Radios:
Yaesu FT-2800M
Yaesu FT-8800R
Yaesu FT-847
Yaesu FT-60R
Uniden Bearcat BC785D
Uniden Bearcat BC796D
Accessories:
Yaesu FL-2100B Linear Amplifier 6M 50-54Mhz, Converted to a Russian GI-7B Triode
Vectronics VC-300DLP Tuner
Heathkit HM-2102 SWR/Wattmeter for 6M
KLM PA 40-160BL 160W Linear Amplifier 2M (SSB Use with FT-847)
RFConcepts 2-417 170W
Linear Amplifier 2M (FM Use with FT-8800R)
RFConcepts 4-110 100W Linear
Amplifier 70cm
(FM Use with FT-8800R)
Yaesu G-800S
Yaesu G-800SA
Ameritron RCS-8V
MFJ-1270B For APRS Digi / Igate
Davis Weather Monitor II
BuxCommCo Rascal
Iota DLS-55 55 amp continuous duty power supply with IQ-4 smart
charger option
Optima Yellow Top deep cycle battery for backup
The shack DC Supply. I took a picture of it before starting to build the desk so you can better see its construction. The battery box houses my Optima Yellow Top deep cycle battery. There is a 60 amp circuit breaker which separates the battery from the power supply, this is for safety reasons, if the power supply ever failed it couldn't pull the battery to ground as the breaker would trip. Also it allows me to disconnect the battery if I need to remove power from everything. There is a 100 amp shunt, that's for my volt/amp meter which you will see in a bit. And a ATC fuse panel for feeding all the radios. The two circuit breakers to the left of the fuse panel is to feed the 2m amps, they would max out the fuse panel capacity if fed from there. The power supply is an Iota DLS-55, this is capable of 55 amps continuous! The small box to the right of the power supply is the IQ-4 intelligent battery charger add-on for the DLS-55. This allows it to monitor and maintain the battery, normally it float charges the battery, but if the power fails and I run off battery for a while when the power comes back on it will sense the battery voltage loss and increase the charge rate to bring it back to fully charged, then it switches back to float. This power supply has been working flawlessly for years, no noise, no problems.
Here is where all the coax enters the shack, there is an aluminum panel on there to facilitate grounding all of the shields to a ground rod on the other side of this wall. There is also a bolt with a thumbscrew on the shack side for the later addition of a ground wire to a ground bus which all the radio gear will get grounded to.
The shack rebuild is making some progress, on the top is the Linksys Router, RCA Cable Modem, KPC-3, RFC 2-417, Yaesu Rotor Controls, Ameritron remote coax switch, and a Yaesu speaker. On the bottom of the shelf is a FT-2800M, FT-8800R, Speakers, and the BC785D. More wire management and cable organizing is coming, just taking a break.
The start of the new operating desk. Adjustable bench legs, a piece of 6ft countertop, and various other bits including an under mount keyboard drawer. The reason the legs are so far to the left is to make room for the computer that will go under it on the right end, you will see pictures of that shortly.
A close-up of one of the grommets. Drill a 3" hole with a hole saw and pop them in. I used a bit of glue around each of them before inserting to keep them from getting knocked out by accident while installing everything.
Here is where it's at for now, the new desk is nearly complete. The LCD monitors are going to get wall mounted yet, more on that later when I get to work on it and take some new pictures. All the radio gear is up and running again!
I received my wall mounts for the monitors today, both had the VESA compliant mounting holes on the back so I decided to hang them to free up even more desktop space. Here they are after mounting them to the wall. Still not totally done with the desk, final pictures will come after I get a few more things moved around.
It's done, finally!! Nice having all the extra room.
Here is the workbench area, still a bit of a mess but improving as I get time to organize and clean it all.
This site was last updated 06/23/10