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The hilltop overlooked Lake Travis, a reservoir that provides the
bulk of Austin, TX with drinking water.
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Several guys are setting up tarps to protect operators from the
summer sun.
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Cable spools make convenient spots to sit. Many others just enjoy the
shade, and some are even operating. The ham staring at the camera wearing
the white baseball cap is Zeke Harvey W5NFC, long-time trustee of the U.T.
club station. The ham standing up and wearing a black T-shirt looks like
Trey Garlough WN4KKN (now N5KO.) Standing next to Trey is Ed Goei KA5LGC.
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A view of the Texas Hill Country. The general size and shape of the
HTs in the foreground make it evident that this was the 1980's. Holding
the HT is Clark Meier N5ADD. The red Mustang belonged to Clark.
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A view of Lake Travis from the nice vantage point where the Field Day
operation was taking place.
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The fellow in this photo is Joe Makeever W5EBJ (now W5HS.) There's a
lightbulb hanging down inside the operating area, which means that the
group probably operated through the night.
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It looks like the tarps, in part, were just tossed on top of some
smallish trees. You can see some figures in the shadows.
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This tower looks remarkably similar to one that has been stored at N5XU
throughout the 1990's. The guy with blonde hair in the foreground has been
identified as Jim Reese WD5IYT. Just behind him is Lonnie Webb N5FEL.
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The tower is raised Iwo Jima-style into the Texas sky!
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Do not try this at home: two hams climb up the tower without climbing
belts. Jim Reese WD5IYT is the ham higher up on the tower, and the other
climber seems to be carrying a light-duty rotor, a short mast
that might be a broom stick, and what appears to be a three-element
50 MHz yagi.
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Climbing a tower without a belt is not at all recommended, even
for a short tower like this one, and especially not while trying to
carry a rotor and yagi to the top!
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The tower is up and the site is ready to go!
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Another view of the tower.
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