Also been a while since we did one of these.
Catch mine while you can. Odds are I'll tear it down in a few weeks and set something different up.
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Also been a while since we did one of these.
Catch mine while you can. Odds are I'll tear it down in a few weeks and set something different up.
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Left side. It's fuzzy and was difficult to take. The new Ten-Tec equipment is visible in this one:
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Whoa, Fred!
Very nice... I'm pretty speechless.:agree:
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BTW, I don't think there's any chance of your house ever floating away. :lol:
It's clean for a change. I'm speechless too! :lol:
I'd be embarrassed to post a pic of my shack after that. Talk about a hard act to follow.
I dug up a shot of my meager ham station.
FT-897D, FT-107M, MFJ versa-tuna, straight key, paddles, and computers for digital stuffers.
Minimal for sure, but works for me.
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Not seeing the pic...but I love the FT-107. If I had space for another vintage outfit, a 107 and a 301 lineup would be present.
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Your arrangement makes more sense than mine...
Doing a remodel right now. Well going to START a remodel. Should be ready by CQWW, along with some antenna work to complement the new shack.
Maybe some pics as progress rolls along.
Yea, I was thinking a co-pilot and navigator might be handy when operating yours.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
No wonder DSG has her ticket.
Baby Jesus and Mother of Mary! :shock::shock::shock:
The left side of the shack was set up exclusively for her - as the multiplier position. Automatic everything; point-and-shoot...but I think she developed mic fright somewhere along the way. :snicker:Quote:
Originally Posted by ki4itv
I have enough gear stashed to replicate that position on the right side of the console and will set it up once we have the proper location...namely, a rec room or basement that's conducive for a bit of expansion. The Drakes and Cubics will be set up on the opposite wall. Ironically, I'll probably spend most of my ragchewing time on that side of the shack. Color me nostalgic if you will but the older stuff is fun to operate.
The golden microphone is not in the picture. Heil GM5. Nor is the PS, MFJ-4035MV
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The cat, Amber, can't be in the same room if I'm in QSO. I don't know if she gets jealous or if something else is bothering her but she'll bite my arm if I'm in QSO.
Nicki approves of that cat!
+1 Makes my disaster area look pretty sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
Well, if you other guys are willing to post pix after Fred's awesome display of awesomeness, here's what passes for a station here:
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It was hard to photograph because it's so small, roughly 5' x 5' square.
An ST-3B and a Hallicrafters receiver...most cool!
Love those Drakes as well.
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Not the sharpest picture, but this is the one I submitted a few weeks back to the "Ten Tec Community".
Some of the items pictured were deliberately placed for the picture (like the PM2B & 2591), but the Omni & Corsair are in their "normal" operating positions.
The shack is still not completed; I have a lot of other shelving work to do, and the Corsair ends up being too high to use comfortably most of the time. But the shack project is on hold until some other things happen; if everything goes according to plan, I'll have a new (larger) room for the shack in a few months & can start over from scratch.
So, then, Ron, you like Ten Tec gear? ;)
(I'm sort of the same way about Drake stuff. I'm gonna be adding a TR-7 to the shack in a couple of months.)
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Originally Posted by N8YX
Damn Fred, you need to find a hbby you can get passionate about. Like gardening, or rock collecting.
Dang, Fred. If you spread my station out over that much real estate, you'd have enough room left over for a liquor store.Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
NICE! But two digital trunk trackers? In Akron?
Yep. Soon to be four, plus a couple BCT-15Xs thrown in for good measure.Quote:
Originally Posted by kf0rt
There are seven (count 'em) 800MHz 'PS' trunked systems in the NEOH area, plus a number of commercial/business systems that operate in both the 400 and 800MHz regions.
And therein lies the rub: With so many talk groups to monitor on a given system, you cannot follow the conversations effectively. Compound this with the fact that Akron's traffic is pretty much non-stop and you begin to realize you need two scanners at a minimum.
Well...we had that at one time. My Pro-2050 and 2052s would handle the non-APCO trunk systems, while the Pro-2096 took care of the digital duties. Then (Flo)Surprise!(/Flo) the town I live in recently announced that it will soon be switching out fleet radios and jumping on the thing known as "Summit County 800 Regional Radio" - which is an APCO25-capable deployment.
Trying to follow this little ol' department sandwiched in between the likes of Akron, Cuyahoga Falls and the rest of the metro area - not to mention the southern Summit County area - on just one (and even two) scanners is a bit tough, and the relative inflexibility of the Pro-2096 in this regard (plus the fact my friend N8XTF was bugging me for a "scanner upgrade") led to the purchase of the 996s at Dayton...and the donation of the Pro-2096 to her.
