Station 2.0 Phase I: Desk
NOTE: This was originally posted on my old blog that has been taken down. It was originally posted in 2016. I recently have begun rebuilding the shack. The family has really gotten into contesting and the kids often help me log. Because of that we are now working on expanding the station and improving it for multi-single contesting. The current operating station was created from a small desk we had laying around. As you can see, it was good as a starter station, but very cramped. We started by looking at our needs, which were more comfort, additional space, an ability to provide long term station growth, and ease of use. Another item was to have space for the kids to be with us, but perhaps do something else. Finally, we eventually want to host others for contests at our station so it needs to be flexible to fit many different operators. The first step was to find a new desk. In talking with my wife, KC0RBV, she said we could rearrange things and provide more space. We decid...