Title: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: WA1HZK on August 14, 2007, 11:26:24 AM http://www.criticalradio.com/Timtron/Web%20Pages/Page%201.htm
OK So you always wanted to see the undisclosed secret location of the Tron's shack. Well here ya go! Keith WA1HZK Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: WA1GFZ on August 14, 2007, 11:52:50 AM cool pictures of TIT
Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: W1DAN on August 14, 2007, 01:02:40 PM Hi:
I like his T-shirt! Thanks lots for the photos!!! 73, Dan, W1DAN Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: W3FJJ on August 14, 2007, 01:22:32 PM Great Job Keith, Thanks alot, checked out some of your
other photos AHE, vortex, and 833 rig, very nice! Chuck Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: AF9J on August 14, 2007, 02:59:07 PM I see one Tim's rigs is a Globe Scout 75 - cool.
73, Ellen - AF9J Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: Herb K2VH on August 14, 2007, 03:11:29 PM Wonderful job, Keith. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour through Henry-Yell-Arrrr Mountain!
I'm glad that I finally got to see a photo of the BC-610-B ("B for bastardized"). They're all great shots. Thanks for sharing! K2VHerb Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: W9GT on August 14, 2007, 04:49:20 PM Great pictures! I'm waiting for Henry Yel R Mountain to be granted country status for DXCC ;D
73, Jack, W9GT Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: Rick K5IAR on August 14, 2007, 04:56:44 PM Fantastic tour! Man, TimTron Mountain is a home brewer's paradise!
Thanks! Rick/K5IAR Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: flintstone mop on August 14, 2007, 05:10:40 PM Timmy is getting a little greyish around the temples. It might be all of that RF up there.
I always wondered what YALLRRRR mountain was all about. Fred Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: W1GFH on August 14, 2007, 09:07:12 PM TNX Keith. The "Shack Of Doom" was creepy!
Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: Tom W2ILA on August 15, 2007, 09:11:53 AM wire array
shaded dipole wire array, wire array shaded dipole, shaded dipole wire array shaded dipole back to the wire array FB tour. TNX Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: Todd, KA1KAQ on August 15, 2007, 09:21:45 AM It was more complicated for me, Tom:
- Wire Array - Shaded Dipole - 160m Dipole Amazing though, how Tim new what to expect for the closer-in contacts, and which ant was best for the longer hauls out west and to the south. No doubt the prolific testing plays a big role. ;) Ditto what the others have said, Keith - tnx for sharing the tour. Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: WA1GFZ on August 15, 2007, 09:57:53 AM a clean shack is the sign of a sick mind
Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: W1RKW on August 15, 2007, 04:34:24 PM Cool shack, I thought mine was nuts but I wish mine was like that. Thanks for the tour Keith and Tim.
Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: W1RKW on August 15, 2007, 04:46:59 PM a clean shack is the sign of a sick mind When I was going through college, I had a professor who I considered a wizard. This guy was big into physics, a mad scientist I considered him. He had the coolest lab and an office that looked like a some ham shacks that others would have considered out of control. He was a genius as far as I was concerned and I loved hanging out in his office, class and lab. One day, someone commented on what they thought was disarray in his office, class and lab and he retorted back, a cluttered office is the sign of a cluttered mind and a clean office is the sign of a empty mind. I would rather have a cluttered mind than a empty mind, I can only imagine what's in a empty mind, nothing, absolutely nothing. This guy was sharp as a tack. He knew were everything was in is work area. He knew his stuff and much more, unlike some of the "organized" professors. Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: WA1HZK on August 17, 2007, 04:42:34 PM Yup
When we are gone, what's left? Looking forward to Fall-Winter 2008 Radio Season. Keith WA1HZK Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: flintstone mop on August 17, 2007, 09:09:31 PM I am assuming that Mr Tron owns Henry YelllRRRRR mountain and he is renting all of that tower space for the Comm industry and B'cast??
