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Hello all,
As I'm finishing up my new office space/shack, I'm planning space for my radios. I only have one UHF/VHF mobile and my 7300 to go in here. My hopes is to keep the area as clutter free as possible and also hope to keep the radios somehow neatly on my desk top.
If you have any ideas for a desktop shelf system, rack or similar that would fit these radios (plus power supplies and tuner, etc) and not take up too much desk real estate that would be much appreciated.
If you would also like to share a photo of your shack setup and how you organize it, I'd love to see those as well.
Thanks
Kirt - K7KDW
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2020, 9:00 PM Kirt White / K7KDW < kirtwhite@...> wrote: Hello all,
As I'm finishing up my new office space/shack, I'm planning space for my radios. I only have one UHF/VHF mobile and my 7300 to go in here. My hopes is to keep the area as clutter free as possible and also hope to keep the radios somehow neatly on my desk top.
If you have any ideas for a desktop shelf system, rack or similar that would fit these radios (plus power supplies and tuner, etc) and not take up too much desk real estate that would be much appreciated.
If you would also like to share a photo of your shack setup and how you organize it, I'd love to see those as well.
Thanks
Kirt - K7KDW
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Kirt,
Here is a picture of my she-shack standing U desk just after custom build by DH. It is placed away from wall/window on 2 sides for easy access to wires in back of equipment. Coax and control wires come in through wall on right behind rack from adjacent crawl space, brought into house through rodent screen at base of house, then through hole drilled between space and shack room. I purchased 2 adjustable height stools from Costco I use when I need to sit. One for guest, pre-Covid. For SSB contests I'm all standing to use foot pedal. The second picture is February 2019 after I initially placed equipment and it wasn't yet looking like a typical messy shack, lol. Currently my 8900 or Anytone sits on left side where the tool box in the picture is. I have added quite a lot of stuff on rack, and a second computer screen left corner of desk, which is currently used as a bulletin board. Graciella sits to right of computer now. She is my beautiful shack jewel made by Begali. I have a Microham right of computer. So there is a bit more equipment but it all still works. I will send current picture when I am able.
73,
Robin
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Very FB. I especially like the idea of having clocks set to UTC, PDT, and PST. But the second hands on the clocks are not synchronized, which would drive me crazy. I have a WWV clock from MFJ with two big time displays, I have one set to display UTC and PST or PDT as appropriate.
One observation on the utility of multiple displays for a shack computer - I have a loose pile of papers with things like band plans, grid maps, net control scripts, and so on. If I had multiple monitors I could obviously just have those on the computer, open in a image viewer with tabs, and just consult them on another monitor while I am working on the main monitor.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
On Oct 30, 2020, at 8:31 AM, Robin Amundson < wa7cpa@...> wrote:
Kirt,
Here is a picture of my she-shack standing U desk just after custom build by DH. It is placed away from wall/window on 2 sides for easy access to wires in back of equipment. Coax and control wires come in through wall on right behind rack from adjacent crawl space, brought into house through rodent screen at base of house, then through hole drilled between space and shack room. I purchased 2 adjustable height stools from Costco I use when I need to sit. One for guest, pre-Covid. For SSB contests I'm all standing to use foot pedal. The second picture is February 2019 after I initially placed equipment and it wasn't yet looking like a typical messy shack, lol. Currently my 8900 or Anytone sits on left side where the tool box in the picture is. I have added quite a lot of stuff on rack, and a second computer screen left corner of desk, which is currently used as a bulletin board. Graciella sits to right of computer now. She is my beautiful shack jewel made by Begali. I have a Microham right of computer. So there is a bit more equipment but it all still works. I will send current picture when I am able.
73,
Robin
<she shack standing desk.JPG><she shack February 2019.JPG>
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Ryan - KJ7GIE
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Ryan - KJ7GIE
Question for the group related... One thing I notice with me meager set-up is the cable nest is growing. Radio to ant tuner to meter to whatever... What are some recommendations for keeping things flexible while not causing undo signal loss in the chain? I find right-angle connectors can be handy but am I inducing signal loss? What "grade" of coax is good for short runs where you need good bend radius (4" or less)? Thanks in advance.
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Paul Zoba
Here’s my setup. It’s changed many times and will some more but I like it. On cables, I use LMR400 ultra flex exclusively.
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On Oct 30, 2020, at 10:10 AM, Ryan - KJ7GIE <rsm@reign.net> wrote:
Question for the group related... One thing I notice with me meager set-up is the cable nest is growing. Radio to ant tuner to meter to whatever... What are some recommendations for keeping things flexible while not causing undo signal loss in the chain? I find right-angle connectors can be handy but am I inducing signal loss? What "grade" of coax is good for short runs where you need good bend radius (4" or less)? Thanks in advance.
