On the walls of the club station are several certificates of contest accomplishments and operating awards that the club has earned. This includes our Sweepstakes certificates, DXCC, WAZ, VUCC, 5BWAC, WAS, and Special Service Club certificates from years past.
There is also a display of numerous special QSL cards that the club has received on the wall to the left of the desk with the HF rig on it. These may change from time to time as rare DX or stations of special significance to UTARC get worked. Another QSL card display on the door to the back room contains cards that look pretty, and is designed to travel to West Mall demos, Freshman Engineering Fairs, and the like.
Above the HF operating position is a large world map showing the CQ DX zones and callsign prefix designations, and nearby is an azimuth-oriented ``beam heading'' world map centered on San Antonio (hopefully we can get one centered on Austin sometime in the future - although that is getting a little bit picky.... :-)
Above the VHF operating position, five grid maps of North America show the grid squares the club has worked and confirmed on 50 MHz, 144 MHz, 222 MHz, 432 MHz, and 1296 MHz. On these maps, a solid red grid represents one that the club station has confirmed with a QSL card, and a red diagonal line represents a grid that the club has worked, but not confirmed. These maps do not show grids outside of the continental U.S., southern Canada, and Hawaii, so they don't show some of the grids we've worked on 50 MHz.
To the right of the equipment rack by the HF table is a corkboard that has numerous press releases, a few QSL cards, and some photographs tacked up. Band plans, contest rules, and miscellaneous notes may be tacked up on the walls around the station as well.
There is a very nice dual-trace oscilloscope in the 19'' equipment rack that is on extended loan from a club member. It has 1 MHz bandwidth, and is usually hooked up to the AEA PK-900 RTTY controller for use as a ``crossed-ovals'' tuning aid. There are probes for it in the desk drawer, though, should it need to be used for other functions.
The station has some other equipment of note. The club has a relatively new air conditioner in the window. The club has a portable 9'' black and white television with a built-in whip antenna. In the back room, we also have a small dorm-size refrigerator. The refrigerator is quite useful for storing drinks and food during long contest weekends. We also have a microwave oven that is quite useful for long contest weekends.
The club station also comes equipped with a few basic tools. A suitcase full of tools can be found in the storage room. This case includes screwdrivers, ratchets, wrenches, pliers, nut drivers, a hammer, and the like. The club also owns a tape measure, some random lengths of rope and other miscellaneous items in the storage room.
Other miscellaneous equipment in the club station includes an MFJ digital clock that should be displaying UTC, an electric pencil sharpener, a drawerful of office supplies such as pens, pencils, a ruler, scissors, tape, fuses, and the like, piles of scratch paper for use in making QSOs, a globe of the world (slightly out of date), numerous power strips and extension cords, and a trash can and plastic trash can liners with twist ties. A fire alarm is located to the left of the outside door, and a fire extinguisher is sitting on the table to the right.