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VE7CA's Test Bench Since becoming an amateur radio operator I have built a lot of equipment. Testing is the most important part of building a working high performance homebrew amateur radio transciever. The workshop where I build and test my equipment is located in a closet that is located adjacent to my ham radio operating desk. 8 foot wide folding doors provide a way of hiding the sometimes messy work shop. The following picture shows the current setup with room for parts bins and test equipment. This picture was taken when I was adding six meters to the HBR-2000. 
The following picture shows some of the test equipment I built during the development of the HBR2000. At the bottom is a step attenuator, the box below the scope houses the Spectrum Analyzer based on the W7ZOI/K7TAU design (August 1998 QST) and above the scope is a the Power Meter based on W7ZOI/W7PUA design (June 2001 QST) with digital read out addition by K3NHI (May/June 2002 QEX). For information regarding repairs to the HP8640 signal generator shown below the scope in the right bottom of the picture, click "HP8640 HINTS AND KINKS" 
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