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Rowland
How many monitors you need?
On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 8:47 AM Paul Butzi (W7PFB) < w7pfb@...> wrote: Very FB. I especially like the idea of having clocks set to UTC, PDT, and PST. But the second hands on the clocks are not synchronized, which would drive me crazy. I have a WWV clock from MFJ with two big time displays, I have one set to display UTC and PST or PDT as appropriate.
One observation on the utility of multiple displays for a shack computer - I have a loose pile of papers with things like band plans, grid maps, net control scripts, and so on. If I had multiple monitors I could obviously just have those on the computer, open in a image viewer with tabs, and just consult them on another monitor while I am working on the main monitor.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
On Oct 30, 2020, at 8:31 AM, Robin Amundson < wa7cpa@...> wrote:
Kirt,
Here is a picture of my she-shack standing U desk just after custom build by DH. It is placed away from wall/window on 2 sides for easy access to wires in back of equipment. Coax and control wires come in through wall on right behind rack from adjacent crawl space, brought into house through rodent screen at base of house, then through hole drilled between space and shack room. I purchased 2 adjustable height stools from Costco I use when I need to sit. One for guest, pre-Covid. For SSB contests I'm all standing to use foot pedal. The second picture is February 2019 after I initially placed equipment and it wasn't yet looking like a typical messy shack, lol. Currently my 8900 or Anytone sits on left side where the tool box in the picture is. I have added quite a lot of stuff on rack, and a second computer screen left corner of desk, which is currently used as a bulletin board. Graciella sits to right of computer now. She is my beautiful shack jewel made by Begali. I have a Microham right of computer. So there is a bit more equipment but it all still works. I will send current picture when I am able.
73,
Robin
<she shack standing desk.JPG><she shack February 2019.JPG>
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Howard E. Mahran / WA1HEM
Isn’t the rule "The more and bigger the better" :-)
How many monitors you need? On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 8:47 AM Paul Butzi (W7PFB) < w7pfb@...> wrote: Very FB. I especially like the idea of having clocks set to UTC, PDT, and PST. But the second hands on the clocks are not synchronized, which would drive me crazy. I have a WWV clock from MFJ with two big time displays, I have one set to display UTC and PST or PDT as appropriate.
One observation on the utility of multiple displays for a shack computer - I have a loose pile of papers with things like band plans, grid maps, net control scripts, and so on. If I had multiple monitors I could obviously just have those on the computer, open in a image viewer with tabs, and just consult them on another monitor while I am working on the main monitor.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun! On Oct 30, 2020, at 8:31 AM, Robin Amundson < wa7cpa@...> wrote:
Kirt,
Here is a picture of my she-shack standing U desk just after custom build by DH. It is placed away from wall/window on 2 sides for easy access to wires in back of equipment. Coax and control wires come in through wall on right behind rack from adjacent crawl space, brought into house through rodent screen at base of house, then through hole drilled between space and shack room. I purchased 2 adjustable height stools from Costco I use when I need to sit. One for guest, pre-Covid. For SSB contests I'm all standing to use foot pedal. The second picture is February 2019 after I initially placed equipment and it wasn't yet looking like a typical messy shack, lol. Currently my 8900 or Anytone sits on left side where the tool box in the picture is. I have added quite a lot of stuff on rack, and a second computer screen left corner of desk, which is currently used as a bulletin board. Graciella sits to right of computer now. She is my beautiful shack jewel made by Begali. I have a Microham right of computer. So there is a bit more equipment but it all still works. I will send current picture when I am able.
73,
Robin <she shack standing desk.JPG><she shack February 2019.JPG>
Thanks,
Rowland
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Howard Mahran (425) 864-5104 ***********************************
-- ************************* Howard E. Mahran WA1HEM (425) 864 - 5104 *************************
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Let’s start the negotiations at 97, and you can try to talk me down from there.
More seriously, I was thinking three, or maybe four. But I am also thinking that one might display something along the lines of a geochron clock. And maybe one for pskreporter, etc.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
How many monitors you need? On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 8:47 AM Paul Butzi (W7PFB) < w7pfb@...> wrote: Very FB. I especially like the idea of having clocks set to UTC, PDT, and PST. But the second hands on the clocks are not synchronized, which would drive me crazy. I have a WWV clock from MFJ with two big time displays, I have one set to display UTC and PST or PDT as appropriate.
