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[Gary Gregory]

Hey guys.....your all spoilt you know.
My shack is under the Southern Cross......for all my space, it's still
untidy. Adding an external speaker would just add tl the clutter.
No, i didn't mean my mind........but

73

Gary
Vk1ZZ
K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3.
On 24/04/2013 7:04 PM, "Edward R Cole" <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:

> Ron reminded me of some of the advertising seen in the 1950-60's.  And I
> understand that many have to persuade spouses to get to have a station
> somewhat closer than the "barn"!  Actually saw a well known eme ham's
> station installed in his barn.
>
> The only time I got away with having my ham station in the living room was
> when I was 22 and still a bachelor.  I had a very small cottage on one of
> the many lakes in Michigan which consisted of kitchen, bedroom, bath, and
> big living room.  I had a ham shack instead of a "living room"!
>
> Apartments are the worst situation to be in as a ham, in my opinion.  I
> have had a ham shack in a tent for three years before building a log cabin.
>  I ran it on a diehard battery because I had no utilities (in the bush of
> Alaska).  I had a Ward's gas generator and battery charger.  But the 80m
> s-meter sat on the peg at zero noise without the influence of civilization
> - boy could I hear.
>
> But most of my ham shacks have been spare bedrooms (as is the current
> one).  That is fortunate as one can close the door when visitors arrive.
>  My wife does not bother entering the "shack" and all cleaning is up to me!
>  My wife has said if our "ship ever came in" and money was not an issue,
> she would build me a shack added onto the garage to get me out of the
> house.  Running from the workshop in the garage to the hamshack is
> inconvenient.  Tools are always at the wrong location.
>
> I envy the hams that have beautiful shacks...really impressive!  But it
> will likely never exist for my station...yep I'm a tinkerer (translation
> engineer and technician) at heart.  I like the designing and building and
> testing almost more than operating.  Operating is the final test for some
> project, then on to the next project.  The bedroom closet is filled with
> boxes of parts for at least a decade of future projects.  So my old metal
> National Radio speaker fits right in!  k3 drives it beautifully.
>
> My shack is about function vs style (exceptions are the Elecraft radios,
> of course).  I could use twice as much room, though.
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:53:35 -0700
> From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Speaker, Season finale
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>
> Us OTs who occasionally peruse the old QSTs know that in the 1960's Collins
> was really trying to produce equipment that the XYL would not object to
> having on a desktop in the living room. "Hamshacks" were moving from the
> basement, garage or outdoor shed into the living room.
>
> As home sizes have diminished steadily over the decades, and the size of
> the
> equipment has diminished, having a rig that was acceptable in the living
> room has become how many Hams have stayed on the air.
>
> Personally, my rigs are almost never fully assembled. When I'm on the air,
> it's usually with something that looks like someone exploded a dozen pieces
> of equipment on the bench top. Fortunately my XYL does not mind and now
> that
> solid state is common, I'm no longer reaching through a maze of wires
> containing hundreds or thousands of volts to throw a switch. (Yes, I was
> raised with the story of how Ross Hull was electrocuted in 1938, exactly 7
> months and 12 days after I was born probably instilling a level of care
> that
> has probably been responsible for me surviving, although I have been
> knocked
> on my...er...'backside'... a number of times in years long past.)
>
> I can fully understand the desire of some Hams to have a complete,
> integrated station that looks clean, neat and which works perfectly. Not
> all
> Hams are madcap tinkerers and home brewers, Hi!
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
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