My 2020 Ham Shack Behind the Scene Wiring

[@LM-sc8lu]

Like it? I LOVED it!! I just finished my own shack (for time time being), and was really worried about my jumble of wiring. You have put my fears to rest!!

[@turtlecreek4633]

You make outstanding videos! I appreciate your dedication and thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@williamstaylor5449]

A great setup, which really illustrates the hard work put into it. Thank you for the behind-the-scenes look.

[@michaelcarey]

Fantastic video Pascal! Wiring a modern ham shack is a challenge. I am fortunate that my shack has enough room for me to leave a gap (600mm) between the back of my desk and the wall. I can walk behind the desk and change/add/modify the wiring easily. I did upload a video to my KZbin channel showing my desk and how I organised the wiring behind the desk. Michael. VK5ZEA

[@Laboenligne]

Hi Michael, I just subscribe to your channel, being able to go behind the desk is the best. If I had to design a new house, the room behind my shack wall would have sliding door for easy access behind the desk, that would be cool ;-) 73

[@ianparker4720]

Thank you for sharing, I like a tidy shack too, but keeping it tidy behind the scenes is a nightmare !

[@GoranSkular]

Nice video.. and nice boxes under the table.. and one very interesting, the first, small one ;)

[@beek]

Hello Pascal and thank you so much for making your videos. I love your passion that you show for the hobby. It is very inspiring as I am just getting my feet wet in Ham radio. I love it when you said you are pursuing your passion. It shows. I know how much work it takes to make KZbin videos so keep it up. We all appreciate it very much sir!

[@steve0432]

Yes, nicely said! Make people dream in Ham Radio. You have brought passion back to Ham radio! :)

[@Marco.fm.73]

You're the best! Thank you for taking your time in showing us great content. As an OC person, I was mentally preparing myself for the jungle vines I'm about to witness...but I was pleasantly surprised that it was more organized than I imagined. I especially liked the top bunk where you placed the wirings...magnificent! I would love to see a video tutorial on ways to improve that part of the shack (ferrites, chokes, killswitch, reduce hums, etc.) 73. 🙂

[@wfwtheradioguy3414]

Ah, the not so glamorous side of ham radio....the backside of the desk. Great video Pascal, especially appreciate your opening remarks and your passion for the hobby. 73 W0FW

[@k2rcb]

Your last few videos have been great - very interesting to see your setup, especially for those of us just getting started. Keep up the good work!

[@lwnuj503]

That was outstanding work Pascal as always...learned a lot from your vids, 73!

[@agoraphobicadam1171]

Holy moly, That's a very nice ham shack. KO4HPC 73

[@bobwendoloski6970]

Enjoyable video series. I am constantly trying to keep my wire jungle under control. My dad had the best setup, you could walk behind his radios which made keeping the mess under control that much easier. Not many of us have that setup. As for why you see ham radio shown with older radios not modern stuff would be people like knobs and switches , they look impressive to the average joe. While the teck people love their computer screens (I know I do), there is something impressive with the old gear. My ham station is running gear from 1936 to modern. 73's de WA3TVH

[@Laboenligne]

Hi Bob, I don't like to mix new and old gear, but if I could I wouldn't mind having two shacks, modern and vintage, that would be cool. But it would have to look like new with matching accessories, I will still be picky. ;-) If I had to design a new house, the room behind my shack wall would have sliding doors for easy access behind the desk, that would be cool ;-) 73

[@dutchdrone1249]

That's not a shack, that's HAM paradise 😊

[@ftlaud911]

Looks great for how many wires are behind the desk. Mine looks like a rat's nest. I tried to make it pretty, but over time I added more and more cables. Eventually I gave up.

[@Laboenligne]

If you're like me and changing equipment constantly, it's impossible to keep it clean. 73

[@sm6wet]

Great video and great way about explaining about a ham shack. Another word, the man cave for a radio amatuer. It was interesting to see. I did a bit like you too and rolled things up but it.seems like coils did me.problems with Rf. When I did remodel my ham shack I started with the electrical outlets. We have this stupidity with my local ele tric company that you may not have to pay the.monthly fee.if you have real low peak usage. What it means is that if you have he oven, the ironing iron, the micro, 2 TVs and the vacuum cleaner on at he same time one will have a really high peak of KW usage. If you have 1 such peak that will determine your bill for the whole month. So if you.dont clean your house and iton the clothes while you wait for the chicken to roast in the oven you will have a lower peak. So, for ham shack I made the terminals on the back wall with between 16 to 20 outlets each. Each of them is feeded by a separate phase. So instead of having all the gear, rotator, computers, radios and amplifier on 1 phase I reduce the peak to if lucky 30% I measured all my gear and I built a shelf to put on the desk with space for each of the rigs and monitors to fit. I dont honestly know how many layers of wood finish I used. I know it was more than 30. Infinished wood attracts a lot of dust and a really smooth surface is so much easier to keep free from dust. We all know how.much dust collects quickly in a ham shack. Perhaps make a video about how.to keep it clean. Next I had made the idea to have a fake wall behind the desk to hide all the wires. We know how that works right. The room was smaller than anticipated Haha. Next I bought office furniture legs and put some extra under the table. My table has 10 legs equally distributed. People have no idea how much their gear and cables actually weigh and although I dont have a friend that personally had their desk break I've heard stories where office desks have cracked in half and expensive equipment has broken. Perhaps you can make a video and weigh all your stuff and show people they might actually have around 300Kg on a desk that is built for a computer and a couple of monitors. Last thing I did that I think was beneficial to my RFI was that I had a local company cut a copper plate.for me that fitted exactly on the underside of my table and almost covered the whole area. Then I connected it to the ground terminates which where also all my coax grounds are connected, goes outside.to a ground rod which is in turn connected to 3 more ground rods.

