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

[DLindsay.vlc at mscspain.com]

Absolutely agree!

At ED5T we custom built a tabletop on rollers so we can pull it out into
the middle of the shack and stand comfortably behind everything while
setting up. Once finished, it gets pushed back against the wall. Check
photos at http://ea5kv.ure.es/torrentcc_en.htm, click on pics. For us
folks that have to set up for each contest, this is a real boon.

73 de Duncan EA5ON
www.ea5on.com 



-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Dick Flanagan
Sent: viernes, 21 de septiembre de 2012 4:05
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] shack table height - optimal for CW
contesting?

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

--
Dick Flanagan K7VC
dick at 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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