One observation on the utility of multiple displays for a shack computer - I have a loose pile of papers with things like band plans, grid maps, net control scripts, and so on. If I had multiple monitors I could obviously just have those on the computer, open in a image viewer with tabs, and just consult them on another monitor while I am working on the main monitor.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
On Oct 30, 2020, at 8:31 AM, Robin Amundson < wa7cpa@...> wrote:
Kirt,
Here is a picture of my she-shack standing U desk just after custom build by DH. It is placed away from wall/window on 2 sides for easy access to wires in back of equipment. Coax and control wires come in through wall on right behind rack from adjacent crawl space, brought into house through rodent screen at base of house, then through hole drilled between space and shack room. I purchased 2 adjustable height stools from Costco I use when I need to sit. One for guest, pre-Covid. For SSB contests I'm all standing to use foot pedal. The second picture is February 2019 after I initially placed equipment and it wasn't yet looking like a typical messy shack, lol. Currently my 8900 or Anytone sits on left side where the tool box in the picture is. I have added quite a lot of stuff on rack, and a second computer screen left corner of desk, which is currently used as a bulletin board. Graciella sits to right of computer now. She is my beautiful shack jewel made by Begali. I have a Microham right of computer. So there is a bit more equipment but it all still works. I will send current picture when I am able.
73,
Robin
<she shack standing desk.JPG><she shack February 2019.JPG>
-- Thanks,
Rowland
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I have space LCD's getting dusty....
--Shawn
--K7ATA
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On 10/30/2020 3:41 PM, Paul Butzi (W7PFB) wrote: Let’s start the negotiations at 97, and you can try to talk me down from there.
More seriously, I was thinking three, or maybe four. But I am also thinking that one might display something along the lines of a geochron clock. And maybe one for pskreporter, etc.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
On Oct 30, 2020, at 3:26 PM, Rowland <rowland.brasch@gmail.com <mailto:rowland.brasch@gmail.com>> wrote:
How many monitors you need?
On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 8:47 AM Paul Butzi (W7PFB) <w7pfb@butzi.net <mailto:w7pfb@butzi.net>> wrote:
Very FB. I especially like the idea of having clocks set to UTC,
PDT, and PST. But the second hands on the clocks are not
synchronized, which would drive me crazy. I have a WWV clock
from MFJ with two big time displays, I have one set to display
UTC and PST or PDT as appropriate.
One observation on the utility of multiple displays for a shack
computer - I have a loose pile of papers with things like band
plans, grid maps, net control scripts, and so on. If I had
multiple monitors I could obviously just have those on the
computer, open in a image viewer with tabs, and just consult them
on another monitor while I am working on the main monitor.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
On Oct 30, 2020, at 8:31 AM, Robin Amundson <wa7cpa@gmail.com
<mailto:wa7cpa@gmail.com>> wrote:
Kirt,
Here is a picture of my she-shack standing U desk just after
custom build by DH. It is placed away from wall/window on 2
sides for easy access to wires in back of equipment. Coax and
control wires come in through wall on right behind rack from
adjacent crawl space, brought into house through rodent screen
at base of house, then through hole drilled between space and
shack room. I purchased 2 adjustable height stools from Costco I
use when I need to sit. One for guest, pre-Covid. For SSB
contests I'm all standing to use foot pedal. The second picture
is February 2019 after I initially placed equipment and it
wasn't yet looking like a typical messy shack, lol. Currently my
8900 or Anytone sits on left side where the tool box in the
picture is. I have added quite a lot of stuff on rack, and a
second computer screen left corner of desk, which is currently
used as a bulletin board. Graciella sits to right of computer
now. She is my beautiful shack jewel made by Begali. I have a
Microham right of computer. So there is a bit more equipment but
it all still works. I will send current picture when I am able.
73,
Robin <she shack standing desk.JPG><she shack February 2019.JPG>
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Thanks,
Rowland
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Howard E. Mahran / WA1HEM
I have 5 monitors - 2 27” dedicated for email and other web based and information related items (scripts, band plans, dxengenerring shopping cart :-) , etc) and 2 27" dedicated for various operational stuff (Rig Control, WSJT-X, Waterfalls, SDR, JTAlert, Logbook) and the third is a 50” that I use for maps (such as GridTracker, weather maps, clocks, etc) - Yes Im a monitor-oholic On Oct 30, 2020, at 3:41 PM, Paul Butzi (W7PFB) < w7pfb@...> wrote:
Let’s start the negotiations at 97, and you can try to talk me down from there.
More seriously, I was thinking three, or maybe four. But I am also thinking that one might display something along the lines of a geochron clock. And maybe one for pskreporter, etc.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
How many monitors you need? On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 8:47 AM Paul Butzi (W7PFB) < w7pfb@...> wrote: Very FB. I especially like the idea of having clocks set to UTC, PDT, and PST. But the second hands on the clocks are not synchronized, which would drive me crazy. I have a WWV clock from MFJ with two big time displays, I have one set to display UTC and PST or PDT as appropriate.
