The 2 foot by 4 foot table was built for my coat closet station in our apartment in Northlake, Ill in 1965. The shelf was added in 1967 when we moved into our home in Schaumburg. Radios have come and gone. Currently the FT-2000 is the main HF rig with the MD-100 microphone. The top center display shows the spectrum from the FT-2000. Sometimes I display the audio spectrum and the time scope presentation of the received or transmit signal. Mostly I use a meandering wire antenna on the roof with an SGC autotuner in the center. Then, I use the second tuner in the radio to take care of the remaining mismatch.

There is an FT-847 on the right shelf with an LDG tuner on top of the rig. There is a rotator controller on the table top that rotates the 2 meter and 70 cm quad in the attic. There is a 40 meter dipole meandering around the outside of the roof.

Under the display are two SWR meters. The one on the left connects to the FT-2000. The one on the right is for the FT-847. That SWR meter has dual capability for HF and V/UHF. The quad does fairly well inside the attic. There is a Heil microphone for the FT-847. I use this rig on the ARES nets on Wednesday evening.

On top of the FT-2000 is my FT-897. I mostly use it to monitor other channels than the one I'm in QSO with. It is part of my GO kit.

The map on the wall makes it look like a radio station. The frames on the wall are for my amateur radio license and a certificate from the ARRL for 40 years as a member. I received that a few years ago. On the right side of the internal shelf is GRID SQUARE map.

Behind the computer screen showing the Indian River Amateur Radio Club logo are my CW keys. There is a J-38 purchased from Walter Ashe in 1957 for $ 0.99. Also there is a paddle for keyer operation. I make at least one CW contact per year and am ready at any time to QSO in code.