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The handlebars of my bicycle. Garmin E-Trex GPS and Kenwood TH-D7A(G) APRS transceiver. On the way to the cabin I beaconed as KB0THN-4. Absent from the picture is the normal bicycle computer that got ripped off during transport.
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The roads were crystal clear but there was a lot of snow everywhere else. The snow was about a foot norminally, but there were many 6 foot drifts.
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Looking in the driveway.
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There was only about a foot of snow at the lake side of the driveway. In the woods there was a lot more - at least four feet in many places.
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The deep cycle battery was the problem. The terminal voltage on it was 1.28 volts. I connected the cordless drill battery in its place and immediately everything powered up. The station didn't start transmitting right away because the KPC-3 lost all of its settings.
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Looking into the weather station enclsoure. On the top left is the datalogger (exposed circuit board), below that the APRS weather station, and at the bottom is the KPC-3. The device on the right is the FT-1500M transceiver.
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I tested using the SeriaLan modem for downloading the datalogger. I hoped that the signal would reach into one of the cabins so I could get out of the wind. Unfortunately the signal only made it as far as Jeff's truck and even then I had to turn the laptop sideways to get decent signal strength. With external antennas it should work fine in the future.
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Jeff's truck.
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A view of the anemometer from on top of the water tower. Surprisingly the schedule 80 PVC has held up with minimal distortion. It has definitely a good cheap ($8) way of putting up an anemometer.
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The new driveway peaks through the snow as seen from the water tower.
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One of many self portrait attempts. If I had used the flash to fill in my face it might have been a much better photo.
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A view from the "beach" looking towards the Nelson's.
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A decent self portrait.
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Looking up at the water tower and weather station.
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Cool lens flare effect looking over the lake.
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Ice flows!
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The end of the breakwater in front of the white cabn.
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The sun starts to set.
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The sunset as seen from the Cross's field.
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Peeking around the corner.
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I took a similar image when I was up there last January with Nyssa.
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The last traces of sunset captured with a f/2.0 and 1 second expsoure. I love being able to do manual settings on my camera.
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A bunch of deer were in the yard around the white cabin eating the raspberry bushes underneath.
Besides dozens of deer I saw a immature fox, bear, and a number of bald eagles.
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