Bill Erhardt's Home Page in Helena, Montana !!!
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Victoria Shaw wrote the following that inspired me:
To many times we stand aside and let the waters slip away.
'Til we put off 'til tomorrow has now become today.
So don't you stand upon the shore line and say your satisfied.
Choose to chance the rapids and dare to dance the tide.
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Spent a day at University Mountain Repeater site with Mike KB8ML and Tom WR7AGT. We had some maintenance to take care of after a long winter. There are five antennas I helped install on top a 5300 foot mountain on a 80 foot tower. Two for VHF Repeater, Two for UHF Repeater, and one for APRS (Blue one to my right). Two of the antennas are not in the picture but you can see the coax run to the antenna. I had to job of climbing the tower and checking all connections, coax runs, and antenna mounts. What a great view !!!!
Had a great day and started out with breakfast at the Wagon Wheel in Drummond, Mt. and finished it up at Famous Dave's BBQ in Missoula.
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Fire and ICE
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U.S. Antarctic Program Site and McMurdo/South Pole/Palmer Station Webcams Click the Map
This is a picture from the NSF page from a aircraft over Mt. Erabus. I put some labels on some of the locations where I worked daily. The ice road and Pegasus Field is about 14 miles from McMurdo and are approximate.
Note the location of Castle Rock as many of us x country skied to and climbed it on our days off. It is about 2 miles from McMurdo Station. I climbed Observation Hill almost every week! Click on Working in Antarctica "The ICE" for pictures of my fun! Quite a place for sure!
Matthew Nelson from Montana is sharing a blog with students around the U.S. while in Antarctica for winter over. Click here MATT'S Blog
Matt sent this picture of the Aurora Australis over McMurdo Station. Shot was about 25 seconds and ISO of about 800 as I noticed no speckles in the exposure. Great pictures Matt thanks.
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My Ham Shack Updated Feb, 2012!!!
New Ham Web Page Dillon, Mt. ARC Check it out !
Great Site for want to be Photographers like me !!
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