This project is typical for me. I’m really sloppy and really fast at getting stuff running, and months later I come back around and tidy things up. Orderly engineering is not my forte. ‘Seems like as soon as I tie everything down, something breaks and I just have to rip it all open again. Here’s [...]
The boom was the hard one to put up — tower, rotor, etc. But once it was up, putting up the long-wire was a snap. One end is in a tree behind the garage, the other is tied to the tower. Boy, it’s really hard to take a picture of a skinny wire against the [...]
This is an ongoing post that I’m going to use as a scratchpad to document the “put a ham station on top of the ridge” project. Updated – maps (aerial, topo, elevation) Here’s a picture of “the problem” The farm is a wonderful place, and the house is in a nifty location. South-facing so it [...]
I’ve always wanted to be in the amateur radio type guy, but never had the gumption to pass the Morse-code part of the deal. But the code-requirement went away a couple weeks ago. I was planning to take the test the day after that, but I got skunked by the huge snow storm that rumbled [...]
