K3 / K3S Station setup question

[Jim Low man]

It seems like my shack is in a constant state of reconfiguration.
Then I had to complicate things by buying a K3S and a Flex-6700 at the
Huntsville Hamfest.

My initial plan was to build a "horseshoe" configuration; much like the
computer room at a former office.
Over time the XYL, who was a Geology/Earth Science professor, covered
three of the four walls with six-foot-tall bookcases.
Now that she has passed, I have the task of selling/donating all of her
book collection.
Eventually I will be able to reclaim the space and have the
configuration that I wanted in the first place.

There is no option to build vertically from the operating desk, as that
would block the view from the only window in the room.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 9/15/2015 6:11 AM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:

> I build furniture as one of my hobbies.   Therefore I could build a
> custom, made to fit, each piece of equipment enclosure or desk.
> However, my station is in a reconfigured built in book case system.
> Cabinets are located below with doors, and above,  shelves are
> extended to depths of 12" to 18" for equipment and operation, extend
> to the ceiling.  Plus it is some 6 ft wide.  A series of holes in each
> shelf allows running cables left to right and up and down. Over some
> 20 years it has contained and supported various pieces of equipment
> from a fully configured Collins S Line plus a 5 transceiver
> accumulation and now down to two transceivers and one amplifier and
> tuner.    Being on the 2nd floor of the house, all feed lines and
> rotor control traverse the attic and drop down through the ceiling to
> the tuner and coax switch arrangement at the operating position.
>
> The point being.........flexibility is a must with any installation
> and configuration.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
> K3S s/n 10,163

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[Jim AB3CV]

I have two 24" monitors mounted on the wall behind my K Line. There is room
to put my SEC1235M on top of the K3, the KAT500 on top of the KPA500
without blocking the ergonomically mounted monitors. To the left is my
NCC-1 with a Steppir SDA-100 on top, and to the left of that my RCS12 on
top of a GHE rotor RT-11.

That still leaves room for a (soon) NUC to sit on top of the P3 to be the
shack computer replacing the monster on the floor.

BTW, the K3S made for a very nice reduction in mess behind the rig with the
builtin preamp and USB connection.

73

jim ab3cv
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[w7aqk]

Hi All,

My objective has always been (but rarely achieved) to just have a well suited part of the house where my station could be housed.  You would think, considering the fact that most of the houses we have owned were fairly decent in size, that there would be such a place therein.  However, raising children, and keeping the XYL happy, often tend to conflict with this objective.  As children grow, and eventually vacate their bedrooms, space may become available, but more often than not it is not in the most advantageous part of the house!   Besides, children often come back, or at least come to visit often!  So, I usually get relegated to the garage!  Finding a properly designed/configured house is almost as difficult as just finding a house in a neighborhood that doesn't discriminate against ham radio all together!  The bottom line is that I've yet to get to the point where I could concentrate on efficient "configuration".  I'm still looking for available space!!!!  Oh, and I shou
 ld add this.  Long ago my wife bought me a plaque to display wherever I did set up my station.  It reads "It takes a real expert to create a mess like this!"

Dave W7AQK
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[Mark Stennett]

At my house we have a three car garage. We turned the bay closest to the tower into a 10X15 radio room by filling in the floor with concrete, tiling the floor to match the house and adding a new wall 8 feet inside the roll up door. Add HVAC duct off the whole house system, run a 240 VAC circuit and repurpose the existing 110 VAC circuits and we are good to go. The remaining 8 foot space becomes storage with access from the original roll up door.

73 de na6m


> On Sep 16, 2015, at 10:50, <[hidden email]> <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> My objective has always been (but rarely achieved) to just have a well suited part of the house where my station could be housed.  You would think, considering the fact that most of the houses we have owned were fairly decent in size, that there would be such a place therein.  However, raising children, and keeping the XYL happy, often tend to conflict with this objective.  As children grow, and eventually vacate their bedrooms, space may become available, but more often than not it is not in the most advantageous part of the house!   Besides, children often come back, or at least come to visit often!  So, I usually get relegated to the garage!  Finding a properly designed/configured house is almost as difficult as just finding a house in a neighborhood that doesn't discriminate against ham radio all together!  The bottom line is that I've yet to get to the point where I could concentrate on efficient "configuration".  I'm still looking for available space!!!!  Oh, and I sh
 ou

> ld add this.  Long ago my wife bought me a plaque to display wherever I did set up my station.  It reads "It takes a real expert to create a mess like this!"
>
> Dave W7AQK
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[Edward R Cole]

When we moved to our current home in 2006, my ham stations and
outside antenna took a primary consideration in even deciding on
which property to choose.  My nine sled dogs were the other primary
consideration. We moved from a 5ac lot to 1-3/4ac of which about 1ac
is not woods.  But moving out of a 1955 owner-built house to a modern
1994 5-star energy home was a good move.  In 1955 the area was
wilderness and homesteads and nearly roadless.  We now live on a lake.

My ham shack occupies the 3rd bedroom and is about 11x12 foot.  I
arranged the two 6-foot folding table in a L-configuration with about
30-inch space between one table and the closet.  The closet became a
bookshelf.  The other table backs to the wall and only window and I
have to racks at right angle to the other end of that table so the
station forms a U.  On the fourth wall is my workbench for electronic
assembly.  Pretty crowded, now.  But leaving the table with space
behind holding all the radio equipment makes cable work easier.  Thru
wall cable opening is at the end of the walkspace.  Photos can be
seen on my website.

My dream shack is a 26 by 18 foot addition to the 2-car garage
(separate shop) which I will place my metal/wood working tools in the
front third and shack in back 2/3 with dividing wall between and
either folding door or pocket door to keep dust from the front area
getting to the electronics.  This will place the shack facing my
50-foot eme tower about 40-foot away for shorter cables.  But my dish
is off the other end of the house so farther cable run.  I need TV
cams for watching the dish even from the current shack so new shack
would not be substantially different in operation.

But probably need about $25K or more for the dream shack - so still dreaming!

73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
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