Friday Pictures

[Julian]

Just some random pics, to smooth the afternoon along
Helping out

 

[Crispin]

Very nice.

You should photo shop your 100 out, put the camel in it's place with the strap attached

 

[uHu]

Yes, camels are useful.
When putting a new repeater on top of Mt St Catherine in the Sinai, around 1995, we planned for the use of helicopter. Then one of the local techs came up with the idea....
So, instead of a 10,000 $ heli-lift, it was a 600 $ camel trip.
Mast sections on one, repeater station on another, and then the solar power station. Backpacks on and start walking. Great trip if you start early, like 4 am.
And yes, LC-80 up to the foot. The steps & paths were too steep and narrow though.

Bon week-end

 

[Crispin]

Now that sounds like a fun days work What was the repeater for? Can't think of any ham clubs that would spend that on a repeater

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

the 'water fall' on Strata

 

[Julian]

Nice pic Jon, is that the same place as your pic of the 100 doing the same sort of thing but in the dry?

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

Yes, it is dry unless there's been quite a lot of rain and then you wonder why it's called the water fall

 

[Mal Eade]

Is it called the BOMB hole as well ?

I remember a 110 with its ass end well and truly stuck in took a LC to snatch it out. We left the step and tow ball off the 110 there. heheheheheheh

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

I think that is another one of its names Mal.

 

[uHu]

Now that sounds like a fun days work What was the repeater for? Can't think of any ham clubs that would spend that on a repeater

That was for the UN Observer Group Egypt, monitoring the Israel-Egypt peace treaty agreed at Camp David in -78.
Now, I must say that I didn't go on this trip, had to stay in the HQ, but the guys who went had a great time.

This one actually is a 4x4.

 

[Chas]

We always knew that

Chas