Trip to turn on the repeater on Cassidy Ridge at Aeronaut 2007

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Joe Isca and I followed Paul Hopkins when he went to turn on the temporary Amateur Radio and GMRS repeaters that he had already set up on Cassidy Ridge overlooking the Black Rock Desert playa including the AeroPAC launch site and surrounding area.
img_9768.jpg - 2007:08:04 10:55:20Joe and Paul at the repeater site on Cassidy Ridge overlooking the Black Rock Desert playa (to the left of the camera)


img_9769.jpg - 2007:08:04 10:55:35a lizard on the solar panel


img_9770.jpg - 2007:08:04 10:55:44looking north at the old repeater site on the Steamboat (no longer available because BLM removed the road)


img_9771.jpg - 2007:08:04 10:55:48The AeroPAC launch site is just a spec on the playa from up here


img_9772.jpg - 2007:08:04 10:55:51Black Rock Point and the Black Rock Range


img_9773.jpg - 2007:08:04 10:56:15the repeaters fit in two plastic boxes


img_9774.jpg - 2007:08:04 10:56:20the repeater antenna


img_9775.jpg - 2007:08:04 10:57:24the 4x4 trail up to the ridge


img_9776.jpg - 2007:08:04 11:01:36lizard on the solar panel, take two


img_9777.jpg - 2007:08:04 11:16:45On the way down we stopped to look at this mine shaft near the trail. As the sign says, we stayed out.


img_9778.jpg - 2007:08:04 11:17:18mine shaft near Cassidy Mine


img_9779.jpg - 2007:08:04 11:19:50mine shaft near Cassidy Mine


img_9780.jpg - 2007:08:04 11:20:44mine shaft near Cassidy Mine


img_9781.jpg - 2007:08:04 11:20:56mine shaft near Cassidy Mine


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