<h1 id="whats-in-my-ham-shack">What's In My Ham Shack</h1>
<p>In this episode I am starting what I hope will become a series where Amateur Radio operators talk about what equipment they have and use in their Ham Shacks.</p>
<h2 id="ham-shack-definition">Ham Shack Definition</h2>
<p>A good definition of exactly what a Ham Shack is can be found on Wikipedia.</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_shack" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_shack</a></p>
<h2 id="categories-of-ham-radio-gear">Categories of Ham Radio gear</h2>
<p>I tend to divide gear into the following categories.</p>
<ol type="1">
<li>Portable - hand-held devices designed for carrying.</li>
<li>Mobile - equipment that is designed to be used in a vehicle.</li>
<li>Base - gear used in a fixed station environment.</li>
<li>Miscellaneous - other stuff.</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="my-ham-shack">My Ham Shack</h2>
<p>You can google any of these model numbers to see what the hardware looks like and learn more about it.</p>
<h3 id="portable-gear">Portable Gear</h3>
<ul>
<li>Allinco DJ-190 Handy-Talkie</li>
<li>Yeasu VX-6R tri-band Handy-Talkie</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="mobile-gear">Mobile Gear</h3>
<ul>
<li>Yeasu FT-8800 dual-band radio</li>
<li>New Motorolla Mount (NMO) antenna mount</li>
<li>Comet B-10nmo mobile antenna</li>
<li>Comet SBB-5nmo mobile antenna</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="base-station-gear">Base Station Gear</h3>
<ul>
<li>ICOM IC-746 HF+6m+2m radio</li>
<li>Grasshopper II vertical HF antenna</li>
<li>Unknown brand vertical 2-meter/70-cm base station antenna</li>
<li>MFJ-4225MV Switching Power Supply</li>
<li>MFJ-949E Manual Antenna Tuner</li>
<li>LDG Electronics AT-200Pro II Automatic Antenna Tuner</li>
<li>Computer running Xubuntu 16.04</li>
<li>West Mountain RIGblaster Advantage digital interface</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="miscellaneous-gear">Miscellaneous Gear</h3>
<ul>
<li>MFJ-269C Antenna Analyzer</li>
<li>Stereo head-phones and microphone</li>
<li>Push-to-Talk pedal</li>
<li>RTL-SDR Dongle</li>
<li>Collection of various connectors and adaptors</li>
</ul>