Ham Shack Setup and Tour

This is a tour of my Ham Shack, which has been requested by several viewers, and which I want to build-out, so I thought a "starting point" would be good to show everyone.

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Mail: 2150 W. Northwest Highway STE114-1163, Grapevine TX 76051
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[russellwatkinson]

Jason, it’s refreshing to see that everyone has the same issue in terms of using space efficiently. Great to see what is behind the camera sometimes.

[attilaplays]

HA! You almost said casting couch. Love it. Thx for the insight

[WJFRadio]

Killer Ham Shack! I wish I had the yard space to put one up. Showed my wife this video and her comment was "So, that's why you want to move to TX!"

[smith]

Good Lordy this is a newbie’s (like me) dream. Tons of toys laying around!

[KLTY-Bill-Alaska]

That makes two of us. I think you have to be a project procrastinator to be a good ham these days. I have a lot of them waiting on me too. Can’t wait to watch. I am going to start creating videos myself here soon.

[tedcam]

Great idea to combine what you personally need to accomplish as a Ham Radio Operator as well as helping to advance the Radio Art at the same time. Thank you for sharing Jason!

[bddotnet]

I have four 8' 5/8" copper ground rods at my home station, with a fifth one going in at the antenna soon. Grounding is #2 solid copper from my service ground to the fifth ground rod and HF TX antenna. We used Cadweld #90 weld material to bond the #2 to the ground rods and also ran three runs from the #2 solid up to the panel box, which has 14 PolyPhasers in it, along with SG-230 control wires.

[chuckzechman]

Very nice review of your Shack. Love the solar idea. One suggestion you may already know, the more equipment you can run on 12 volts DC the more efficient your solar will be. Anything you run thru an inverter will have some loss due to the inverter. Probably tough to run your base stations and computers on 12 volts, but your mobiles and HT chargers should be fairly simple. 12 V LED lighting is pretty easy also. Good stuff. I'm just getting into Ham, but I've been tinkering for the last 4 or 5 years with a small solar system for my outdoor deck lighting and I even have an RV fan I can run under my deck roof. The only thing I can't run is my fish pond pump with needs a 2500 GPH pump which I haven't found in a 12 volt pump, so it's still running from regular 120 VAC. Keep up the great content and God Bless!

[mark.]

Nice to see the rest of the shack we haven’t seen before. Would also really like a quick tour of your mobile shack in the truck or whatever vehicle your mobiles are in.

[ekbanjosworld]

The thing I can say is only use that ground rod for anything out there that's 12VDC. Anything on 120VAC should be grounded at the house. Multiple ground paths can be deadly ! My favorite cigar, , , Hose Jenner, Hoya De Monterey Excalibur, close 2nd, , , the little Partagas #4 !!! Wild Turkey 101 on the rocks !

[grantar]

You might take a look at some of the RV channels and watch how they installed solar. There are the common low amp solar panels, and the newer high voltage high amp solar panels that exploit the rapid charging of lithium batteries. Channels I would recommend of the subject are Nomadic Fanatic, and Campervan Kevin. For room considerations you can get external storage racks for the batteries and inverter.

[TwoFeatherChannel]

Several years ago I was going to get a 12"x12" or larger weatherproof enclosure with door or lid and place the Cooper plate in back then mount the Lightning Arrestors down the center of the plate. Have coax running from the arrestors inside the enclosure to female connectors outside the enclosure. Set up for several antennas. Each arrestor would be grounded to the cooper plate and to ground rods along with plate grounding to ground rods. Never got around to getting multiple antennas to do it.

[jay-rus]

Wow....thats impressive. I have just a couple radios. Having so many options would be pretty cool.
Im pretty new to HAM. Got my Tech earlier this year, General in July, and Extra in August. Just got my first HF rig about a week and a half ago

[ericg]

I did not go through all the comments so if this is a repeat... Need to put your ground rod almost all the way in the ground especially if it is dry where you are. I would make the fence rail mast like a flag pole so you can easily change out antennas. Thank you for this, The building I was eyeballing was about this size but now I think I will go

[slcoareschannel]

I was always wondering where you were doing your YouTube broadcasts. It was very entertaining. Thanks!.... it's was also nice to see your "studio" setup. THANKS FOR SHARING!

[kimberlyann]

I live in the mountains and realize I need a fixed setup because the HT is useless. Maybe I'll learn something here. Maybe I can find me an Elmer and offer a lovely mountain vacation, free beer, and great food in exchange for help. JK, but I do need help!

[michaeledmonds]

Very cool setup. I've watched your YouTube stuff for a few years now and met you at a ham workshop in Irving a while back.
As a Galveston beach guy since I was a kid, I love it when you operate down there. I'm guessing your family owns that beach house on the west end of the island. I think you did a video from the deck as well as on the beach, plus at the state park. Way cool!

[jDm-cqol]

Wow: behind the scenes of Ham 2.0 .
I love the fact that you are honest, and we are privy to you finally getting your plans off the ground, and into the air.
You're a busy guy posting first class videos, and information while attending Ham Fests, and all.
I like that your shack has a gambrell roof givng you more headroom which is key for your studio production needs, and better for Mr.8, and Mr.10.
I passed my General Class due to you reposting a Texas radio clubs video class, so I want to take this time to personally "Thank You!".
Remember: watched paint never dries🤣.
Keep up the great work👍.
73's KC1-JRL .

[jrpefx]

Thank you for this. I have been asked to do something similar for my club meeting. Great stuff 73 stay well.

[dennisthrush]

Just had an idea. I'm working Saturdays and Sundays at MicroCenter and the Boy Scouts are having a fundraiser in front of the store. If you have contacts in Richardson or North Dallas, they may be able to set up a portable station, with Raspberry Pi, etc. to interest youngsters in ham radio.