Fred Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: W1RC on August 18, 2007, 05:43:49 PM Wow! Thanks Keith for all the nice pics of Tron Mountain. I used to visit "Camp Timtron" frequently but it's been ten years since I've been up there. I'll have to make another trip very soon and see how the place has changed.
73, MisterMike, W1RC Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: W2JTD on August 18, 2007, 06:19:51 PM How cool! Love those towers. Thanks for the pix.
Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: WA1HZK on August 20, 2007, 01:02:10 PM Yup
That's all Radio Timtron property up there. Next thing you will see him in the Caddy smoking a cigar and becoming a major corporate type up there on Timtron Mountain. Then watch out. All we need is a little time. The parts and equipment are readly available. Doomsday Radios Anyone? Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: KA1ZGC on August 20, 2007, 03:12:37 PM Actually...
Timmy owns the land, and most of the towers. As for the ones that he doesn't own outright, he has attachment rights written in the leases. This allows him to string antennae any way he sees fit, as if they were his towers. Typically, when a tennant moves away they leave the tower, so even if it isn't Timmy's now, it probably will be someday. Keith: I can tell you what each and every single tower is in those photographs, and where they're located on the property, if that would be any help. Tim could do the same, but I have more time on my hands than he does. I could probably even draw up a map of the joint. See you guys on 75. --Thom Killer Agony One Zipper Got Caught Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: WA1HZK on August 20, 2007, 03:43:37 PM Why don't you do a write up of any picture that needs some explaining? I'll post your notes with the pictures. That will help everyone navigate the maze.
Keith Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: k4kyv on August 20, 2007, 03:58:35 PM One of the photos shows the spot where I was standing years ago when something began buzzing around me. At first I felt a mild pricking on my leg, but before long I felt stings. It turns out I was standing right over some kind of bee's nest in the ground, and the bees were flying up from a hole about 1/2" in diameter in the soil, going right up my trouser leg.
I immediately dropped my trousers on the spot with multiple bee stings, and someone else in the party got a sting or two as well. I recall there was a young couple up from somewhere on L.I. and I think the wife was a little shocked to witness an OF suddenly dropping his britches right in front of everyone while cussing a blue streak. It's funny when I think about it now, but it wasn't so funny the moment it happened. Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: WA1HZK on August 20, 2007, 04:24:51 PM Now-a-days every cell phone has a camera. Think of the milage I could get out of a series of photos taken on that 15 second interval! :)
Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: WD8BIL on August 21, 2007, 03:31:44 PM Quote Next thing you will see him in the Caddy smoking a cigar and becoming a major corporate type ....... Nah ....... that would take a genetic mutation I'm sure Tron is immune to !!! He's just a gud ol' boy and always will be. Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: Steve - WB3HUZ on August 21, 2007, 07:01:10 PM Quote It turns out I was standing right over some kind of bee's nest in the ground, and the bees were flying up from a hole about 1/2" in diameter in the soil, going right up my trouser leg. Probably Hnyellow jackets, as Timmy calls them. Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: WA1HZK on August 25, 2007, 08:44:35 PM When you do get a chance to meet Tim Face to Face you will understand that he is definatly one of the Good Guys. I have had the pleasure of knowing him from back in the 60's and it's always an interesting conversation when we get together. Tim set me up with some very heavy parts this summer that should make for some interesting experiments sucking current out of the 220 mains this winter. My personal attitude is "If you are going to make AM and I have a part you need, just come get it or tell me where to send it". PS, if I don't have it, I'll try to find it!
AM Just AM, Forever Keith WA1HZK Title: Re: Trip to Henry-YEL-RRRRR Mountain - 2007 Post by: W2JTD on August 26, 2007, 08:21:14 AM Quote Hnyellow jackets Ha! Thanks a heap, Huz. As if Tron hasn't warped my speech enough already, henceforth that is how they will be labeled here in Hnyellowy Cape May forevermore. |