Amateur Radio 2020 Shack – AB3BO

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Amateur Radio 2020 Shack – AB3BO

January 2020

The two base rigs are the TS-2000 and the TS-480HX by Kenwood.
The TS-2000 is connected to a dipole through an SGC SG-239 Smarttuner (tuner).
The tuner is located outside under a sunroom deck and a cable goes up to the dipole antenna.
The TS-480 is connected to a horizontal delta Loop through an SGC SG-239 Smarttuner.
The tuner is located outside under a sunroom deck and a cable goes up to the delta loop antenna.

Kenwood HF Ham Radio Rigs

Kenwood TS-2000 and TS-480HX

I use a Heil Pro Set 6 headset for voice operations on HF Sideband (up to 100 watts) and VHF/UHF FM.

Pro Set 6 by Heil

Pro Set 6 by Heil

There are two external speakers used with the TS-2000 and TS-480 rigs. They are from a long gone stereo phonograph and tape deck.

External Speakers

Speakers used with the TS-2000 and TS-480HX

For Software, Ham Radio Deluxe 6.6.0.236 (HRD) is installed on an HP workstation.
HRD is used with preset connection definitions for controlling the TS-2000 and TS-480 rigs.

WSJT-X v2.0.1 7ddcb7 is used for FT8 operations.
WSJT-X configurations are used to allow for operation switching between rigs.

Logging is done to LOTW using TQSL 2.5.1 and the log file created by WSJT-X.
Logging is also done to EQSL using an edited WSJT-X log file.

When working calls on WSJT-X, I usually have QRZ and PSK Reporter going to view the call info and to
see how I am getting out (on the band being worked).
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Ham Radio Deluxe, WSJT-X, QRZ and PSK Reporter

Ham Radio Deluxe, WSJT-X, QRZ and PSK Reporter when operating FT-8

There are currently 4 HT rigs in the shack.
The Yaesu FT-60 is used for VHF and UHF analog.
The TYT-MD390 is used for DMR on 70cm.
The Kenwood TH-D74 is used mainly for D-Star operation.
The Yaesu FT-70D is used mainly for YSF operation.

Yaesu FT-70D, FT-60, TYT MD-390 and Kenwood TH-D74 HT Radios

Yaesu FT-70D, Yaesu FT-60, TYT MD-390 and Kenwood TH-D74 HT Radios

There are 3 hotspots located in the house. They consist of Jumbo Spot MMDVM boards and Raspberry Pi 3b 3b and 3b+ boards. Each hotspot is set to operate one digital mode. They all are running Pi-STAR.

The hotspots use Smartplugs connected to AC adapters. This allows me to turn the hotspots on and off remotely when needed!

Hotspot

Hotspot with a Jumbo Spot MMDVM , Raspberry Pi and Smartplug

A fourth hotspot (Jumbo Spot MMDVM with a Raspberry PI Zero W) is located in my truck.
It has 3 SD cards which are changed out depending on which HT is taken along in the truck.

I also operate Echolink and CQ100 in the shack using the HP work station and a Blue Yeti microphone.
A Boom was recently added to the microphone to make operating easier.

My current projects are organizing the HT Deck/Desk and working on an ALLSTAR Link.
For the HT Deck/Desk, I am disposing of junk and organizing cables.
For the Allstar Link, I am gathering parts and brain cells.

73
AB3BO