What follows is an updated description of my shack. I am an extra license class amateur (> 30 years) and I also have a GMRS license.
Here is a close-up of the main operating and listening position.
Computers in the shack are:
Antennas:
- Shelf radios
- Logitech SqueezeBox Radio.
- Behind the N3VJ sign, I have a collection of HTs (Uniden Scanner, 2 GMRS radios, Icom Q7A, Radio Shack Pro 95 (used exclusively for railfanning).
- Main desk
- Bottom Shelf (L to R).
- Boafeng 2/440 HT
- Davis Vantage Pro2 Weather Station (Personal Weather Station Dashboard | Weather Underground)
- Echo Show that displays QSL cards
- CooFun Windows Box used for programming scanners
- Kenwood TS590SG (SSB only)
- ETON SW Receiver
- Kenwood TS570S (Digital modes, FT8, FT4, ...)
- Second shelf (mainly for storage)
- Third Shelf
- PS for all of my scanners (I am using a Rig Runner for distribution).
- 24 hour clock, behind it is an SDRPlay
- Yeasu 2-meter radio
- Top Shelf
- Midland Weather Radio
- Uniden 996P2 is used for scanning aircraft, PA State System, and other local counties
- Uniden 996XT is used to scan the Center County 911 system
- Yaesu FT60
- Ham clock
- Heil boom mount
- Bottom Shelf (L to R).
Here is a close-up of the main operating and listening position.
Computers in the shack are:
- Raspberry Pis
- Hamclock
- Weewx Weather Software
- Flightaware Receiver
- Dell Computer running Ubuntu Linux (used for my logbook and digital modes)
- Coofun used for scanner programming
- Macbook Pro 2018 15" mainly for browsing
- iMac 2019 (pictured above) is used for browsing and remote access to all of my other computers. The image on the left monitor is a VNC session to my Linux box, the right monitor is displaying EarthDesk.
Antennas:
- Diamond D130J and Scantenna ST2 for the scanners
- Comet GP7 for 2 meters
- HyPower 80-10 OCFD at 32'
- Ultimax 160-6 End Fed at 28'