One observation on the utility of multiple displays for a shack computer - I have a loose pile of papers with things like band plans, grid maps, net control scripts, and so on. If I had multiple monitors I could obviously just have those on the computer, open in a image viewer with tabs, and just consult them on another monitor while I am working on the main monitor.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun! On Oct 30, 2020, at 8:31 AM, Robin Amundson < wa7cpa@...> wrote:
Kirt,
Here is a picture of my she-shack standing U desk just after custom build by DH. It is placed away from wall/window on 2 sides for easy access to wires in back of equipment. Coax and control wires come in through wall on right behind rack from adjacent crawl space, brought into house through rodent screen at base of house, then through hole drilled between space and shack room. I purchased 2 adjustable height stools from Costco I use when I need to sit. One for guest, pre-Covid. For SSB contests I'm all standing to use foot pedal. The second picture is February 2019 after I initially placed equipment and it wasn't yet looking like a typical messy shack, lol. Currently my 8900 or Anytone sits on left side where the tool box in the picture is. I have added quite a lot of stuff on rack, and a second computer screen left corner of desk, which is currently used as a bulletin board. Graciella sits to right of computer now. She is my beautiful shack jewel made by Begali. I have a Microham right of computer. So there is a bit more equipment but it all still works. I will send current picture when I am able.
73,
Robin <she shack standing desk.JPG><she shack February 2019.JPG>
-- Thanks,
Rowland
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Howard Mahran (425) 864-5104 ***********************************
-- ************************* Howard E. Mahran WA1HEM (425) 864 - 5104 *************************
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Wow. Thanks everyone for showing your setups and thank you Ryan for the links. I'll continue to check them out but I've gotten some good ideas from what I've seen so far.
Howard, I think you have may have a problem 😉
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To: snovarc@snovarc.groups.io <snovarc@snovarc.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SnoVARC] Shack organization ideas/Show off your shack
I have 5 monitors - 2 27” dedicated for email and other web based and information related items (scripts, band plans, dxengenerring shopping cart :-) , etc) and 2 27" dedicated for various
operational stuff (Rig Control, WSJT-X, Waterfalls, SDR, JTAlert, Logbook) and the third is a 50” that I use for maps (such as GridTracker, weather maps, clocks, etc) - Yes Im a monitor-oholic
On Oct 30, 2020, at 3:41 PM, Paul Butzi (W7PFB) < w7pfb@...> wrote:
Let’s start the negotiations
at 97, and you can try to talk me down from there.
More seriously, I was thinking three, or maybe four. But I am also thinking that one might display something along the lines of a geochron clock. And maybe one for pskreporter, etc.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
How many monitors you need?
On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 8:47 AM Paul Butzi (W7PFB) < w7pfb@...> wrote:
Very FB. I especially like the idea of having clocks set to UTC, PDT, and PST. But the second hands on the clocks are not synchronized, which would drive me crazy. I have a WWV clock
from MFJ with two big time displays, I have one set to display UTC and PST or PDT as appropriate.
One observation on the utility of multiple displays for a shack computer - I have a loose pile of papers with things like band plans, grid maps, net control scripts, and so on. If I had multiple monitors I could obviously just have those on the
computer, open in a image viewer with tabs, and just consult them on another monitor while I am working on the main monitor.
-p W7PFB
73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!
On Oct 30, 2020, at 8:31 AM, Robin Amundson < wa7cpa@...> wrote:
Kirt,
Here is a picture of my she-shack standing U desk just after custom build by DH. It is placed away from wall/window on 2 sides for easy access to wires in back of equipment. Coax and control wires come in through wall on right behind rack from adjacent crawl
space, brought into house through rodent screen at base of house, then through hole drilled between space and shack room. I purchased 2 adjustable height stools from Costco I use when I need to sit. One for guest, pre-Covid. For SSB contests I'm all standing
to use foot pedal. The second picture is February 2019 after I initially placed equipment and it wasn't yet looking like a typical messy shack, lol. Currently my 8900 or Anytone sits on left side where the tool box in the picture is. I have added quite a lot
of stuff on rack, and a second computer screen left corner of desk, which is currently used as a bulletin board. Graciella sits to right of computer now. She is my beautiful shack jewel made by Begali. I have a Microham right of computer. So there is a bit
more equipment but it all still works. I will send current picture when I am able.
73,
Robin <she shack standing desk.JPG><she
shack February 2019.JPG>
--
Thanks,
Rowland
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Howard Mahran
(425) 864-5104
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Howard E. Mahran
WA1HEM
(425) 864 - 5104
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