Aerial view of the shack
Elev 1040 feet ASL

Antennae
September 2004

FT897D with  LDG tuner and meter

The radio table in the old days

NW Metro Austin HAMs meet for breakfast at Denny's on Saturday mornings

Common 1/4 wave groundplane

W5SDC antennas seen from top of 1100 ft ridge about 3/4 mi SW

My first homebrew amateur radio antenna

Homemade 5/8 wave 2m goundplane. I made my first packet contact
via the International Space Station using this antenna. The packet
TNC unit aboard the ISS went offline and the crew was unable to bring it back up.
(retired)