You can set the talk group priority channel on the 996s to switch over to your "favorite" upon detection of a transmission but the polling method leaves a lot to be desired.
Ergo...four 996s to be deployed. First (bottom one in pic) covers Akron and their cooperative inter-department talk groups along with the Ohio MARCS system, while the top unit is set for the Type II SmartNet system that my town currently utilizes. It also covers the southern Summit County system.
Plans are to set the third '996 up for coverage of the northern section of Summit County, Medina and Wayne and the fourth up for extreme southern Summit, Stark and possibly Holmes. Portage will be added to #1.
The two 15Xs will be used for such things as non-APCO trunk monitoring, FRS/MURS/GMRS, marine, utility and similar monitoring duties. The bank of R-7000s in the picture usually find themselves pressed into single-frequency amateur and CB-band monitoring duties so the non-trunking scanners are free to run in 'Search' mode.
Yikes! So, it's safe to say that it's not only your desire to be able to listen to anything, but to listen to it all at the same time? :lol:
Around here, just about everything is trunked -- every 'burb has it's own, Denver too. I think DIA even runs facilities on a trunked system. One statewide APCO system. Here in the NW burbs, Arvada and Westminster share a trunked system (just different talk groups) on Eldorado Mountain. I think the hams were up there first.
So far, of these pics, only Carl's shack has that lived in hamshack appearance.
I'm starting to think it's probably wrong to clean up the shack before taking pictures, especially when very few would shower themselves before jumping in a group photo.
One other little factoid about that photo:
With the exception of the two 996s, one of the DSP-559s and the AT-100 which all worked "out of the box", everything else in the lineup has required repair or restoration upon hitting the doorstep...and I managed to save a metric shit-ton of money by doing this instead of buying so-called "collector condition" pieces. As long as the front panels are in fine shape I can fix the rest.
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Well...I keep telling 'em that I've got enough receivers to cover the 313 action without breaking a sweat. :rofl:Quote:
Yikes! So, it's safe to say that it's not only your desire to be able to listen to anything, but to listen to it all at the same time? http://forums.hamisland.net/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif
That's what makes it cool, Fred.
Good luck finding a cheap 996, though. :lol:
Mine's in our living room and I have to keep it somewhat clean. Would you folks like me to take another featuring all the beer bottles from last night which now adorn it? :snicker:Quote:
Originally Posted by ki4itv
$419 and no shipping fee at Dayton - this via AES. They'll cut similar deals for volume purchases at their Wickliffe showroom, and I may get the other two plus the 15Xs there.Quote:
Originally Posted by kf0rt
That's a good deal. Universal has 'em for $449 - think I paid $499 for mine.
Universal would have gotten my money for two (or more) right there and then...as would a couple other high-profile vendors...but you have to bring inventory with you to sell it. If I wanted mail-order I could just point/click/done on their sites. Besides, how much room do two '996 boxes take up any way? The vendors who had them did sell all they brought, incidentally.Quote:
Originally Posted by kf0rt
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You can't help but be impressed by my shack
If it works for you...that's the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by k1oik
I like the base for your key, Burt.
But, I'm pretty sure that's Ernie's side of the bed.
They were a little scarce when I bought mine (only one). I recall a number of places with the "out of stock" banner. Two years ago? I forget. Wanted to mount this thing in the car, but haven't (yet) found a way to get it to fit in the lower half of the double-DIN opening. Radio'll fit, but the faceplate is too big.Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
That is not a cat, that's an energy efficient preheater designed to bring your gear up and on frequency faster! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
Here is mine, ever the minimalist.
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That an R-71 at the bottom?Quote:
Originally Posted by KK4AMI
Oh ya R-71 purchased new from Universal Radio back in about 1989. I thought the wife's added decor with the candles and the wood makes it look cozy, right? I gotta long way to go to achieve high tech!Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
By the way this is not a shack, this has to be the Fair Radio Sales counter :)Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
I have 5 (count 'em) of those beasties at present. Three were set up in the shack until recently, when I decided to rotate the Drakes back into service. (The R-71As were paired with TS-940S in the SO2R spot, and 'DSG's operating spot had an IC-751A/R-71A/PS-30/amp/tuner ensemble.)
You can see part of the '71A in this photo; it's now run in conjunction with the Paragon II as is the IC-2KL/AT-500. Astute viewers will gravitate towards the FT-726R with one of the Majick Frequencies displayed on the readout and ask "How did he do that?"
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First time I've seen a telegraph key mounted on a Frisbee. I imagine it alters the flight characteristics a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
Is it faster or slower than the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?Quote:
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