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Call Sign : 26CT4113/G1HWY Posts : 311 Times Thanked : 9 Join date : 2021-05-16 QTH or Location : IO90uv Equipment Used : ICOM radios/antenna farm Age : 68
Subject: Shack update Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:56 pm
Now got two levitating laptops.
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 4635 Times Thanked : 298 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: Shack update Mon Oct 24, 2022 5:23 am
Twice the fun!
Looking good there Mike and nicely set up. (I still haven't sorted my VHF setup but pondering beams. )
Thanks for sharing your setup.
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2173 Times Thanked : 52 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 149
Subject: Re: Shack update Mon Oct 24, 2022 5:59 am
Tidy not like mine. Bought another set of draws 2 months ago but not put them together yet as nowhere to put then until i tidy up lol.
Ivy Mike Major contributor
Call Sign : 26CT4113/G1HWY Posts : 311 Times Thanked : 9 Join date : 2021-05-16 QTH or Location : IO90uv Equipment Used : ICOM radios/antenna farm Age : 68
Subject: Re: Shack update Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:07 am
Victor wrote:
Twice the fun!
Looking good there Mike and nicely set up. (I still haven't sorted my VHF setup but pondering beams. )
Thanks for sharing your setup.
I'm looking at a new beam as well, the Create logperiodic has gone high swr on 2metres. 9700 does not like it and reduces power quite a bit.
Looking at one of the Dual beams, one with one connector for 2 and 70. I don't really want to run another 30metre coax up from the shack. Although I will need to as I will need a beam for 4metres as well next year.
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Ivy Mike Major contributor
Call Sign : 26CT4113/G1HWY Posts : 311 Times Thanked : 9 Join date : 2021-05-16 QTH or Location : IO90uv Equipment Used : ICOM radios/antenna farm Age : 68
Subject: Re: Shack update Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:09 am
Alan Pilot wrote:
Tidy not like mine. Bought another set of draws 2 months ago but not put them together yet as nowhere to put then until i tidy up lol.
You cannot see the untidy bit, it's a small space and I can barely move in it.
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 4635 Times Thanked : 298 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: Shack update Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:38 am
All takes a bit of planning Mike.
(I'm still at the 'all planning' stage and haven't got much done yet! )
Still trying to keep the mess my shack has become with all the interesting activities Ham radios presents us with.
Like Alan I thought drawers might help but with four units comprising a total of fourteen drawers I've still hardly made a dent. At least it's not all open shelving units now and the wife dares to venture in.
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2173 Times Thanked : 52 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 149
Subject: Re: Shack update Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:48 am
Not as bad as my mess i bet Victor/Mike.
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 4635 Times Thanked : 298 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: Shack update Mon Oct 24, 2022 7:11 am
Twenty minutes and a few drawers you'll be sorted Alan mate.
I've still got to figure out where to put nearly two hundred electronic component storage drawers (plus overflow) let alone all the guitar stuff!
The missus says I have too many hobbies??? (I won't discuss the other brick workshop and metal shed - a man needs somewhere to cut a piece of wood or metal let alone drill holes and store the tools and materials required for such! )