Through some skillful maneuvering, we converted the dining room that was formerly my daughter's nursery in to my little cordoned off hobby area, and I've never been so happy in my life.  We live in a small apartment and the extra bedroom that had previously been used for storage is now my daughter's bedroom.  My wife had been trying to get me to do this since my daughter was born but I swore it would never work.  Lesson learned - listen to your wife!  I wish we had done this previously.  Also, it's amazing what some storage racks and bins can do from Costco.  I can't tell you how nice it is to have everything neatly organized.  First, the beauty shot.  Two primary desks - one test/electronics workbench (posted before) and a real "desk" used for radio, audio/video editing, and general work.  The desk is a Studio Trends 46" mixing desk, available at Guitar Center.  It comes in Cherry and Maple.  This desk is designed for music production and comes with 2 4U Rack bays.  It's all pressboard, but I think it's a steal for the money.  If you are interested in this desk, let me know and I can put you in touch with my sales guy at Guitar Center (I have no interest in GC other than my sales guy is awesome).



The left bay of the main desk is my VHF/UHF side.  I have an ID-5100 and a Uniden BCD536 scanner on a rack shelf.  Beneath that I have a venerable Samlex SEC 1235 PSU, a Powergate, and a USB Enabled Rig runner.  The display monitor is an LG 27" 1920x1080 IPS display.  The audio monitors are JBL LSR305s which are an absolute steal in their price range.  They punch WAY above their weight.  





In the right corner is my pro audio gear, used to drive the JBLs and as the input for my podcasting exploits on FoTime!.  The audio interface is a Focusrite Forte.  The microphone is a Shure SM-7B, and the headphones are Audio-Technica AT-50Xs.  The mic is mounted on a Heil heavy duty boom.



Finally, you have my workbench which has been covered before.

Looks great!  I wish mine was that clean...

Oh that is just beautiful.  I'm not even going to start in on how jealous I am.

Looks fantastic, echomancer!  It's nice to carve out a corner for just your stuff, isn't it?  

All I see are little blue question marks....are you the Riddler?

I see a sonic screwdriver and a light saber?

YES!!!

Looks nice!

Now that cool weather seems to be on us, I can get the shack room cleaned out and the stuff put in the storage building I built. Looking forward to getting on the air this winter after being inactive for so long.

Mmmmm, >90° of happiness!

What's the box on the second shelf, right of the sonic screwdriver under the monitor?

Guitar Center FTW!

SM7, Focusrite & JBL

Now all you need is an ESSB capable HF rig, like maybe a Flex--get on it, dude!!!

P.S. Got the Behringer B1 and a UMC-202, just need me a pair of those JBLs

It's a Kinivo 3 Port HDMI Switch.  The monitor only has one HDMI and one analog port, so I needed this to switch devices.

Nice!  

I think a shelf or two would be a nice addition to my work bench. Maybe that will be my next project.

I think my KX3 will do ESSB  The bay on the right will be an HF rig one day when I live somewhere where I can do HF

Recording/pro audio used to be another hobby of mine long before guns, radios, and cameras.  I sold off 90% of my equipment, but still had adecent locker of mics, but I really liked the way this one sounds for my voice.  The other little blue box is a "Cloud Lifter" which, when phantom power is applied, it will add a crystal clean 20db of gain

Yes, but since you got some awesome DAW software with that Focusrite you no longer need "equipment"

Heck, man, I'm running Audiomulch here and probably have the equivalent of $50K of virtual equipment in my PC that cost me almost nothing

Nice looking shack!

I'm only using Logic Pro X at this point.  Also, I'm only using it to record and edit the interviews I do for the podcast.  The interface came with Cubase light or something.

nice setup!

ar-jedi

I'm confused...

OP....that is not a ham shack.  It looks more like a shrine!

I'm thinking someone has echolink on their phone, so your shack is where ever you are.  Right?

Geez. For me to get to the workbench to do some soldering I first have to unbolt the reloading press, sweep out the spilled powder ....

And my operating position involves a $5 Wal-Mart chair and a laptop that really is in my lap. I mean you have a DESK, like a real desk that isn't used part time for something else.

Enjoy it. You have something that some of us dream of.

Imagine you two doing a Fo Time Podcast about digital modes....talk about fidelity!
I vote: yes

Now that would an awesome FoTime!

thirded.


also, that is a pretty dope setup, my friend.  i like the mic boom & the 90 degree desk x2 setup.

lastly, your humble Youtube subscriber is wondering when Part 3 of the sweet Pelican Box lithium battery solar setup is going to make its appearance.  i keep hitting F5 on Youtube, but it's not working.

Very nice!    But needs moar HF for sure!

Oh man, I'm all like and stuff. Echomancer has been trying to get me on the show for a while now. But I'm not a great public speaker without Powerpoint

At this point, I have all the equipment.  GCW and I have been talking about fabrication and final assembly, but this project is probably on hold until late October/early November due to work commitments that are taking up my time as this is the busy season at work.  Rest assured that it will be done before next field day