The shack of GW4KFD
Here is a photograph of
my Shack !
My main rig is an Icom IC706
MkII and my usual operating modes are PSK31 - RTTY - SSTV and the Antennas are
a G2DYM Trapped Dipole for 40 and 80 meters, then a Cobwebb for 10, 12, 15,
18, 20 Meters mounted in the loft of the bungalow. For VHF bands I have a tribander
covering 70cm, 2m, and 6m.
The shack fortunately has
3 computers at present, the Radio operating one is a Pentium-S 133Mhz with 132Meg
RAM and 2.1Gig Hard Drive. My main computer is an ADM6x2-400Mhz with 132Meg
RAM and a 20Gig Hard Drive. The third computer is an HP Omnibook XE2 which is
used in the shack as my Logbook.
For PSK31 I have tried most
of the currently available software but have now settled on the NEW version
of Digipan V1.5 which has the very useful twin screen. For RTTY I am using TruTTY
on my soundcard.
This very usefull piece of
equipment will connect your rig to the computer without any fuss also supplied
is a CD full of usefull software for digital modes. There is a good review on
the Keyboard Comms page of the December 2000 edition of Practical Wireless.
