My ham shack has changed greatly over the years. You can find a photo gallery at the bottom of this page, dating from 1972 to 2023, along with a summary table of gear.

The current shack is shown above. My transceivers are an Icom IC-9100 and an IC-7100. They match my current ham radio activities perfectly. These include VHF/UHF contesting, six-meter and two-meter grid chasing, and forays on HF for grins. For more on equipment and antennas, see my blog, where I’ve covered nearly everything added to the shack over the years.

I’m currently using N3FJP’s Contact Logger. For the VHF-UHF contests, I use N3JFP’s VHF Contest software on a Windows 11 Pro computer to generate the Cabrillo file. I also use WSJT for weak signal digital work. I also like JTDX for working 6-meter grids on FT8.

My ham shack has changed over the years as my interests have evolved. That’s one of the great things about our hobby – there’s always something new to explore.

For historical background, check out the photo gallery below, along with the table, for a glimpse of my ham shack’s evolution. Mouse over the images for the year caption.

K5ND Gear History

If you’re a ham radio operator, I hope to work you someday soon. If I have worked you, thanks for your patience. Thanks also for digging my signal out of the QRN and QRM.

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