Really a great shot Pete. Boy that pix says it all. But that would be well into the first night. Went up on Lowndes Hill w/ the Stonewall Jackson ARC , K8DF, when I finally made it outta here Sunday morning. Generally a very nice bunch. They were supposed to be 3A but seemed more like 1/2 A
. They also had a GOTA station that I was told was well used "yesterday."
Bunch of confab and talking going on but not into mikes. One poor op still struggling on 7229, even his lights rapidly dimming. Old pizza boxes and remnants of pig roast laying around. Strangely, most of the doughnuts uneaten.
No AM, -good thing because the skill to operate such would have been beyond that worn out bunch. Some had their sons showing up for the tear down "party." But they soldier on every year putting up a hinged tower w/TA-33 and wires.
I think the unexpected heavy shower kind of put a damper on the morning. You'd think with half of them, virtually all the younger ones, staring into iPhones would have seen it coming. I guess the radar app's not as popular as FaceTime.
But here they are in all their glory Saturday evening.
http://www.wboy.com/story/25896671/ham-radio-celebrates-over-100-years-of-communication
