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William Barron W1WAB Website  

W1WAB ham shack. Located in garage with multiple rigs, microphones, booms, foot pedals, and PC controls.

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Welcome to my Ham Shack !

It’s located in the garage; with easy access to the attic antennas. I live in a restricted community—so all the antennas are located in the garage attic — including two Cushcraft beams and a 20 meter dipole.

I have collected a lot of radios — too many in fact. I’m concentrating now on the newer computer-like radios; but still love the old Kenwood true solid state and the hybrid rigs; if and when I can get them to work!

Two newly-refurbished IBM Think-Centre PCs and a Compaq laptop control the action using Ham Radio Deluxe. I do most of the SSB voice on the TS-2000 and the PSK31 on the Yaesu FT-897.

Email: webmaster

 

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July 4, 2009: More boom mics installed. I now have 5 MC-50s  on 3 booms with foot-pedals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 28, 2009: New TS-2000.

 

 Rigs/antennas controlled by Ameritron switchboxes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attic antennas include:

Cushcraft 4-element 2 meter beam (north)

Cushcraft 70cm-2-6 meter beam  (west)

20 meter dipole (north south)

40 meter hamstick dipole (north south)

80 meter hamstick dipole (north south).

11 meter magnetic mount

3 Isotron antennas (not connected)

4 Two-meter mag-mounts

1 132 wire on garage ceiling for 40M (kinda)

 

Rigs “On-Air”

Rigs “In-repair”

 

Other rigs:

Two ICOM V8 2 mtr HT (Car/golf cartt)

Radio Shack HTX HT (no RF)

 

CBs:

Two Midlands HT CBs (used for CERT)

Two GE HT CBs (at CERT HQ)

Communications Power all-mode CB2000

Cobra CB & two Midlands 23-channel CBs (CERT HQ)

The ‘old’ shack video tour—

 http://youtube.com/watch?v=gSVsmi0Egag