It's due time for a change.......

The old setup

For some time now I have not been pleased with the layout of my radio desk. The position of the radios were a little to high so during contests it became uncomfortable to tune the radio at the height they were at. Also the two monitors required me to look up slightly I found within a very short period of time it became very uncomfortable on my neck. I did not want to replace the desk it's very sturdy and has lots of room also it's on wheels and when I have to get around to the back it's very easy. . Unfortunately I just spent a considerable amount of time tidying up the cables at the back of the desk.  There seemed to be cable and coax going  every which way. So I purchased some Velcro ties and neaten things up  It looked great....... but looking back  there was a big advantage in having all the cable loose. When adding or moving a piece of equipment it was a real easy. Now with the cable ties its a  pain to open up the cable ties to add or remove cables. So it was out with the cable ties and back to the spaghetti mess.......

Back to the good old bad hair day

I digressed....back to the radio desk remodeling. I purchased two swivel monitor mounts allowing me to position the monitors at a comfortable viewing position. I wanted also to lower the  radios from the upper self to the desk top. To allow for this the self had to be moved up 2 inches or so. ( easier said than done) That was sure an undertaking.... one of Ingvar Kamprad's Ikea desks with easy adjustable shelving would had been a blessing.....oh well dreams are free!!! As I said not wanting to purchase a new desk besides there are very few desks that suited my situation. As I started the desk remodeling it very quickly came to light that the moving of a simple self up 2 inches or so was going to be a major under taking and much if not all of the desk had to be taken apart.

To late to turn back now

To have the radios at desk level it was well worth the revamping of the desk. Once the self was in it took some moving and moving and moving of equipment to make sure everything was in the spot that I wanted it. After the desk was done there was the hooking of all the radios and paraphernalia  back up again. For some reason when I re hooked everything up I could not get a good SWR on my dipole or vertical antenna. I checked the cabling again and again all was good. Then for some reason unknown to me the SWR settle back to normal.. In hindsight  I find the problems that fix themselves find a way to come back an haunt you. Well here are some pictures of the finished product. 

Both monitors at a comfortable viewing position

Monitors up and out of the way

Monitors just a little higher