Design Your Ideal Ham Radio Shack with Dave W7UUU

This is a really good lesson for me. No more junk power strips.

This was very helpful. I’m a returning ham after a 25-year break, and I was also the victim of a house fire nine years ago caused by an aftermarket laptop battery. I’m very nervous about electronics now. I only have a corner of a bedroom for my shack, but it’s taking me a long time to put it together because I’m obsessive about power and grounding now. I appreciate it when experienced hams share their knowledge about these issues.

I have had to move my shack in our home, and now I am attempting to design the room to my liking, but I had so many ideas that I could not get off "zero". This video was SO informative and covered so many KEY areas, I am thoroughly impressed and have some great ways to incorporate what Dave has done. Power strips being one thing that will go, I already had used metal power strips for HD, commercial grade. I have questions about the cable panel with BNC cables; do you run the coax from your antennas to the rear of the panel and how do they connect to the rear of BNC connectors?

Great, practical ideas and advice! Thank you for this video – I’m going to convert a 12 by 20 shed into my man cave/shack and this was just the video I needed! Thank you and 73, de VE1XR

Wow! That Ham Shack is really something Dave W7UUU. My current Ham Shack is a Yaesu VX-6. I'm going to talk to the wifie about doing something like this when I pass my General Exam. Wish me luck. 😂 The good news is after that conversation I'll be able to take my ham shack with me when I'm looking for a new couch to sleep on. 🤣🤣🤣 KK7PBE ... Joking aside, that is an Awesome setup.

You can not emphasize enough how important (critical) itis to be able to get behind the operating position. Well done, my friend.

Dave, I actually ran across you on QRZ just browsing, a few weeks ago. And after reading your page, I made certain the new power strip I just order a few days early was not subject to what might be a flame out. Plan on cleaning up all my crazy wiring soon.

really good presentation and ideas. Just found your channel and subscribed. Will be working my way back thru your older videos. Thanks for sharing.

I'm planning a new shack, and this was great information. Thanks.

Great work Dave.

The gang plank is a must. Great job functional and forward thinking

An excellent presentation with some very good ideas.

Great video! Lots of information someone would not normally think about.👍 I really like the gang plank idea, no wall warts or power boards and most importantly, I now realise I need a "belly" mic!😄🍻👍

great stuff. Wish I had a empty 3 car garage to work with. I'm in the cornet of the laundry room along with a sim racing rig, a reloading station, and all my archery stuff, airsoft stuff etc.

FANTASTIC video! Way too few views, more hams should be watching this for sure.

Tom - Great looking hat brother!!!! nice video gents! Beautiful Shack Dave!

Excellent video about how to set up your ideal ham radio shack! 73 KC9QVE Marion,Indiana

You guys were doing good what happened? Love to see more videos from you guys. Hope y’all come back and make more.

Fantastic conversation on designing and operating a ham shack. I am recently licensed (Jan 2020) as a General. I took all 3 tests and missed the Extra by 4 questions (I had not studied for the extra). There were some questions on RF modeling that I had not seen since Electrical Engineering classes in the 70’s. Haha. For my shack, I am converting an office next to our master bedroom. I agree with the data ports I have 40+ drops of CAT5 throughout the house and garage (I might have gone a bit crazy, but I like having connections while I need them). One thing I missed if was talked about. Is there a knife switch or quick disconnect from the outside antenna farm? Lightning arrestors are ok up to a certain point, but I like to have the wire not even connected during some of our Texas thunderstorms. That may just be me though. Great video! All the best! 73 de KI5HXM

Halon fire extinguishers are hard to find... I would love a couple for my shack/office