First weekend had great conditions, second weekend we really had
to work for the contacts plus major brush fires made the air very unpleasant.
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Glenn KE6HPZ and Larry KE6EG on Mt. Santa Ynez during the first weekend |
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Larry KE6EG working the trough (name of his rig) |
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KG6EG and KE6HPZ showing more of the Sante Ynez site. Takes an hour to get here from the highway. |
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Setup in Goleta on the Beach. |
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Glenn KE6HPZ zeroing in on Mexico. |
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Not much better places to operate than on the beach in Santa Barbara. N6TEB dual 5 and 10 GHz dish |
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From Gavoita Beach during the first weekend. Nice clear day. Worked serveral people by bouncing off the Islands and Oil derricks. |
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2nd weekend shot from Gavoita. Notice the gray smokey sky as compared to the previous shot the month before. |
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Myself, N6TEB working from the middle of nowhere. 1100 ft. in DM05. closest town nearby was Buttonwillow. |
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Jim N9JIM with his 4 ft dish working Mexico from CM95. |
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Another shot of N9JIM setup showing 2 10GHz and 1 24GHz dishes. |
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Chip N6CA and Wayne KH6WZ set up in DM05 with Paul N6DN checking out the setup. |
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Looking over the masters shoulder. N6CA was the only one who worked Mexico from this location in DM05 although we all tried. Size does matter! |
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W6QIW Steve atop Santa Ynez. Thanks for the help in working the weak ones. |
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W6QIW with N6DN working CW. |
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N6DN Paul, working Mexico on CW from Gavoita. Kent K6WCI enjoying the view. |
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Paul N6DN praying to the Aztec God of CW trying to complete with Mexico. |
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Nice operating posistion Paul. |
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Kent K6WCI waiting his turn from Gavoita. CM94 |
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Availalble light shot of Glenn KE6HPZ and Larry KG6EG setting up on the parking strcture in Downey. |
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Glenn KE6HPZ making an easy shot to Mexico from DM03 Downey. |
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Larry KE6EG working Mexico before he and Glenn moved on to their next stop. They where setup and gone in 10 minutes. |
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Kent, Paul and my dish set up working Chip N6CA over 8000 ft mountains. What a shot. This shouldn't work! |
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