# Just getting started **URL:** \ **Category:** My ham shack\ **Created:** [September 25, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691 "2025-09-25T20:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![K4HLS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/k4hls/32/18654_2.png) [@K4HLS](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/K4HLS)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/1 "2025-09-25T20:05:03Z")
Passed the Tech exam in July. This station build is a work in progress. I built this fly-tying desk years ago and thankfully have been unable to sell it. It will become my station desk. I recently built/added the shelf unit. I have a long way to go. No radio gear until late this year. Photos of what it is now and what I will hope to achieve (I’m not certain this is completely technically correct) in the next few months. Best Regards and 73 to WRL. ![1-Ham Shack-1L](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/americanradioclub/original/3X/a/3/a3f0194f4681473b5f72dae052bf520f06988bf8.jpeg) ![1-Ham Shack Diagram-2a](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/americanradioclub/original/3X/2/e/2ebd5803bf9e1b0006aa420e6e50b54a1063b4cd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![KC1WOX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/kc1wox/32/13181_2.png) [@KC1WOX](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/KC1WOX)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/2 "2025-09-25T21:07:02Z")
All this and you’re just getting started? Wow, I hope to work you someday. ---
**Author:** ![KD4RVB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/kd4rvb/32/19350_2.png) [@KD4RVB](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/KD4RVB)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/3 "2025-09-25T22:59:25Z")
That desk is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![K4HLS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/k4hls/32/18654_2.png) [@K4HLS](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/K4HLS)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/4 "2025-09-26T03:55:48Z")
I hope so. Thank you. 73 ---
**Author:** ![K4HLS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/k4hls/32/18654_2.png) [@K4HLS](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/K4HLS)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/5 "2025-09-26T03:56:29Z")
Thank you. 73 ---
**Author:** ![N0WRL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/n0wrl/32/38628_2.png) [@N0WRL](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/N0WRL)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/6 "2025-09-26T18:34:32Z")
Thanks for the share!! It’s so funny, this is SO similar to my own home station with the window pass through and grounding!! ---
**Author:** ![K4HLS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/k4hls/32/18654_2.png) [@K4HLS](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/K4HLS)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/7 "2025-10-07T20:46:21Z")
Update on the shack. I now have a VibroCube and Mini Yak keyer, learning how to iambic key. Pretty tricky. ![1-Ham Shack-1i](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/americanradioclub/original/3X/d/2/d21f25aa67b663417b8bcd7f7990cbc20d5be93e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![NF0P](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/nf0p/32/7920_2.png) [@NF0P](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/NF0P)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/8 "2025-10-08T02:37:58Z")
@K4HLS This is a BEAUTIFUL setup! Mind if we share it on social media? (Since you’ve got WRL on your screen 😉 😆) ---
**Author:** ![K4HLS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/k4hls/32/18654_2.png) [@K4HLS](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/K4HLS)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/9 "2025-10-08T03:59:15Z")
Hello, N0APX. Thank you. Yes, you may. I am humbled that you liked and asked to do so. No radio gear yet so I’m working on everything else. Dabbling. Much obliged & 73. ---
**Author:** ![K4HLS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/k4hls/32/18654_2.png) [@K4HLS](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/K4HLS)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/10 "2025-10-10T14:57:57Z")
Thanks for your video on the Rocket Machine Werx window pass thru install, James. One question though…I don’t understand the two holes/bolts for the ground pass thru. Wouldn’t a single hole and all-thread rod be a better connection point for the ground wire on both sides? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![N0WRL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/n0wrl/32/38628_2.png) [@N0WRL](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/N0WRL)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/11 "2025-10-10T16:33:49Z")
Hey @K4HLS thanks so much! I agree, I’m not sure why they have the two holes. A single hole and all-thread rod would probably be better, but the existing approach does work fine I think. ---
**Author:** ![K4HLS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/k4hls/32/18654_2.png) [@K4HLS](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/K4HLS)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/12 "2025-10-10T18:58:37Z")
Thank you, James. You’re a busy guy with all that you do. I won’t bog you down with other questions. I certainly will keep watching and learning from HRP and WRL. Such awesome sites for learning. With respect and Best Regards. 73 ---
**Author:** ![K4HLS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/k4hls/32/18654_2.png) [@K4HLS](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/K4HLS)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/13 "2025-10-24T18:07:26Z")
Ham desk/shack is pretty much ready for radio gear. Hopefully by the end of the year. 73 ![1-Ham Shack-1R](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/americanradioclub/original/3X/f/8/f899e8a94cf3c81fdba3e068bd648e95b7d77a17.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![K4HLS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/k4hls/32/18654_2.png) [@K4HLS](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/K4HLS)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/14 "2025-11-08T14:19:22Z")
Through messing around with the operating desk. Antenna install, grounding, and window pass thru will be next fairly soon, I hope. Best Regards & 73s. ![1-Ham Shack-1W1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/americanradioclub/original/3X/3/c/3c04d5bdca7cdf27943c6b32a76e1aa0d40e35c4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![K4HLS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.worldradioleague.com/k4hls/32/18654_2.png) [@K4HLS](https://community.worldradioleague.com/u/K4HLS)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.worldradioleague.com/t/just-getting-started/43691/15 "2026-05-27T15:35:45Z")
Well, no I wasn’t exactly through with modifying the operating desk. I can now stick a fork in it. Ham shack as of May 27, 2026. One QSO under my belt May 13. Practicing “head copy” at 25WPM to be better prepared to get serious in June after an immediate long trip with the XYL. 73’s ![1-Ham Shack-13](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/americanradioclub/original/3X/8/e/8ed33aa00c0e56d51b300ccda02a57af602000bb.jpeg)