Archive for March, 2007

18 Mar

The goal – a tower on the hill

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 [...]

17 Mar

It begins with the license…

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 [...]