Dave Heil wrote in message ...
Mike Coslo wrote:

Dick Carroll wrote:

Oh, my homebrew experience doesn't come close to Jim's either. But...

Okay, you qualify, Dick!

So far we have

PCTA

Jim - Large scale HB
Dick - Large scale HB
Mike - Med to large scale HB

Mike,

Count me in.

Numerous linear amplifiers:

4 x 6146, pair of 811A's, pair 813's, 4-1000

a four by one...NICE!!! I'd call that "large scale"...

antennas:

duoband 12/17m yagi (parasleeve excitation), 2 elements each band,
hairpin match (currently in use)

2 element 40m inverted vee phased array (135 degree phasing, 1/8 wave
spaced).

power supplies:

a number of low and high voltage (and multivoltage) supplies from 12
volts to 5,000 volts.

antenna tuners:

100w switched "T" matches, 2 KW+ Ultimate transmatch, 2 KW+ "L" Network,
200w link coupled tuner for balanced line, 2 KW+ L/C phasing network.

Neat stuff! The only manufactured ham antenna I've ever used is a 2
meter mag mount.

Did I mention shack furniture and accessories (shelves, tables, etc.),
home-designed and made from lumber? Not up to New Yankee Workshop
standards, perhaps, but they do the job.

There's also the Tymeter mechanical digital clock I assembled from the
parts of several discarded ones. Motor from one clock, case from
another, 24 hour mechanism from a third, etc. Total cost about $2 -
ten or fifteen years ago.

And when I find a space for a computer in the shack, it will be a
home-assembled one.

73 de Jim, N2EY