29-05-2011, 12:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 29-05-2011, 01:01 PM by mendipviews.)
My workshop started out as a cow shed so I was told and gained a roof and windows. My only heating source is a wood burning stove but it does well and last year I retrieved some metal sheets from a site I was working on that were going spare put it on top of the existing roof with insulation between.
However its still not tidy but I have got a bench of sorts and getting some stuff onto shelves/racking
although it doesn't help when I come across more radios I like the look of.
I agree with Al & David that amateur radio seems slipping into the realms of all shop bought equipment and there are the idiot's out there that think its funny to whistle and key up the repeater but there is still a good number of people out there using home brew and older equipment.
Most of my radios and gadgets are either, home brew, donations or rally bought as when I first got my licence money for the hobby wasn't much.
My main radios in the shack are a AR88D for HF Listening, a T1154/R1155 for AM work and a yaesu radio (can't remember the model) for other HF work and I got it at longleat radio rally. The newest is a Trio 9000 for 2M work and thats 80's I believe.
The main thing is if it goes wrong I can attempt to repair it, not open it up look at all the surface mount technology and have to send it back somewhere to be repaired.
Regards
Luke
2E0VHV
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However its still not tidy but I have got a bench of sorts and getting some stuff onto shelves/racking
although it doesn't help when I come across more radios I like the look of.
I agree with Al & David that amateur radio seems slipping into the realms of all shop bought equipment and there are the idiot's out there that think its funny to whistle and key up the repeater but there is still a good number of people out there using home brew and older equipment.
Most of my radios and gadgets are either, home brew, donations or rally bought as when I first got my licence money for the hobby wasn't much.
My main radios in the shack are a AR88D for HF Listening, a T1154/R1155 for AM work and a yaesu radio (can't remember the model) for other HF work and I got it at longleat radio rally. The newest is a Trio 9000 for 2M work and thats 80's I believe.
The main thing is if it goes wrong I can attempt to repair it, not open it up look at all the surface mount technology and have to send it back somewhere to be repaired.
Regards
Luke
2E0VHV
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