This article uses just about every Unix worst-practice in the book, but there is a reason for all of them. In this article, we pipe downloaded code directly in to bash as root, run Wine as root, and play around with renaming device nodes. None of this broke anything for me, but if you fubar your system, burn your house down, etc… you can’t say I didn’t warn you.

The picture above is my current station setup. On this page I’ll discuss each piece of gear I find interesting.

Heathkit SB-104

This is my first HF rig, a Heathkit SB-104A. It’s no longer mounted in the rack as pictured to the left, but that picture gives a good idea of all the pieces in their original configuration. The only piece that does not belong to the SB-104A is the Heathkit 2 meter SWR meter on the upper left. Originally the speaker cabinet also contained the power supply. As you can see from the current configuration, I have removed the power supply and modified it with a power switch and modern PowerPole connectors. In the current picture the speaker is sitting a little behind the right monitor.