The radios are programmed and controlled from the Intel Hades Canyon NUC (32GB RAM, i7 processor, 2 TB SSD) on the rear desk. Control and logging is usually done with ProScan while programming is usually done by ARC-15 or ARC-XT. I also run PRO96Com as well as my AirNav RadarBox from this computer, usually all at the same time.
In the attic are 4 ST2's, some ST-3's, a D130NJ Discone, some dipoles, a couple Diamond dual banders along with a batch of other stuff, all going to the patch panel behind the cabinet:
I created a quick video of the shack/ManCave as it is today at
Most of the equipment remains the same with the addition of the new clock, desk rack and some relocations.
Above is the main desk and view forward. I have a pair of 55 inch screens to watch railfan cameras, Netflix, news etc. Also on the forward wall is the big red clock that used to be on the radio cabinet.
The desk is the L-shaped Uplift standing desk which allows me to work standing or sitting. Being that it is on casters I can move it to access the rear to work on things as needed.
The main computer is a 2018 MacMini, 32GB RAM, 2 TB SSD with 2 32-inch HD monitors. I occasionally add a third identical monitor but right now I am OK with 2.
Above is the radio stuff. On the left (on the Uplift desk) is the Mini Cabinet (See The Desk Rack of 2021). This has a pair of 536's, a pair of 996XT's, an HP2 and HP1, SDS200, SDS100 and several other HH scanners. All of these are served by a Stridsberg multicoupler.
The big cabinet has:
8 BCT15
4 BCT15X
4 BCD996XT
4 PSR600
R8500
IC-746Pro
KW TK-880
KW TM-D700A
TYT MD8600
4 Stridsberg multicouplers.
The radios are programmed and controlled from the Intel Hades Canyon NUC (32GB RAM, i7 processor, 2 TB SSD) on the rear desk. Control and logging is usually done with ProScan while programming is usually done by ARC-15 or ARC-XT. I also run PRO96Com as well as my AirNav RadarBox from this computer, usually all at the same time.
In the attic are 4 ST2's, some ST-3's, a D130NJ Discone, some dipoles, a couple Diamond dual banders along with a batch of other stuff, all going to the patch panel behind the cabinet: