Portable HF has always been a fun thing to do.
A couple of weeks ago we had a 4 day weekend. So the wife and I packed up the car and drove till we got tired. We stopped for the night in a very historic town of Clear Lake, Iowa.
In addition, Clear Lake, Iowa is also the town where Buddy Holly, The “Big Bopper” and Richie Valens played their last gig before their fateful flight on an airplane on a chilly night in February in 1959.
For portable HF I just just put up a 40m and 80m dipole on my 12 foot painters pole.
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We love onions.
The memorial at the Surf Ballroom where Richie Valens, Buddy Holly & The “Big Bopper” played their last performance.
Equally nice beautiful strolling through downtown with the fall leaves changing colors.
The view looking across Clear Lake from Clear Lake State Park.