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2009 Pictures

At the Repeater Sites (remember these are archives)

•  70antennas.jpeg 25 Kb: Here's a picture of the Windy Hills tower with all of our antennas.
•  70machine.jpeg 10 Kb: Inside the blockhouse: the 70 repeater. Notice the big duplexers at the bottom of the cabinet
• 73 tower.jpeg 38 Kb: The tower at the 73 site is seen rising above the surrounding trees.
• 73 site.jpeg 42 Kb: A most breathtaking view of the tower and block house at the 73 site.
• vent.jpeg 14 Kb: WA3EWK Presidential roof vent.

People

•  yellowshirts.jpeg 39 Kb: You'ld think this is a SpectraGuard picnic, what with all those yellow shirts. It's actaully floks at at the 93 Bob's Mob... looks like Dave WA3U is out of uniform!
•  rndukz.jpeg 20 Kb: Charlie N3RND and Jim N3UKZ (now N3UZ) beaming with pride after the 1997 election.
•  daveonladder.jpeg 9 Kb: Here's something you don't see everyday: Dave WA3U on a ladder. He's really holding on for dear life!
• lenmug.jpeg 24 Kb: An audit of the DRA archives revealed this handsome mug shot of Len KB3BBS.
• lunchbunch92.jpeg 17 Kb: A well attended lunch at the Ground Round circa 1992. Visable to the camera are (l to r) Linc W2HIE, Bob WA3QID, Fred N3BUL, Bob WN3K (now N9GG), Mike WB3FUP, Ernie N3MMI, and Jim N3JJA. Carl NS3G, Denise N3JWL, and Dave WA3U can be seen at the other table.
• rptr1972.jpeg 15Kb: Here's a picture taken when we first moved to the tower on Ebright Rd (1972?) before incorporation. There's Bob WA3QID (center) and Jack K3GUW (Now silent key)(holding antenna). Not sure about the other folks... any ideas? de WA3QID
• wn3k.jpeg 27 Kb: N9GG (then WN3K) showing off repeater guts. This is an uncensored version of the photo that was in the March 1994 Newsletter.
• ferg.jpeg 14Kb: Former-VP Ralph N3FME and Fergie WA3MME.
• mow4beer.jpeg 30 Kb: N3HTX burning a few calories at the 73 site. There isn't much that Terry wouldn't do for a beer. We lost Terry to Colon Cancer several years ago but he's still very much with us in spirit.
  
• ernie.jpeg 10 Kb: Merry Christmas from Ernie N3MMI.
• mtushack.jpeg 22 Kb: N3TU at home in the shack.
• kpose.jpeg 14 Kb: King Nerd stikes a classic pose.
• bighat.jpeg 5 Kb: Dave N3UKS showing off an oversized hat.
• silly.jpeg 34 Kb: A couple of NERDS getting a little R&R, presumably after some big contest.
• n0rms1.jpeg 22 Kb: DX QTH of the "Illusive Norm," actually, it's a restaurant that K3ZKA discovered while traveling in Indonesia.

Techno Stuff

• coverage70.gif 24 Kb: Map showing Newark 70 coverage as predicted by computer de N3RND. Shaded area indicates signal > 1.0 µV.
• recvtemp.gif 8 Kb: Graph from Dave WA3U's summer 73 repeater receiver temperature tests. Notice the peaks during the commuting hours!

Documentation

• mile100.jpeg 26 Kb: A photo contest winner de W1DRX. 
• wabgold.gif 17 Kb: A trimmed down version of the famous Worked-All-Bob's Award de WA3QID. A 300 dpi copy of the original suitable for printing measures in at 177 Kb and is in wab300.gif (not recommended for on-line viewing).
• mindlost.gif 10 Kb: N3LYM found his mind.

Field Days

• meqandson.jpeg 21 Kb: Photo contest runner up. Dave N3MEQ and son Chris at the 1994 (?) Bob's Mob.
• ork.jpeg 26 Kb: Rich N3YNP's "Mork from Ork" trailer at the 1997 NERDS FD.
• ladder.jpeg 9 Kb: John N3VRY checking out the view while make a last minute adjustment to the dipole at the 1996 Dave's Mob FD.
• ballon.jpeg 9 Kb: Bill N3LRA and Jim N3JJA fondling the balloon used to levitate the Dave’s Mob 160m inverted V.
• nerds95.jpeg 18 Kb: Group shot from the operating position of the 1995 NERDS Field Day.
• mob93.jpeg 39 Kb: View of the 1993 Bob's Mob FD site.
• pat.jpeg 29 Kb: Pat N3NMS and Bob K3OPE at Bob's Mob. Is that real coffee?