The Shack

Our shack is away from the main meeting room to give operators a chance of some peace and quiet! At the moment it's a little crowded as the decorators are using it as a storage room.

Our equipment is stored in a secure double fronted cabinet. In theory, it's a case of opening up and plugging in, though at the moment we have no aerials permanently in place. Sticking one on top of a pole the other side of the shack windows isn't a problem, and we hope to find some way of installing something either outside or in the loft early in 2008.

The ICOM is the "installed" radio, with the others available if required. We decided to keep the FDK and transverter as back-up. After all, we wouldn't get all that much for them these days, and it's always good to have something on standby.

 

A Summary of our Equipment

ICOM IC706Mk2G for HF/2M/6M/70cm

FDK750 + UHF Expander for 2M & 70cm

TOKYO HF-2mTransverter

BGL DSP Speaker

NISSEI DPS300GL Power supply

Honda 2KvA generator

Full size G5RV

Multiband vertical for HF

Tri-band colinear for VHF/UHF

2M and 70cm beams

Five element 6M beam

33ft Telescopic Mast

2x 12ft telescopic tripod masts

Antenna Tuner