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[Sticky] Whats your Gear (show us your shack!)
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08-05-2007 4:35pm#1OK i kinda robbed the idea of this thread from Duffff-Man's Scanner thread..
As it says.. list off all your Radio gear...
and if possable post pics of yer setup, or shack..
-My old setup in Dublin-
2x 13.8v 3amp Power supplys
Superstar CB radio AM/FM/SSB/USB/CW 25.615MHz - 28.305MHz with Power Mic
Icom Mobile VHF radio (found by a friend in a skip
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Alinco DJ-191 (unlocked to allow RX and TX from 130MHz to 173MHz)
Uniden Bearcat 860xlt Base scanner
EuroCB 40 box CB
EuroCB pro550 Handheld 120box am/fm
50 foot pole lashed to a chimney, also with stay wires..
Antron 99 antenna
Vhf Dipole
Scanning discone with Radials
EuroCB Preamp
EuroCB 80watt amp
(oh im getting all sentimental here.. cant wait to start bringing some of it back down here to waterford)
sorry.. no pics of my setup.. i dont think i ever took any, but if i find some i will post them.. its all in boxes now...0
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Well, the shack is sorted (as a place to put all the radio kit I haven't bought yet
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What I basically did was, reclaimed a large garden shed in the back yard that I was just using for storage, stuck down a cheapy cheap laminate floor, ran a supply and sub-board for twelve (!) double power points, heating, ethernet, covered the lot with white deal panelling, and before I finished the garden off, ran 50 square copper linked to 6 x 6 foot earth roads, bonded to the earth at the sub-board I installed. My main house PC is here now with wi-fi from the router for the ones in the main house. Handy.
Antenna wise as regards, 2m/70cms, that's easy; vertical on the chimney of the house, and co-ax down to the shack. When it comes to HF though, I'm not sure what to do yet...0 -
Wedged into a corner of the spare room.....
Icom 746
Alinco DR 610 2m/70cm
Ascom commercial converted for 4m/70Mhz
Icom 756 pro II
Schurr paddle
Heil Goldline mic
Also have somewhere....Icom 706 mk2G;Yaesu FT 102 HF Yaesu FT 90(2/70),FT 1500(2m) mobiles,;Alinco DR 430 70cm only mobile.Seven Worlds will Collide
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CrowdedHouse wrote:Wedged into a corner of the spare room.....
Icom 756 pro II
Drool...
Beautiful radio, that is like a piece of art to me. 0 -
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Well spotted MackerMacker Eire wrote:I see a Uniden Bearcat 860xlt hiding there too.. seems a little camera shy.. hehe0
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Hi Tony!
I have FT817(nearly all bands upto 70cm 5W) , Racal syncal300/Grinel TR48(manpack HF 25W), Trio TS180 (HF 100W), An old 23 ch Trio 2m FM rig, A couple of CBs. A SS3900 modified to 10M, also used as an IF for Microwave Modules 70cm and 2m transverters. A Bearcat UBC68XLT that I have received 4M on and replied on 2M (split QSO!). A few 1.2GHz ATV modules and some experimental 10.2/10.45GHz gear.
13 ele 2m rotate beam on gable end 4.5m long, Watson 300 at 45ft, Discone on chimeny and a 66ft end fed wire.
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cbr900 wrote:Here are some photos of the shack,its two seperate operating positions,one for radio,and the other is for internet,Below is some of the Equiptment from the Radio Side
Main HF radio is a Yaesu FT1000Mp
Alinco DX70TH (hf/6Mtrs)
Yaesu Quadra Amplifier (HF/6Mtrs)
Vhf-Uhf - Icom 910H
Vhf-UHF - Icom IC3200e
Tnc For Data Modes - Kantronics Kam Plus
Data Interface - Rascal
CW - Bencher Paddle Key
Heil Headset - Proset Plus Twin Element
3 element Beam - SteppIR
11 Element Beam for 2Mtrs
2 Vertical 2m/70cm Collinears
Arno EH80 Vertical (3.5-3.8MHz)
Ah-a bejasus look who it is!..
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here is my humble shack nothing comapired to some of the ones above.
Yaesu ft920
icom ic7000
alinco dr605
mainly work on 6m using a 3 element dk7zb
have a 9 element tonna for 2
an A99 for 20-10 and a 40m dipole.
looking for a good ic910 if anyone has one for sale pm me :cool:0 -
I have not being active for the last few years ,but the shack is still in one piece with all gear in operating condition .
HF , FT 1000 MP , with a Alpha 91 B and a QRO Technologies 2500DX as main Station amp , antenna wise ,4 Square on 80Mts with a 3ele Yagi on 40 ,
On 2mts Ic 2713 with a single 3CX 800A7 Amp into 4 by 17 M2 ( when I put them back on the VHF Tower ) 0 -
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First a view of my dishes from the shack door, on top of the OLD shack
Next go over to the old shack and look at radio aerials on the house roof.
L to R: Three Aerials
1) Near vertical approx 5 m to 6m wire as "whip" from Shack, insulated by nylon rope at top. Works 14MHz to 50MHz.
2) 4.5m long 13dB gain 145MHz aerial on Motor drive
3) Discone on 6ft pole at Chimney (25MHz to 1300MHz)
Turning to left rising above 6ft wall is 2m/70cm (145MHz / 435MHz) colinear, Watson 300. Aerial pole at highest point of garden and must be over 45ft. The Watson 300 is about 10ft/3m long.
You can see the support wire to right of the 20m/66ft end fed wire for 160m to 30m (1.8MHz to 10MHz). In the next photo you see the far "open" end of the aerial wire.
Looking out front of Radio Shack:
(If you look close you can see a dual band magmount aerial on the car)
Now in the Shack:
1) Electronic Assembly & parts
On the bench are Bearcat/Uniden scanner good for 137MHz Weather Satellite, Alinco dual band 2m/70cm FM handie and VR500 all mode 100kHz to 1300MHz pocket communications receiver.
The "bluish" PIII heatsink has a "dead bug" style built experimental 100W MosFET PA (1.8MHz to 30MHz) @ 36V supply using cheap 2 Euro SMPSU transistors.
2) Test & Repair area
3)overview of radio half of shack
:: Aerial rotator on top of PC case.
On RHS:
:: Marine Radio for Weather / Lough Derg / Shannon (hanging under shelf). 1970s vintage
:: Racal Syncal30 100KHz to 30MHz 22W Transeiver (Phone handset for mic & speaker). 1980s vintage. Runs from 24V battery pack or 24V "laptop" 150W mains PSU. Manpack, Built in Whip tuner.
:: CB that is in for repair.
Far LHS bookshelves is some small test gear.
Close up of LHS
:: Modified CB 25.5MHz to 29.5MHz for 10m and drive the two black boxes which are 144MHz and 435MHz transverters (about 8W TX)
:: PSU on top shelf built in an old SCSI drive case
:: 2M (145MHz) FM 24 channel 10W Tranceiver
:: FT817ND connected to PC (100kHz to 500MHz RX, all bands except 70MHz from 18.MHz to 435MHz TX 5W, all modes)
:: Home brew version of KW107 EZ match aerial match/tuner 160M to 10m
:: FT101ZD MkIII 160m to 10m Transeiver approx 100W. Connects to Computer for PSK31, SSTV, etc
:: PC screen with home brew 80W HF amp for FT817ND, internal battery, manual or automatic band filters.0 -
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