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Sure, I'm proud of my station and like a proud parent you'll find pictures all over the site..  But, I've also documented some of my 34 years experience as a ham and I hope you find something that is of interest.  Less links...more content!  I've played with solar panels and have them running everything that is 12 volts that I run.  And I've created several screen savers of different kinds of gear that you might enjoy.  And I finally put up a tower and beam.  Being a Webmaster by trade I feel people surf for information and not just sites with links to sites with links to...well, you get my drift.

CCD Antennas!  Over the years I've done a lot of wire antenna projects.  One of the few times something that is usually better is also cheaper.  Oh, a 10 element wide spaced beam at 100 feet on 20 works better than a wire antenna, but the cost/effectiveness lines cross at a fairly high cost.  One of the more interesting antennas I've messed with over the years is the CCD antenna.  Check it out!

CW!  Since it became a requirement to become a ham the issue has been in debate.  Do we need it to become CW ops to be good hams.  Probably not.  Will it be around much longer as a requirement?  Probably not.  Do I mind?  Not really.  BUT...what I do find sad are the numbers of hams who will never discover the pure joy of operating CW.  It's a little hard to learn, but everything worth learning had its difficulties.  I've been an avid CW operator for all of my time as a ham.  And in those years I've taught a lot of people and I put down in writing what I've learned.  But, I'll admit that I probably wouldn't have learned the code if I hadn't had to to become a ham.  I'm sure glad I had to learn it.  So, if you are interested in learning a golden mode, click here for No Code to Know Code!