Venus
Today I got started over at our friends' Al and Anne's. We bought a cell phone repeater and antenna. Today we were to get it all going. The first picture is the little repeater/amplifier.
This is Al on the roof. We were trying to mount one of the antennas up here but the coax was a little too short. So, for today we did an inside the house antenna install. We may rearrange our setup in a day or two. For now Al and Anne are testing the the setup with everything inside the kitchen. Not a tidy install but we will get it where we want it before we quit. They do have better cell phone coverage in the house and that is what we are after. I can fine tune it after they use it for a day or two.
Oh, here you go. Teri was giving our three grandchildren lessons on geocaching today. What a blast they had.
All over the yard looking for the treasures.
Learning how to input the coordinates.
Figuring out what they mean.
Josh's find. He was tickled with the arrowhead.
Oh, here you go. Teri was giving our three grandchildren lessons on geocaching today. What a blast they had.
All over the yard looking for the treasures.
Learning how to input the coordinates.
Figuring out what they mean.
Josh's find. He was tickled with the arrowhead.
Serious now. They are searching for more. Teri hid everything before the kids got home from school.
Up and down, round and round they go.
We are getting close to the final stash. A reward for each one.
And here they have it, the grand prize. Each one had a special quarter from Grana. "Can we go on a real hunt tomorrow"? That was the question. Maybe we will get out and find a real hidden geocache tomorrow.
To close out the day, Teri and the kids cooked home made pizzas while I went over to a radio friend's place for a 160 meter dx contest. The kids' parents are gone to a school function up in northern Arizona so we have the kids. This is a blast. They are so much fun. Really good grandchildren.
Up closer look. Tonight's photos need to be clicked up so you can see them better.
Milt and Rick man 2 of the three stations.
From the other end we can see Dave and Milt. Larry is the one that is only half way in the picture. These 4 guys will be up all night, my kind of guys. They will rest during the daylight hours and go at it again tomorrow night. I may try to get back over there for a while. Guys like these are the ones responsible for many modern communication modes that we enjoy today. We operated digital computer programs, communicating with each other, long before the internet, which Al Gore invented. Remember that one? We also had mobile telephone contact available to us many years before cell phones came along.
Here is one more program that the guys are using. It is a moving "sun". They can see where it is dark and where the sun is shining on the earth. Why do they want to know this? Well, it gives them the information that they need to know about the band opening on 160 meters tonight. The band will close up around sunrise so they are communicating within the dark area, as long as they are still in it. The band is closing up on eastern Africa in this shot. Pretty neat.
Up and down, round and round they go.
We are getting close to the final stash. A reward for each one.
And here they have it, the grand prize. Each one had a special quarter from Grana. "Can we go on a real hunt tomorrow"? That was the question. Maybe we will get out and find a real hidden geocache tomorrow.
To close out the day, Teri and the kids cooked home made pizzas while I went over to a radio friend's place for a 160 meter dx contest. The kids' parents are gone to a school function up in northern Arizona so we have the kids. This is a blast. They are so much fun. Really good grandchildren.
Anyway, I went over to Larry's. He lives 6 or 8 miles behind us in New Mexico.
Here is one of the logging programs being used.
Here is one of the logging programs being used.
Up closer look. Tonight's photos need to be clicked up so you can see them better.
Milt and Rick man 2 of the three stations.
From the other end we can see Dave and Milt. Larry is the one that is only half way in the picture. These 4 guys will be up all night, my kind of guys. They will rest during the daylight hours and go at it again tomorrow night. I may try to get back over there for a while. Guys like these are the ones responsible for many modern communication modes that we enjoy today. We operated digital computer programs, communicating with each other, long before the internet, which Al Gore invented. Remember that one? We also had mobile telephone contact available to us many years before cell phones came along.
Here is one more program that the guys are using. It is a moving "sun". They can see where it is dark and where the sun is shining on the earth. Why do they want to know this? Well, it gives them the information that they need to know about the band opening on 160 meters tonight. The band will close up around sunrise so they are communicating within the dark area, as long as they are still in it. The band is closing up on eastern Africa in this shot. Pretty neat.
So, why is the title of this post Venus? Well, did you look out tonight? Venus was a big bright star tonight at the bottom of the bright moon that looked like a banana. Was pretty cool. Hope everyone got a glimpse of it.
Busy but "restful busy" for me today. Yesterday wore me out. That was a long day of geocaching. Thanks for jumping in here with us. We appreciate your presence. Will see you later. Has passed 1 am so I got to hit the sack.
Dan
posted by Dan & Teri Gregg @ 11:22 PM
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