WILSE WX7P USES EXTREME MEASURES TO ELEVATE ANTENNAS

Monday, March 31st, 2008

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Wilse WX7P from Rice, WA give a presentation at the November, 2007 meeting where he showed how he and the neighbors in his Alaskan town installed antennas using a hot air balloon. This eposide was featured on the cover of CQ Magazine in September, 1980. Later, he also used a helicopter to install another antenna which was featured on the August, 1984 CQ Magazine cover. More pictures of these events at the WX7P LINK. Current photos of his station are available at this WX7P CURRENT STATION.