Update 3/22/2018:
The Rohn 9H50 mast was installed on 7/3/2016. Initially it was about 64" short because the mast bracket I had wasn't large enough for the lower mast section. On 1/28/2017 I installed a larger bracket and raised the mast to its full height. The fan dipole I installed on 7/3/2016 has never performed as hoped. I think the 40m and 20m legs are interacting with the longer legs causing them to be electrically short. The antenna works okay but those sections aren't resonant where I want them to be. At some point I'll remake those sections with longer pieces of wire.
I've been through quite a bit of shack changes over the past few years for a variety of reasons. My IC-7200 is much more of a basic HF rig than others I've owned but it is very solid.
I may add a full wave loop if I can figure out how and where to route it and support it. I still have plans to add a reversible Beverage antenna also.
I still have an interest in the new 630m ham band. I have an antenna idea for 630m based on the ground dipole antennas that have been used for ELF submarine communication. The difficult part would be building the matching network for it.
I also need to rent a small lift sometime this year and do some antenna mast work. My weather station's anemometer needs a new bearing as it sticks from time to time. I also want to replace my guy lines with stronger line and improve the guy line connection points on the mast and on the ground ends. The spreader arms I use to hang my wire antennas have loosened some and are no longer parallel to the ground so they need some attention as well.
Update 5/12/2016:
I have purchased a Rohn 9H50 telescopic mast and a Diamond X300NA 2m / 70cm antenna to improve my VHF/UHF base station antenna. The new mast will also allow me to get the feed point of my wire antennas a little higher. When I get around to putting the new mast up I'm going to add a 3 band fan dipole for 80m, 40m, and 20m.
Adding the FTDX-5000D to my shack means that I no longer have a battery backup for my HF rig. I plan on adding an inverter to restore this capability.
Update 12/14/2015:
I've had emergency power for my shack since June of this year. My shack went through a bunch of changes this year but I don't have any current projects I'm working on. I would like to upgrade my VHF/UHF antenna and get it a little higher for better coverage of my area. I've starting collecting the stuff I need to add a Beverage antenna but I think it'll be a while before I get it installed since it isn't a big priority. I would also still like to set up a Winlink RMS station but I'm not sure if I'll ever get around to doing it.
Update 4/21/2014:
I'm still working on adding emergency power for the shack, I only lack a battery at this point. I partially got a Raspberry Pi set up for digital modes but I stopped working on it as it ultimately isn't the most feasible option for a small portable computer. I'd like to start doing some portable/QRP operating when I can find the time with my FT-817ND. In the future I'd like to set up a Winlink RMS station but there are several challenges to overcome first.
Update 3/4/2014:
My current projects are adding emergency power for my whole shack and getting a Raspberry Pi setup for digitals modes with my FT-817.
Update 4/29/2013:
Last night I finally got the PK-232MBX working on PACTOR using RMS Express and a WL2K connection to connect to another RMS station. The updated firmware did the trick. I tried a little on Saturday when the new firmware EPROMs arrived but RMS Express kept crashing on me. This was a new problem, RMS Express has been flawless in the past. I ran the Windows Disk Cleanup utility and check if I needed to defragment (I didn't) and tried again Sunday night. I was able to connect via PACTOR with no issues although I did manually terminate the connection as I wasn't sure if the software did that or I needed to.
I think I have decided to go with the 80 meter loop at the new house. I don't know yet how I'll run it or how high I'll be able to put it up. Part of that depends on where the new shack is located.
March 2013:
My current projects are getting my PK-232MBX TNC working on PACTOR and thinking about antennas for the new QTH we are moving to in May.
I've tried everything I can think of to get the 232 working except for updating the firmware to the latest version. I think that I may just have to do that now.
For antennas at the new QTH I haven't decided yet. I must have an antenna on the low end of 80 meters for some of the nets that I am on. Other than that I would like to be able to use all of the other bands for JT65 and WSPR. The full wave loop that I have now is pretty good on most bands, or at least as good as the 66' T2FD. With that in mind I may just put up another 80m loop and be done with it for the time being. I should be able to get this loop much higher than at my current QTH so that should help a lot I think, especially on the higher bands.
The 2m Yagi and the 2m/70cm ground plane from the current QTH will go up also, this time on a rotator.
I'd also like to have something up for 6 meters, maybe just a horizontal dipole, and also something for 2 meter SSB, again maybe a dipole.
Eventually I'd like to add an antenna for the top band, probably a random wire that I can use for other bands as well, and a directional antenna for 20m, probably a simple Moxon. A 2m/70cm satellite antenna such as a QFH or eggbeater would be nice also.