Shack in a Shearing Shed
Channel: Neville Thomas
Date: 2022-07-28

Rod Cunningham (VK5UV) describes his remote site amateur radio shack set up in a sheep shearing shed in outback South Australia in a presentation to the Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society members. Beginning with comprehensive reasons why a remote HF station is a good idea, Rod goes on to explain his rationale for site selection, considerations when setting up a site agreement with the site host, strategies for powering the site equipment, communicating with the site from the any location via internet, managing security, lightning risks, power outages, system failures and other headaches. Rod also shows his preferred choices for antennas, radio gear and interface options. A thoroughly informative presentation for any radio enthusiast looking for a reasonably easy, affordable and viable solution when running a radio shack at home ceases to be practical.