For now, I’m primarily using my house shack for the winter. Hopefully this summer I’d like to revive the man-cave shack.
I’ve always loved a ‘rack’ look to my station. Here is one from 2015. Lots of fun re-organizing the shack way back then.
A detailed look at my home shack.
1) Galaxy DX-2547 40 Channel SSB / AM CB Radio
2) Uniden BCD996XT (See my YouTube video about this radio.
3) Uniden Homepatrol II (I have 2 of these, the second on is in the photo but not being used.
4) Kenwood TS-430S My first real HF rig from back in the last 80s early 90s. Mostly used on 10 meters.
5) Yaesu FT-2900 2-meter FM radio (Replaced my Icom all mode while it gets fixed)
6) Old School Radio Shack Pro-16A. Looks cool and I use it for WX
7) Uniden BC-780XLT - My second real amazing trunking scanner.
8) Uniden BC-780XLT - Mosty used for analog and aircraft monitoring.
9) Uniden BC898T - Another great trunking scanner that used for Trunking and analog.
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10) Icom R71-A with a bunch of additions. It is my favorite shortwave radio. I’ve had it for years and always wanted one for a very long time.
11) Icom IC746pro that is now a secondary SWL machine since the TX died on it some time ago. GREAT SWL radio.
12) Universal M-7000 Decoder. Once I get the cord made so it will work on the Icom, it will be back in business. Old school that I don’t need, it was very neat back in the day.
(racks by NovexComm)
My Old Shack 2016
My base station from 2016
For many years I’ve collected items that I couldn’t afford when they first came out back in the 80s and 90s. As you can see, There are a lot of items here.
I’d like to get this finished one day, but for now it’s just a memory of my once great shack in the man-cave.
I wanted to have 4 sections. SWL, CB, Ham, Scanners. As you can see it’s a bit of mix between them. I can still picture myself looking at the shack wondering what goes where.
I’ll get it all smoothed out, one day.
Enjoy, 73 Joe
Years ago (80s) I used to love looking through my favorite ham radio magazines. I spotted this ad for a shack that reminded me of a professional communications shack. Maybe not as fancy as a Motorola one, but still very neat looking for my little shack.
At the time I didn’t have the money to buy one, so I bought the wood and built my own. Too bad I can’t find a photo of the shack at this time. I’ll keep digging and one day I hope I can find photos of my shacks over the years.
73
Joe
