About me (N3JIM)

N3JIM Shack, Antennas, and Equipment

Last updated Mon, 06 Jun 2011

My "shack"

I don't have a shack, per se. I do my home-brewing and diagnostics wherever I can find space in the house. I have my "high power" (10 W) radio set up out in the garage, so I suppose that's my operating position. And I have a very nice attic, but it's too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. Maybe someday I can enclose, insulate, and condition some of the space up there...

Radios

(Most- to least recently acquired/built)

• • Icom IC-281H 2m mobile rig, given to me by my buddy KI6HDR. Thanks elmer! :)

  • SoftRock Lite II 30m SDR receiver (kit, in progress)

  • Yaesu VX-3R dual band handheld

Antennas

• • 2 TV twinlead antennas for 2m (home-brewed). One of these is mounted in the attic, with the coax running down into the garage/operating position for the Icom 2m rig.

  • A few mag-mount and handheld 2m antennas.

Equipment

• • 11-amp power supply (home-brewed), currently used for the Icom 2m rig.

  • SWR "meter" (home-brewed).

  • Leader LBO-508A dual trace 20 MHz oscilloscope.