This weekend my wife and I received some new furniture, one of them being a computer armoir. That meant I got to take the old computer desk and do something useful with it.
So I turned it into a home for my radios.
Right now I have a Yaesu FT2800M as my 2 meter radio and a Magnum 257 HP as my 10 meter radio. Powering the Yaesu is an Astron RS12A and the 257 HP is powered by an Astron RS20A.
I added a small fan behind the Yaesu since it gets really warm if I get long winded. I am using a power strip a top the station to power both of the power supplies and the fan.
Future plans include a 70 cm radio (if I can find one that's not ridiculously priced) as well as (maybe) a scanner, perhaps a 220 MHz radio...and I've even toyed with the thought of adding in a CB radio, although I'm not really into 11 m anymore....it would come in handy if someone on 11 m were calling. I'll most likely add an HF radio eventually.
Anyways, here's a few pics for now. Enjoy.
So I turned it into a home for my radios.
Right now I have a Yaesu FT2800M as my 2 meter radio and a Magnum 257 HP as my 10 meter radio. Powering the Yaesu is an Astron RS12A and the 257 HP is powered by an Astron RS20A.
I added a small fan behind the Yaesu since it gets really warm if I get long winded. I am using a power strip a top the station to power both of the power supplies and the fan.
Future plans include a 70 cm radio (if I can find one that's not ridiculously priced) as well as (maybe) a scanner, perhaps a 220 MHz radio...and I've even toyed with the thought of adding in a CB radio, although I'm not really into 11 m anymore....it would come in handy if someone on 11 m were calling. I'll most likely add an HF radio eventually.
Anyways, here's a few pics for now. Enjoy.
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