Hello out there!
Anybody ever set up a satellite station or any type ham station in a computer armoire? Seems like it would be swell for limited space areas, etc.
What with all the mini-radios, amps, power supplies, etc. these days, it would be pretty feasible and make a nice setup complete with computer, etc.
I've been thinking of it but have not taken the plunge yet. (I have LARGE tube type amps, etc), they would not fit and if they did the shelves wouldn't hold them.
73 John K6YK
The pressboard that most of the less expensive computer "desks/cabinets" use will not even hold a monitor on a shelf without warping...I use a computer desk for some of my ham stuff and the larger lowband transceivers can't go in the middle of the unsupported top shelf without creating a tendency for it to bow downward.
If you have real wood...go for it!
Roger WA1KAT
----- Original Message ----- From: "John W Lee" k6yk@juno.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:42 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Ham Shacks ?
Hello out there!
Anybody ever set up a satellite station or any type ham station in a computer armoire? Seems like it would be swell for limited space areas, etc.
What with all the mini-radios, amps, power supplies, etc. these days, it would be pretty feasible and make a nice setup complete with computer, etc.
I've been thinking of it but have not taken the plunge yet. (I have LARGE tube type amps, etc), they would not fit and if they did the shelves wouldn't hold them.
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The pressboard that most of the less expensive computer "desks/cabinets" use will not even hold a monitor on a shelf without warping...I use a computer desk for some of my ham stuff and the larger lowband transceivers can't go in the middle of the unsupported top shelf without creating a tendency for it to bow downward.
If you have real wood...go for it!
Exactly, Roger, I built my shelves from 3/4 plywood over 20 years ago, sitting on a 4 X 8 cut out sheet of marine ply, sitting on a fabricated light weight angle iron steel frame, and it would take more than any computer or ham radio gear to bow it!!
And I've used computers sitting alongside the gear for over twenty years, and have had little interference except for the first two years or so of computers.
But I also use the best co-ax available, carefully installed premium N connectors on everything, and I don't "bundle" the coax to the outside...I use separate holes for every cable, 3/4 and 1 1/2 PVC, angled to keep out the rain, and plugged with rags, even tho San Diego is pretty temperate year around...
Colder climes may wish to use foam insulation....
But I guess HT users wouldn't have to bother like that!!
73, Dave, WB6LLO dguimon1@san.rr.com
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