HPR2383: What's In My Ham Shack

What's In My Ham Shack

In this episode I am starting what I hope will become a series where Amateur Radio operators talk about what equipment they have and use in their Ham Shacks.

Ham Shack Definition

A good definition of exactly what a Ham Shack is can be found on Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_shack

Categories of Ham Radio gear

I tend to divide gear into the following categories.

1. Portable - hand-held devices designed for carrying.
2. Mobile - equipment that is designed to be used in a vehicle.
3. Base - gear used in a fixed station environment.
4. Miscellaneous - other stuff.

My Ham Shack

You can google any of these model numbers to see what the hardware looks like and learn more about it.

Portable Gear

• Allinco DJ-190 Handy-Talkie
• Yeasu VX-6R tri-band Handy-Talkie

Mobile Gear

• Yeasu FT-8800 dual-band radio
• New Motorolla Mount (NMO) antenna mount
• Comet B-10nmo mobile antenna
• Comet SBB-5nmo mobile antenna

Base Station Gear

• ICOM IC-746 HF+6m+2m radio
• Grasshopper II vertical HF antenna
• Unknown brand vertical 2-meter/70-cm base station antenna
• MFJ-4225MV Switching Power Supply
• MFJ-949E Manual Antenna Tuner
• LDG Electronics AT-200Pro II Automatic Antenna Tuner
• Computer running Xubuntu 16.04
• West Mountain RIGblaster Advantage digital interface

Miscellaneous Gear

• MFJ-269C Antenna Analyzer
• Stereo head-phones and microphone
• Push-to-Talk pedal
• RTL-SDR Dongle
• Collection of various connectors and adaptors

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