2014 Shack Cleanup
Overview
In the late 2000s, the W2CXM shack space was closed due to renovations on the university campus, resulting in a temporary hiatus on club activities. Early in the 2010s, the renovations finished, the club space reopened, and new members joined.
We were greeted with a wealth of ham radio gear, antennas, antenna masts, coax cable, and all sorts of odds and ends we didn't know what to do with. We also found almost 100 years of history in the form of QSL cards, awards, issues of QST, manuals, and even old photos, yellowed with age.
We now have the unique opportunity to catalogue, clean up, and organize our shack space which has been a home for many generations of Cornell hams. This wiki page will serve as an informal history of the process.
Team Members
Our very own KD2FOU has undertaken the massive undertaking of cataloging, organizing, and archiving all the information in the club in her new role as club historian/librarian.
Current Projects
Antenna Work
Diagnose Satellite Array, 2m & 70cm both. (KC2WAC/WB2EMS)
Task: Dummy load antenna side to test coax.
Task: Direct connect to antenna to test antennas
Dependency: Fix altitude rotor/get ladder so we can get to the connections.
Fix HF Beam (KC2WAB/Dave)
Task: Re-solder the connection on the HF Beam that's broken
Dependency: Get the gin pole done.
Design (KC2WAB)
Manufacture (Dave)
Task: Put up the new rotor (that has a working pot)
Shack Work
Finish setting up TS2000 station (KD2FOU/KC2WAC)
Task: Get a DVI Cable (KD2EAT/KD2FOU)
Task: Get some sort of crate/board shelving solution (KD2FOU)
Task: Get some powerpole gear (KC2WAC)
Finish setting up HF Beam station (KD2FOU/KC2WAC)
Task: Route power/coax to that location
Task: Route rotor controller to that location
Task: Set up another antenna tuner (old looking greenish one?)
Task: Set up powerpole stuff
Dependency: Get some sort of coax routing stuff for the walls
Install lightning arrestor equipment for HF Beam/DR Vertical (WB2EMS/KC2WAC)
Task: Spec 3x proper polyphasor/antenna switch (WB2EMS)
Task: Install polyphasors, cut coax to connect to polyphasors
Move APRS Station near UPS (KD2FOU/KC2WAC/KC2ANT/WB2EMS)
Task: Route power/coax to that location (KD2FOU/WB2EMS)
Task: Clear the table (KD2FOU)
Task: Move the APRS/scanner gear (KC2WAC/KC2ANT to ensure correctness)
Dependency: Get some sort of coax routing stuff for the walls
Set up old-timey radio station (KC2WAC/KDFOU)