George K5TR had a new house party on April 10, 1999.
Most of the guests were members of the
Central Texas DX and Contest Club (CTDXCC) and the
University of Texas
Amateur Radio Club (UTARC). The new house is located on almost 15
acres of land in the Texas Hill Country, about eight miles due east of
Johnson City, TX, EM00. This was the first time that most of the guests
had been to the new QTH.
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The view of the house from the front drive. The antenna on the side of
the house is for television reception. The Rohn 45 top section in the lawn
was being used as the anchor for a 7' kite.
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The back side of the house. The bird bath in the foreground came with the
property
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A view of the horizon to the east/northeast from the back yard.
Some of the trees that have been cut are still on the lawn awaiting the
chipper.
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Another shot of essentially the same view, with part of the deck and
swimming pool in the foreground.
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Hanging out in the shade on the north side of the house. From left to
right: Richard K5NA, Tom N5TW,
George K5TR, and Bob AF5Z.
On the left, you can see a bunch of antenna parts, including Telrex corona
balls!
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The pile of antenna parts awaiting towers. Included in this pile are
monoband yagis for 20M, 15M, 10M, and 2M. Some of the Telrex antennas
still have their original corona balls on the element ends.
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This is the currently operational antenna farm at K5TR. This is a
vertical that works on 40M, 20M, 15M, and 10M. The red wires fanning
out from the base are 40M radials. The shed in the background is the well
house. Out of frame to the left is a 30M inverted V wire dipole.
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Hanging out on the back porch, from left to right: George K5TR's mother,
John NT5C, George K5TR, Bob AF5Z,
and John KE5C.
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More people on the porch, from left to right: Susan K5DU, Bob AF5Z,
Tom N5TW, Dennis K5YA, and Hugo N5JGX.
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From left to right: George K5TR,
Bob AF5Z, and John KE5C.
John has been inactive for the past several years, but holds Worked All
States on 144MHz, and was formerly quite active on EME.
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Indoors, enjoying a buffet of fajitas, beans, rice, chips, fruit, and
cakes. In the foreground, from left to right: Susan K5DU, Richard K5NA, and
Dennis K5YA.
In the background, from left to right: Jill KC5OJK,
John KE5C, and Monique N3TNN/5.
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Robin KC5NUU and Kevin KT5I. Both are alumni of the
University of Texas Amateur
Radio Club.
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This is the beginnings of the K5TR contest station: a Kenwood TS-850SAT and
a PC. Ken KM5FA is tuning the radio while
Monique N3TNN/5 listens. On top of the radio, you can see a couple of
alligators and a Super CMOS Keyer II. On the table in the background are
some of the awards and photos that will eventually be hung on the wall.
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George K5TR. George is an
active contester, most recently winning the 1998 IARU HF Championships,
W/VE single-op phone-only. George is also the editor of the
Contest Corral column in
QST.
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Dennis K5YA.
Dennis is getting back into CW contesting after several year's absence.
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Robert KA5WSS. Robert is best
known as the author of the
Logconv contest log conversion utility program. Robert is also the ARRL
Public Information Coordinator for the
South Texas section.
Leaning on the railing is Kevin KT5I.
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Monique
N3TNN/5. On the left is Kevin KT5I's wife, Amy. Monique has upgraded
twice in the past month, and is now a General class licensee. Her main
interest is HF CW, and she is looking forward to building her own QRP
gear after the end of the semester.
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Jill Francis KC5OJK. Jill is a former president of the
Austin Amateur Radio Club W5KA.
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George K5TR and Dave WD5N.
Dave likes to operate the big DX CW contests from the Caribbean, and has
operated from WP2Z several
times, and from VP5N in the 1998 CQ World Wide DX Contest, CW.
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Ken KM5FA. Ken is President of the
University of Texas Amateur
Radio Club (UTARC) and frequently contests from
N5XU.
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Sunset over the Texas Hill Country. In the foreground is the circular
driveway.
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Another photo of the fantastic sunset. You can see a kite on the
lawn in the foreground, when most of the guests first arrived,
it was flying unattended, anchored to a Rohn 45 top section.
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This is more or less what it looks like every night in Texas.
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The sun is getting a little lower...
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Lower...
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