In between various large-ish DIY projects that need to be sorted over the summer I took time out to begin to rearrange the shack. I really want to site the radios next to the screens for ease of use but with the four monitors I have too little horizontal space.
So I thought, if I had a longer support pole for one of the dual monitor stands I could put the other two above. I printed a test cylinder with a flange to see if I could make a coupling for the two poles and after using that to get the size right I printed a 100mm one. This coupled the two nicely but during test fitting the monitors it snapped. Serves me right – I had originally intended the 3D printed part to be a guide only with a metal clamp connecting the two support poles.
Anyway, Amazon had extension poles which are a lot cheaper than a 4-monitor stand (Plan B was to buy a 4-screen stand) which arrived today. Here, then, are 4 monitors all nestled together – well, sort of:
The Linux screens are across the top, Windows bottom left and Mac bottom right. I use the program ‘barrier’ to share the Mac keyboard, mouse and trackpad across the three systems so I only need toe Mac wireless business to control the lot. So far, so good.
Now to move the Linux PC and make a unit to hold the radios, tuner and Signalink boxes… that then leaves a nice corner for the spectrum analyser and other bits of gear there is currently no room for.
Fingers crossed…