My Home Shack

[KD0DWV]

My Shack

My Ham shack / Weather monitoring station

Left to Right:
Baofeng UV-5R - 2m/440 Ham
Yaesu VX-170 - 2m Ham
Motorola HT-1250 - 2m Ham
Yaesu FT-7800 - 2m/440 Ham
Uniden BCD536HP - Digital Scanner
Uniden BCD436HP - Digital Scanner
HP Pavilion G6 laptop

 

[flythunderbird]

Looks great! Very neat and orderly.

 

[Dann]

Very nice.

 

[NWI_Scanner_Guy]

Good looking shack you have there.

 

[kjfswkr]

very nice setup.

73' kevin

 

[fdscan]

Looks good.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[KD0DWV]

Thanks guys for all the positive responses. It may be small but it works

 

[nategb]

Is that a RS 800 on the 436HP? Seems to be the standard for the 436. That power strip on the wall is nice so you don't have to dig around on the floor when you need to plug/unplug.

 

[KD0DWV]

Yes that is the RS 800 antenna on the 436. It made a world of difference over the stock antenna. The power strip is so useful I got it at Harbor Freight for like $20 I think and it allows me to plug in everything I need to at my desk.

 

[zl2taw]

very nice shack

 

[SCPD]

nice

nice setup,ya need some high hats in there though.


Simulated lighting below

what ya think?Even cooler ,right?

 

[SCPD]

If you're going to fix someone else's photos, at least do it right...

 

[russellmaher]

Very nicely done!

I too like the idea of the power strip on the wall and at that level, it's easy to plug and unplug your radios.

Thanks for sharing with us.

Russell

 

[KD0DWV]

The Updated Shack

I am finally done with my shack update. The New computer was completely rebuilt be me with all new internal components and its running dual monitors now. Its still a little messy but I have been busy with work and taking care of my sick wife while also under the weather myself

 

[KD0DWV]

New Desk and Radio setup

I finally got a bigger computer desk because I out grew my last desk. I was able to mount my Uniden BCD536hp and Yaesu FT-7800 to the desk above my primary monitor. Sorry for it being messy still I'm in the process of putting everything back in it new spots

 

[03msc]

I finally got a bigger computer desk because I out grew my last desk. I was able to mount my Uniden BCD536hp and Yaesu FT-7800 to the desk above my primary monitor. Sorry for it being messy still I'm in the process of putting everything back in it new spots

Nice. Do you find the second monitor being up on top works well and isn't difficult to use? I've thought about similar type setups before but always worried I'd get tired of looking up and down. But I guess that depends on what you use it for...maybe you don't change much on it and just reference it now and then?

Just curious. I like to see how people setup their shacks/offices and also how they use their equipment.

 

[KD0DWV]

The second monitor on top works well because it frees up space on the desk but it does take some getting use to. I would have to say that if you used it a lot your neck might get sore but I don't use mine all that ofter mainly for my weather radar program i use when i'm active on my skywarn net

 

[03msc]

The second monitor on top works well because it frees up space on the desk but it does take some getting use to. I would have to say that if you used it a lot your neck might get sore but I don't use mine all that ofter mainly for my weather radar program i use when i'm active on my skywarn net

That makes sense. I thought it looked like it was displaying a map, possibly radar but wasn't sure.

 

[KD0DWV]

Yeah sorry for the bad picture it was taken with my cell phone after a very long day and the lighting sucked. once it all cleaned up and put back together I will take a better picture with my camera and post it