[Milsurplus] workshop

[Peter Gottlieb]

My main service bench equipment varies a bit by need but this arrangement works 
fairly well for most projects.  Off to the left is a short rack with VNA and a 
40 MHz spectrum analyzer.  On the right rack is a GPSDO/Rb standard with distrib 
amp which drives all the counters and sig generators.  I use the 8640B a lot 
when working on older radios but the newer stuff usually requires one of the 
synthesized generators and the modulation domain analyzer.

http:///www.petergottlieb.com/images/lab.jpg

Depending on the fault and how modern the rig is I'm working on I may need to 
pull out the logic analyzer and other specialized equipment.

A good portion of what I have I bought non-functional so there's a lot of sweat 
equity in the photo.

The microscope is for surface mount (such as the PCB on the bench) and for tube 
gear I have other power supplies, some beefy.

I am fortunate that although this is in the basement there is a grade level big 
door and I can cart stuff up a small hill to street level on a hand truck.  
Being on the same level would be better but the basement is completely dry and 
entirely my domain to do with as I decide.

Peter
kb2vtl



On 12/1/2017 5:26 PM, W2HX wrote:
> strange that first link. here it is.
> http://www.w2hx.com/x/New%20Shack/1.jpg
>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "W2HX" <w2hx at w2hx.com <mailto:w2hx at w2hx.com>>
> To: "Ray Fantini" <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu <mailto:RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>>; 
> "Bruce Gentry" <ka2ivy at verizon.net <mailto:ka2ivy at verizon.net>>; "Milsurplus" 
> <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net <mailto:Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>>
> Sent: 12/1/2017 5:10:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] workshop
>
>> Ray wrote:
>>
>>> In the last house had a workshop built directly over the two car garage. 
>>> What seemed like a good idea at the time soon became a problem. Everything 
>>> had to be brought thru the house, up the stairs and into the workshop.
>>>
>>
>> I had attempted to address that situation. My shack is also above the 2 car 
>> garage. But instead of humping stuff through the house, I built a yardarm 
>> with a block and tackle to get the stuff through a barn-door-looking opening.
>>>
>> http://www.w2hx.com/x/New%20Shack/1.jpg <http://g>
>> http://www.w2hx.com/x/New%20Shack/2.jpg
>> http://www.w2hx.com/x/New%20Shack/3.jpg
>> http://www.w2hx.com/x/New%20Shack/4.jpg
>> http://www.w2hx.com/x/New%20Shack/5.jpg
>>
>> Worked REALLY well! But to the whole point of this thread, fast forward a few 
>> years later and that barn-door-thingy is blocked with shelves and cabinets! I 
>> did make the shelves and cabinets all removable. But the reality of moving 
>> all of that stuff to use the barn doors makes humping new heavy things 
>> through the house look more desirable!
>>
>> Ultimately, "radios and electronics are just like gases. They expand to fill 
>> their container" (aka the Hertz Postulate (tm) )
>>
>> 73 Eugene W2HX
>>
>
>
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