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Re: [CQ-Contest] shack table height - optimal for CW contesting?

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] shack table height - optimal for CW contesting?
From: Dick Flanagan <dick@k7vc.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:05:05 -0700
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Amen, brother!!! ALWAYS make sure there is room behind your desk for =you= so you can get to all of the cables, wall warts and the back-side of all radios and equipment. Kneeling on the edge of your desk so you can stretch over everything is NOT the way to go!Depending on your girth, about two feet between the rear of your desk and the wall should be minimum.

I remember seeing one world-class station that had the operating desks pushed right up against the wall and I couldn't figure out how he ran all the cables. Then I noticed that the entire wall had been cut out from table height to the floor so everything could be accessed from the adjacent room! I am still envious! :)

Dick

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Dick Flanagan K7VC
dick@k7vc.com

On 9/20/2012 5:28 PM, Hank Garretson wrote:
Regardless of how high it is, if at all possible leave space so you can
walk behind desk for access to rear of equipment. In my case, I can't walk
behind desk, but desk is one foot from rear wall, and I can duck under desk
and then stand up.

You'll thank me later.

73,

Hank, W6SX

Mammoth Lakes, California

Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light
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