May 2005

The W2AGN Homestead

Back Porch

Downstairs (Main)

(Look Crowded? That's because it's 9 X 11 feet)

 

 

West end of Shack, TR-7, ATLAS 350XL, Heath QRP Rigs, CX-7A, TR-4, SBE-34, Cubic Astro 150. On Shelf above, Power Supplies and modified FT-7. Amplifiers and Antenna Tuners on top of GPT-750 to right. Picture taken Jun 2004

Picture May 2005 with "Fisheye" lens showing more, including QRP boxes on shelf upper right.

Who's That old Grouch?


Same Grouch, 3 years later...

Middle of Console. UHF/VHF Rigs on Right. In middle Swan 350, Triton IV, Jupiter and Paragon, to left, FT-102, IC720A above Omni C and 243 VFO. Corner of KWM2 visible extreme left. (June 2004)

QRO Stuff, and Antenna Tuners (June 2004)
 


Other end and middle with fisheye lens. Note new shelf with PRC-74, etc. upper right. (May 2005)



End of shack showing QRP stuff and tuners on the right. Note PRC-47 in desk cutout. Installing that convinced me the place was getting crowded! (May 2005)

VHF AM Heath HW-20 Pawnee for 2M on Rack shelf, to right Heath HW-10 Shawnee, Lafayette HA-460 and Gonset G-50, all 6M AM (June 2004)
More recent (May 2005) picture of VHF AM equipment


 

Enlarged View of "QRP Corner", Argo 509, Century 21, TS-130V, Argo 515 and Argonaut V, also showing SB-104A and KWM-2A(June 2004)


QRP End of shack with fisheye lens. (May 2005)


G-76 (AM Transceiver) FT-301S and Elecraft K2, computer to extreme left.


Wireless Set #19 which is on shelf behind door to left of G-76, etc. (Yep, shelf is bowed a little...)

 

Shelf above G-76. Top is Manuals and Crystal Receiver, 2nd shelf L-R Multipig+, OHR Classic Box, DR-30 + Class E Transmitters, Palstar Receiver and Digimit Transmitter with 2nd K2 on top.



The Upstairs (Bedroom) Shack

The first "mini-shack" in the bedroom, for those nights I wake up in the "wee hours" Argonaut II, Argosy II. Strictly CW with headphones ;-)  (December 2002)

Upstairs Shack now that it has grown!

Clockwise from left: HW-16, HT-18, HG10, Ranger on top of RME 6900, SWR atop Kachina Control head, above Argo 556 and Argo II, NW-30 atop keyer, above Argosy 525D and Drake R4C, to right T4XC, Davco DR-30 atop MS-4 and SP-520 VFO. TS-520S on shelf. Just below notebook computer is Kachina 505DSP w/power supply.  (January 2003)

Operating the Trusty Ranger

Another View of Upstairs

The Vintage Side

Clockwise from left: HQ129X, NC101X, QF1 audio filter, HA1 Keyer, TBS-50c, HT-17, S-53A, S-40B, HG10 VFO, HT-18, HW-16, Ranger, RME6900

May 2005 Picture of Upstairs Shack, note ARC-2 in desk and AT-1/BC-348 behind bedpost. Also receivers on shelf above.





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