Activities of an Electronics Workshop Troubleshooting radio equipment Classes Kitbuilding Homebrewing Equipment Ideas for an Electronics Workshop Safety Equipment - Glasses, Gloves, First Aid Kit Common tools, screwdriver set per bench, small plier set per bench, wire strippers, Harbor Freight soldering irons, Edsyn Loner 951SX refurb (from EAE Sales https://www.eaesales.com/index.php ), or Hakko fx-888, solder, liquid flux, benches variable power supplies multimeter 2 harbor freight per bench, plus one high perf for shop oscilloscope 1 for shop spectrum analyzer - Would the one in a service monitor be good enough even though not a high performance "laboratory grade"? digital scope, Rigol DS-1102E for inexpensive scope or DS1104Z-S, or DS-2102 for a one with a finer display resolution. service monitor to tune radios duplexers - Amtronix refurb/calibrated, 100 w input, HP8924C, http://www.amtronix.com/ Amtronix SW2012N Return Loss Bridge Kit MVC007, CGA/EGA/MDA/YUV to VGA Industrial Converter Unit Displays HP8924C service monitor on TV screen http://www.moncotech.com/cnc.php one good set of test equipment plus one inexpensive set for each bench signal generators AF/RF RF Generator, battery operated portable, Nigel showed an Elecraft Portable Sig Gen XG3, http://www.elecraft.com/XG3/xg3.htm magnifier lamp on bench Stereo Boom Microscope 10X Area for storage of kits panavise, table clamp, Circuit board jaws hot air rework station, inexpensive vacuum desoldering, electric operated, or pneumatic electrostatic mats, large for each area grounding system per bench power strip in cabinets Drop cords from ceiling Antenna analyzer, MFJ bird power meter with slugs dummy load small, large Vector Network Analyzer DG8SAQ VNWA 3 - 3E, Low Cost 1.3 GHz Vector Network Analyzer, http://sdr-kits.net/VNWA3_Description.html computer and display,tower vs laptop, rackmount, server camera, web or HD macro for front TV or projector display whiteboard, on wheels and/or mounted to wall Ethernet switch for Raspberry experimentation serial port breakout plastic carpet protector near bench surface mount capability Group Suggestions - things to build:
Input from Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB: I have a couple of other kit suggestions as well. One kit that I have found very useful is the Deluxe Tenna Dipper. We built them as a group here, and it made Field Day antenna setup go a lot faster. With one of these in the hands of most of our stations, the tuning and tweaking of the antennas went fast. Here is a link: http://www.qrpkits.com/deluxetennadipper.html A good kit for first-time builders is the Ten-Tec regenerative receiver kit. It is relatively easy to build and you end up with a cute little general coverage receiver. http://www.tentec.com/products/Regenerative-4%252dBand-SWL-Receiver-%252d-Model-1054.html If you are equipping a ///, you will want a scope, maybe a vacuum desoldering station for easier error correction or repairs, as well as a few soldering stations for those that do not have them. A few of those $3 Harbor Freight special multimeters come in handy, too for training purposes. They are cheap, effective, and not a huge loss if lost or broken. A signal generator, a good general coverage receiver, and a good dummyload/wattmeter is helpful as well for testing once projects are completed. A few outlet strips help as well as some lighted magnifiers that can mount to the tables. Let me know if I can be of help for a group kit building experience for DARA! 73, Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB Kit Building Editor, CQ Magazine |
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