Flex Contesting setup

ctate243

Setup for JIDX cw 2015 for you shack setup entusiasts..

Flex 6500/flex control
K1EL winkeyer
Modified AL811H with drive resistor and 4 X 572B tubes(ARB 74 tx relay protection)
Elecraft W2 Watt Meter
SteppIR Rotatable Dipole on Yaesu G450A
Acer Predator i5/8gb ram(Emerson TV for large display)
Ipad Air with K6TU control on flex arm
DDutil for SteppIR band tracking
SDR Bridge driving CW skimmer instance with DAX IQ
N1MM logger +

Very comfortable setup and systems worked well.

Wish band conditions could have been better, but dang the shack is looking cool!  Ready for the next test!

DrTeeth

What a fantastic shack. You even have room for a dedicated **** fridge.

ctate243

Ha.. indeed  I have a full sized fridge just outside the shack door :-).. ready for the drop in solar cycle conditions..

Steve W6SDM

Very nice looking shack.  About your big monitor - is that a TV hooked up with HDMI?  Do you have any ergonomic issues looking up at it?   I have five 27-inch monitors hooked up to my computer and the higher ones give me neck pain if I stare at them too long.  I am working on adjustments to counter that.

Steve

Mark Griffin

Looks like you have a real nice setup.

Ross - K9COX

Do you have any Binford tools?

ctate243

I Steve thanks so much.  Yes Its an emerson 40" TV.  the video quality is surprisingly good!  and since everything is so big..  Its pretty easy to see.  I have the desktop monitor there to avoid excessive neck strain.. 

ctate243

thanks Mark.. much appreciated.  Its always fun making a hamshack that looks like and Aircraft Carrier CIC op position :-)

ctate243

"Tim Taylor grunt"  :-).