Outside my Windows I - A Magical Morning

[R9SCarry]

Pic for you Dave -

[Michigunner]

Excellent picture, Chris.  One of the best night photos I've ever encountered.

I think Dave will be very pleased with this one.

[R9SCarry]

I forgot to say Bill - it was not my pic tho wish I had taken it - don't know the author either.

[Michigunner]

Chris,

It looks like something you would have done.

I thought for sure you used a photo editing program and placed the Steeler lights on the building.

I spent about 30 minutes trying to match it, but finally gave up.

My son-in-law is a big Seahawk fan, and that got my support,   but I'm starting to hope  the Steelers win.  They have provided some wonderful memories over the years.

Bill

[Richard S]

Thanks, Chris.  In that photograph, I've managed to triangulate the location of my former hotel, the courthouse, and two of my all-time favorite restaurants.

GO STEELERS!

[R9SCarry]

Bill - I made the assumption that the lights were from one of those clever laser devices - set up specially.

Used to be able to go up top in the traingle building - sadly no more.  it gives a great view.

The pic looks similar to the view i had from the Duquesne Inclined Plane.


Richard - glad you could spot some ''old haunts''!

[MountainMan]

Thanks Chris -- very neat Pittsburgh picture - think I'll send it to my daughter.
Dave

[MountainMan]

[R9SCarry]

Dave - awesome - tho a tad ''chunky'' for my taste to actually wear!!!

Stones?  Not diamonds, surely?

[Michigunner]

Some things Outside my Windows are man-made.

This is a view of my amateur radio antenna and tower.  That is another person at the top.  I'm chicken to climb up something like that.

The back element of the beam is about 31 feet.  That antenna combined with a maximum legal power amplifier has helped me talk with over 300 different countries.

The concrete base has slightly over five yards of concrete with steel rods throughout.  

Sadly, I had the tower taken down and sold, mainly because the trees were starting to grow in toward the antenna.

Amateur radio is great fun, but now you can "talk" all around the world on the Internet.  Still, I enjoyed doing it the old fashioned way using a radio station.

Bill

[R9SCarry]

Nothing nicer than a rotatable beam Bill.

I took down one of those towers years ago, which had been brought down by wind.  Took a lot of work to dismantle and then I welded new sections in after cutting out the damaged portion, sorted out the winding mechanism etc - repainted it and sold it for good money.

I used to do a lot with ham radio in late teens but never found or made time to go the whole way.  Spent more time building stuff - all vacuum tubes then of course!!

[MountainMan]

Amateur radio was something I had always put off to the future. Kind of wished I had followed through.

[theirishguard]

If someone has an interest in doing something, and puts it off till later.....we never know what tomorrow will bring. Try and do it NOW.
Tom

[Michigunner]

Right on, Tom.  

On the subject of ham radio, it is incredibly easy to get a license now.

The exact questions and answers are published in advance.  The morse code requirement is almost gone.

Any person could be up and running in no time.

Chris......

I did the same thing, building stuff as a youngster.  I sent away and got a short wave receiver kit.  Man, I was hearing stuff all over the world.  That got me going into ham radio.

Bill

[MountainMan]

The Steeler Baby - has sound


www.steelerbaby.com.