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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Cruise to Panama

 
Holland America Lines

 
Pool on top deck of Zuiderdam
 
Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

 
Tender taking passengers to the beach

 
Terry and Marilyn at captain's cocktail party

 
Terry ready for ham radio forum

 
Mike KC2Q and Terry N0TW

 
N0TW operating radio station on board


Aloe fields on Aruba
 


Aruba is a desert with cactus and brush
 


Terry and Marilyn touring Aruba

 
Aruba open air tour bus

 
Curacao

 
Cheryl WS9P and Terry N0TW at 10-10 Forum

 
Marilyn WM2W making 10-10 radio contacts


Jim Fischer, piano bar entertainer, and Terry


Panama Canal Overlook
 
Gates opening at Panama Canal

 
Marilyn beside giant tree at Panama resort

 
Indigenous people of Panama posing for tourists


Banana trees in Costa Rica with blue bags helping bananas ripen

 
Marilyn touring Costa Rican Rain Forest

 
Poisonous Eye Lash Viper


 
350 year old tree in rain forest


Baby 3 toed Sloth 
 
View of Rain Forest from tram ride


Marilyn and Terry in front seat
 

 
View of Rain Forest umbrella

 

Ham radio friends

 
More radio operators on board
 


Saturday, October 12, 2013

Another antenna




 
New Force 12 C19XR Beam Antenna
5 elements on 10, 3 on 15 and 3 on 20meters.
I extended the boom 5 ft to give more gain on 10m. 
 
 

 
Our antenna crew trying to figure it out.
Grady (Crane Op), Mac W4GLM, Ron WN4N, Terry N0TW 
 
 



This is what it looks like at 110 ft in the air.  Old 6el 15m beam coming down.