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Pp1616
Member
Username: Pp1616
Post Number: 73
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 1:43 am: | 
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this is my equipment rack im building its built with 3/4 inch mdf. the inside has thick sheet metel on the top sides and bottom thats grounded to a ground rode out side my room about 6 feet away.
on top is my galaxy saturn, next is my 6 digit frequency counter on tope of my old school texas star 100watt modulator, on the right of that is my 3 meter aries hp-5000. under that there is a dimmer switch for the blower unit on the bottom. above the blower is the power strip. inside the rack there is a 12amp power supply and a tvi filter. every thing is grounded to a grounding bar inside. rack is about 200lbs loaded but unhook ground and coax and the one power cord and it goes any where u want to go |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 2001
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 5:59 am: |
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Pp1616,
A Very Nice looking Setup. 
You can be Very Proud  of all of the hard work you have put into designing & building your set-up.
It is one Very Nice Clean Looking Station.
Lon
Tech808 |
Karatebutcher
Senior Member
Username: Karatebutcher
Post Number: 1379
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 8:26 am: |
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1616 that is really nice, I like that a lot,
Do you have a nice shipping box to put it in, I will be waiting. |
Pp1616
Member
Username: Pp1616
Post Number: 73
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 9:54 am: |
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im going to be adding a coax switch from coppers to it and add a coax plug to the front of the rack setup so if i want to play around with another radio i can just plug it into the front and its already hooked to all my equipment, then i can put the carpet on it.
im starting to build the optional top to it. the top has 2 speakers hooked to a 7 band eq and a rack mount 50amp power supply. eq helps tune the highs and lows so u get really nice audio from your radio and if u get a good one u can get it to cut alot of "white noise" out for u, but there up there in price.
hmm do u want the equipment to kb?? or just the rack hehe.. would hate to be the one paying for shipping on somthing like that lol
26" hight x 22" wide x 16"deep empty is about 100lb's.. oh one more thing the meter on the texas star lights up green |
Bulldog369
Member
Username: Bulldog369
Post Number: 95
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 9:57 am: |
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me too 1616 i'll be waiting for mine.. but you can just bring that one over here.. no need to send it just put it in the car an drive it over... |
Sitm
Member
Username: Sitm
Post Number: 80
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 12:25 pm: |
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Well I would go and get it, he doesn't have to bring it to me. Just let me know where to pick it up. |
Pp1616
Member
Username: Pp1616
Post Number: 75
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 3:29 pm: |
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if any one wants any info on how i built it and where i got the rack rails send me a email. there pretty cheap to make.i looked all over and all the ones i found pre made was way to much money and not as big as i wanted. cost max to build would be probably like 50-70$ |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 2006
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 3:35 pm: |
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Pp1616,
If you have the time, would you want to post the materials & instruction's that you used here on the Forum so eveyone can see?
That way it would always be here for future viewing.
If you type it out in a Post and submit it I can copy and paste it into your Picture / 1st Post for you.
Lon
Tech808
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Yankee
Member
Username: Yankee
Post Number: 80
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 3:45 am: |
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Very very nice looking station, but didn't I notice a hand mic. on the Galaxy. At my station this would be a little harder to put together. Because the way my built in desk is there is a door on the right wall for my electric service panel, I have no place else to put something like this type of a set up. But I am thinking of doing something in the future to make my shack better looking. Yankee |
Pp1616
Member
Username: Pp1616
Post Number: 76
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 11:31 am: |
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ya thats a cobra power hand mic i was using a galaxy desk mic but the person i was borrowing it from wanted it back and i have yet to get me another. hope to order one soon. as to the problem of the service door, this unit can be made in diffrent hights and u can put wheels on the bottom so its easy to move or fuzzy feet so it dont scratch any thing when u move it =) ill find out the diffrent size rack rails u can get and post thim with the instruction's on how to build one. mine is built for abuse it can be made out of lighter wood. i build custom speaker boxes for cars and some home audio and i use 3/4in mdf so i have lots of it around, and sense im going to be moving this unit back and forth from my house to my other house where my tower and beam is going up it was a really good way to go. one bad thing is with this kind of set up u really need to have a blower or fan system to blow air in from the bottom and up to the top. i have 2 handles on the sides that are great for moving it and is also for air to exit. now the blower unit i used is from a 7ft tall computer rack so its over kill but i like it because i can adjust the power with the dimmer control and it has a filter so my equipment stays very clean. also when u mount all your equipment inside u take off the covers to the radio (u dont have to but if u can it helps alot) and any other equipment so the air really cools thim down. more to come on this as this is a on going project. ill be taking it all apart so i can mod a couple things on it when i do ill take more pics to post so u guys can get a better idea of how it looks in side. all the power wires are secured to the side on clips and cox is on the other side. hope u guys enjoy this feel free to email me with any ?'s |
Bluesman
Junior Member
Username: Bluesman
Post Number: 42
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 7:10 pm: |
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He who dies with the most lights in his rack........Still dies.. har
De Bluesman |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 2028
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 9:02 pm: |
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VERY TRUE,
BUT!
HE DIES WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE & HAPPY. |
Boxcar
Intermediate Member
Username: Boxcar
Post Number: 264
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 10:57 pm: |
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I would take a pic with my digital camera of my equipment and share but I can't get it small enough to post. Lon, do you know how to decrease the size if I can send one to you?
Boxcar |
Pp1616
Member
Username: Pp1616
Post Number: 80
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, April 03, 2004 - 12:38 am: |
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best way is if your camra makes it into a .bmp file save it as a .jpg file there smaller. |
Pp1616
Intermediate Member
Username: Pp1616
Post Number: 100
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 12, 2004 - 10:01 am: |
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well this weekend i finaly got my antenna up another 17 or so feet and put the new lmr-400 up, and so for i have not got a call from next door saying im bothering thim and iv even been runing the heater as its been geting cold at night (hehehe) so hopefully ill be on the nets again. sorry i have not had the time to list the stuff i used and how to use it on here to make the rack but i hope to have the time to finish the rack this week so ill post some new stuff up. hope u all had a good easter =) |
