Ultimate Ham Radio Shack Tour - DX Commander Factory Shack

My shack-build - what I did wrong - and what I did right. Complete tour of the remote power on, coax pull, antenna field and everything in between! Enjoy! Callum.

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[DukeDave]

Yes I like your thoughts Callum. Please continue and I'm taking notes thank-you for doing this.

[Martin_Lynch]

Most excellent and informative video presentation Callum. Who were those other fellas by the way ?

[BurninWires]

My mind boggles at what you have. Loved the tour, and the cameos. Especially the last one. 😳🤣🤣

[ifell]

I love your channel, you are such an honest chap just living your dream!!

[GroundControl]

Awesome video, I’ve been building up my shack as well for the last few years… Still at the drawing board‼️ 73

[fm]

Thank you for another interesting video. At 73, I am late to ham radio. Until now, all my ham rádio experience had been “portable”. The downside of “portable” operations for me is inclement weather, so I will HAVE TO make a space inside - a “shack”. Your mistakes section was greatly appreciated, thanks for your honesty.

[julianrobertson]

Thank you for sharing Callum, perfect as always . it's interesting how all the ham equipment is becoming automated, I've noticed that the world of ham radio is somehow becoming much smaller in terms of all the technology, ie, online Kiwi SDR map, GPS technology, , waterfalls on the radios, now electronic bot type voices, I assume it's all heading towards essentially just sitting back & letting the computer do all the work .
I would imagine that the above creates a certain amount of stress & indeed expense & inevitably at some point something fails within the technology chain, it's subjective I know, but there's a certain delight about the simplicity of just turning a dial & tuning in, the challenge of creating a contact with the simplest of equipment, as in the challenge itself becoming the joy of the hobby, the art of radio, I'm sure as we get older the whole hobby will go full circle, back to basics, back to the joy of communication, whereas in meanwhile if today's radio technology becomes too animated & advanced, it will be no different to a phone, or an email perhaps ?, it's just an observation, if the number of contacts is taken for granted & it's essentially a matter of logging numbers, I would imagine the hobby could possibly start to become repetitive & will lose it's shine ?.
These RF manufactures somehow develop things to spend our money perhaps ?, rather like cameras, or anything come to that .

[NIA-]

"It's never-ending...." I know the feeling, bro. Nice tour!

[jackKFIT]

Another great video!! The amount of work you and your family and friends have put in is mind boggling. I had to watch it twice to follow everything. What a truly unique shack... more of a mansion really.

[Will_NWIL]

Wow! Quite the progression from your last location.

[MAV]

Now that was a cracking Video Cal.. looking forward to the rest of them.

[randyhavener]

Hi Callum! Love all of your videos, but especially stuff like this!! Thsnk you! Thank you! Thank You!! de N9RAN

[gamlemann]

Great video Callem! The best from LB1NH 🙂

[kurtwolter]

Amazing video. Love the tour out in the field. Cheers from the west burbs of Chicago. ‘73. 😊

[garyh]

Thanks Cal, a nice little vid going through what you've done and what is upcoming. Like the voice keyer. There aren't many vids out there explaining it.

[TheScaleModelShack]

Old timer ! Old timer ! I’m 50 bloody 5 😂😂 anyway glad you like the nixie clock, can’t beat real cold glad tubes ! Get in on a live stream with the slots mode engaged 👍👍📻📻📻

[erikleffi]

Anti-reverb homemade system is very interesting!

[keithleggett]

Great video as usual ... one thing I recommend is to use dust covers on unused so239 sockets outside to prevent weather ingress and tarnishing ... from personal experience here in Scotland!

[migalito]

I must say, you really do have a great channel.

Given spring is coming and I want 80 meters you have given me a few very good ideas. May use a loop.

Here in the Catskills my Australian Shepard aka Buddy has 160 acres to run on & would be shocked if he ever had to wear a leash, but does put up with the seatbelt harness because he notices I wear one too & loves the rides in a van. Buddy also shows me how smart dogs are, so much so that I prefer calling them companions rather than dogs.

[BrokenSignal]

I use the Shelly devices to automate my entire home! Love them! Have a couple videos on my channel of it.