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.





Watch Out

 

 Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake  4 ft.  9 rattles

 

 

 Spotted in the tall grass in rural Jefferson County, FL

 

September is the month when they are on the move looking for mates and winter dens.

DXpedition to Dominica

Terry at Dominica Island in August, 2013.

Getting antennas ready to operate ham radio annual Ten-Ten International contest.

 

Dominica is a small tropical island in the south Caribbean.

It is sparsely populated (population 70,000) and is not a tourist attraction. Terry & Gerry walked across the valley to a local pub for most of their meals. The locals walk around with machetes for protection and to harvest bananas.

              Terry J79TW and his friend Gerry J79GF rented this cottage at Sea Cliff Cottages for a week for their ham radio station and their living accommodations

This is the cottage across the road.  It had a beautiful view of the bay. Every cottage had solar heated water and solar power.

 

The beaches in Dominica are black volcanic sand.

Plenty of Orchids This Spring

17 blooming in April

Sally's yard

Sally loves her new fenced yard.

She can play with her toys

 

 

Or run a marathon

Or dig to China

Or have friends come over

 

And chase them

Or just watch the traffic

Boy, all this activity sure tires one out.

Christmas!

 

Annual Christmas walk in our woods, 2012.

Beautiful Florida weather about 66 F.

 

 Marilyn and son Marc

 

Wishing you happiness, joy and good health in 2013.

Marilyn Terry and Sally

Sally's home

 Lost, year old Border Terrier says "Please take me home."

 

 

Now she's Sally, Terry's sweetie.

 

 

 Sally loves to be outside in the woods

 

 

She's a happy girl

View from Terry's tower

This photo was taken from the top of Terry's 120 foot radio antenna tower.

It is looking south toward Monticello, FL. 

The water tower in the center of the photo is 8 miles away.

Chico, deceased 11/21/2012

Dear Chico was a wonderful, happy, lovable puppy.  His life was too short.  We will miss him.

Visitors This Month

My son, Marc

Fawns

Flock of turkeys
 

Swallowtail on Pentas

Chico

Hi,  I'm Chico Webb.  I'm a Chihuahua mix.

 I'm 9 weeks old and weigh 2.2 lbs, but I'll get bigger.

Aye Chihuahua, Terry

I'm Marilyn's buddy.

Updated Ham Radio Station

N0TW  Terry's amateur radio station

KK4HHL  Marilyn's station

10 meter 4 element quad

15 meter 6 element beam

10 meter quad at 70 feet

15 meter beam at 115 feet