[@Laboenligne]

Hi, I keep my shack clean by cleaning everything once a week, plus I always keep the door close and my cats are not allowed in the shack. For the Desk I added as much reenforcement as I could, seems to work fine. 73 Pascal VA2PV

[@ik5hgl]

Great job dear Pascal 73

[@RobDTom]

Very well done! Who thought a video of the wires behind your ham desk could be so interesting?!

[@bmwrider1]

I would like to see a video on how you have all your audio/video/computer setup. Good job on this one.

[@Laboenligne]

Working on it, thank you. 73

[@sydei3ieb204]

Beautiful work on both sides of the desk. Well done!

[@VE3NMW]

Thank you for the video! It shows you’re really passionate on how you set things up. Awesome job. (VE3NMW)

[@blazinSpike]

Awesome setup. I try to listen to ham operators but it's hard with just the antenna that on my scanner. I like using CB radio

[@grubbb]

Two words... THANK YOU!

[@johncranfordpersonal4146]

Awesome shack!

[@leandrofreitas4712]

Hi Pascal, what a nice setup you did! Thanks for sharing the details about your station. I am beginning my researches on amateur radio activities and I was preparing to get my first certification here, however all tests were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now I need to wait a little bit more. Maybe one day we can talk to each other directly using our radios. Keep posting your videos, that's very interesting! My best wishes from Brazil!

[@Laboenligne]

Thanks Leandro, in the USA that started online testing, maybe you country will follow. Hope it will be soon so you can start hamming ;-) 73

[@ljavtech1479]

Great video! Appreciate your efforts to share your knowledge. I am building my radio table and having difficulty finding a copper grounding buss bar that is not commercial grade and bulky. Did you make yours (on end of desk inside 9:52) or purchase? Appreciate your feedback. 73’s Eric KK7AZQ

[@q95oldies57]

Nice. What brand and model is the DC power bar??

[@TheHanso1961]

Looks great i gues u spend lots time in that room😊👍🏻👍🏻 I also have my private room but not that much transceivers as u have but i also do lots on the computer

[@mark6831]

Very interesting Pasquale one question what happened to your repeater

[@Laboenligne]

Sold it for cheap to a local club. 73

[@alessandroconcas]

Great explanation like every time, only want to ask few thing about the ground: cable so exsposed? I see one touch another, dont create ground loop? cable need to be so long? It is better to use rg shield or car ground strap or cable for civil (house) applications? best wish, 73 IZ3QVB Alessandro

[@Laboenligne]

I used for the equipment to the grounding plate old RG-213 cables that I removed the shield. There's no ground loop as they are all grounded together everywhere, the more the better. There's nothing behind there that could be shorted, only ground is exposed. For all power cables I used anderson powerpole, which are safe even if they accidently connect. 73

[@ajameslee]

Great stuff and great motivation to get my shack going. What screensaver is that on your big screen TV?

[@Laboenligne]

Thanks. It's not a screen saver, it's a Geochon 4k. 73

[@ruvu8163]

What kind of cabinets do you have to the left of your table with the multiple drawers, how many drawers, and where did you get them ?

[@daddyflip8584]

I enjoyed most your observation of how ham radio is ALWAYS depicted in media (movies, TV, etc.). Anything made for mass consumption must be stereotypical and immediately recognizable by the least informed individual or the masses won't understand it. I am a little disappointed in your wiring but I certainly understand it; sometimes good enough is good enough. Your front side more than makes up for it. Good videos.

[@py2ofmarcoskim643]

Good Job !

[@ericdreizen1463]

Very nice!!

[@1mabidali]

Thank you for sharing this Mr. Pasqual, a question if i may: how did you wire the ground to the antenna switcher (alpha delta) inside the shack? Did you just ground it to your shack common ground inside or does it go to the antenna ground outside?

[@Laboenligne]

It's ground on the tower, and inside the shack to the grounding plate. 73

[@MarkRiffe]

I Enjoy your videos Sir. 73's KC7KQT

[@MoTown44240]

Tight.

[@128mark]

pascal the lenghts you go to LOL yes the shacks are never a good site behind all the equipment , i have been ttrying for years to come up with a shack that hides the wires in the end i just use the small wire wraps that come with electrical items on the power leads . bundle up the excess off leads nothing worse than long wire leads dropping down the back off the shack desk LOL still it dont seem to bother some people ! down to personal taste i suppose pascal enjoyed the video and your passion keep up the excellent videos they take a lot off effort passion and time to edit and upload 73 pascal stay safe de m0ogi mark

[@ReedAB8AS]

Impressive

[@loizosloizias8622]

I want to say a lot for your videos and greate content but the most important at the end of the day is "THANK YOU" de 5b4apk.

[@ReefMimic]

Don’t bind all those wires together. Causes heat. Wires are rated max F . Also separate to reduce possible interference. Or don’t I could care less

[@Nico_83]

FIRST ONE !!! ;) 73s

[@vikingballs0089]

0/10 no ham

[@moosewinn0525]

i LOVE YOUR CHANN3L

[@chomp_5412]

Swig_Swavy cheESe you are killing aminals with your fat habits

[@Bardo_4431]

This man gud

[@vikingballs0089]

Mr Moose thank you son

[@va2dv1]

You need to get back at work ! Too much time on your hands ! 😉

[@Laboenligne]

I work in my shack for the past to months, but when I turn around I see my equipment, and I had to make some changes ;-) 73