the radio merit badge spring camporee at Ais Hammock

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dipole antenna tuned for 434 MHz from Butch and Dale closeup of the feed arrangement for the dipole -- the holes are for 90 degree elements that we ended up not using dipole antenna tuned for 434 MHz from Butch and Dale dipole antenna tuned for 434 MHz from Butch and Dale dipole antenna tuned for 434 MHz from Butch and Dale dipole antenna tuned for 434 MHz from Butch and Dale dipole antenna tuned for 434 MHz from Butch and Dale transmitter case and batteries the rig very smart to bring a whiteboard - both for briefing and for remembering where things are a fox gator friend a local gator gator 2 meter DF beams - we learned that the tape measure on the left one was too thin to stand up in the wind by itself surefire friends crystal radio with a long aluminum wire going up the kite line partway kite antenna flash-bang simulated taser yes, those are Maxwell's equations on the back of Ken's t-shirt