W3LPL First Flyby

On June 2, 2016, I had the good fortune, along with Tim, K3LR, to visit W3LPL. Frank gave us a guided tour of his station and antenna farm. I had my DJI Phantom 3 quadcopter with me and was able to capture some video of the extensive antenna and tower installation.
Missing from this video are the many receiving antenna arrays available during the contest season.
Remember, you can never have too many antennas!

[@karlwalker9700]

Impressive,and my neighbours complain about a single longwire! 73 de G0SKW

[@neamiami]

wow, what a antenna farm! beyond my imagination. 73, Nick NN3Y

[@kevhaworth5313]

Just a thing of beauty, well shot, Greg. Oh boy, now I know why W3LPL can hear everything.

[@joetrentmann--N0JVW--4REF1]

Beautiful Antenna farm and TNX for the 59 to MO today. U were +10 sounded great. TNX & 73 DE N0JVW

[@davidm1635]

very nice, one would aspire to have just *one* of those towers. thank your neighbors!! 73, kk4zuu

[@jumbo7e7]

Heard about W3LPL antennas, Fantastic!!!!!! 73

[@sm7fbj]

This is why he can hear a fly farth from the other side of the world....:)

[@izzzzzz6]

I think you need a shack at the base of each tower or a mobile shack :D

[@charlesrussell6201]

Nice antenna farm. No HOA I'd guess.

[@raymondl.3014]

People like this live in a different world than common folk like me. 73 WF7BSR

[@sparty837]

I would love to know how much it cost and the annual operating cost. Of course I couldn't afford the coax for one of those antennas.

[@arthurgumbus3969]

Hard to comprehend... If a storm is forecasted... how do you sleep? But the signals... The DX... did I say the signals? So Kewl... So Kewl... W1SWL. It appears some of these are fixed and not rotateable... Am I wrong??

[@jimmyt9883]

YOU THA MAN!🤞🤞🙌🙌

[@izzzzzz6]

Immense! How does it fair up to bad weather? i heard someone say it was damaged in a storm. How much survived and is it all back together now?

[@volimples]

Beautiful place. Top antennas. 73, de E73JO

[@SiCkDiAbLo]

That's some set-up you have!

[@K7AGE]

Before the storm. Sorry to hear about the news.

[@RationallySkeptical]

Uh oh.... what happened?

[@K7AGE]

One of the towers came down from a tornado. www.arrl.org/news/confirmed-tornado-in-maryland-downs-tower-at-w3lpl-contest-station

[@RationallySkeptical]

That's the same day we got our 130 year flood just a few miles away from me. Record flood levels in the Kanawha and Elk River back to 1888. 8 dead, 3 in my county. $2500 of chimney flashing damage to my house, but that's nothing compared to what others endured. I feel for them, Frank included.

[@worksmartpaul]

Very good!

[@franciscolopezcisne1]

Hermoso Felicitaciones HC5F

[@joezamgulis8900]

Very impressive! DE KB3ACZ

[@vaskomuskov9456]

LZ7VM 'YES ...Браво ' супер е !

[@DaveNT9E]

That is all well and good but how does Hydraulic fracking play into his enjoyment of the hobby...; )

[@stuarthill4433]

Makes my G5RV look a bit sad!

[@peterpetermann5297]

♥

[@smokeymccray6868]

That ain't no farm. That thar be a PLANTATION! Hobby or OBSESSION? Would you if ya could?

[@user-lv8qf1ob5g]

this is radio club?

[@gmw1964z]

where is this music from ?

[@gregordy7329]

For most all of my videos I use a package called "Sonic Fire Pro". This is an audio editor of sorts with a large library of "royalty free" music in a number of collections. You pay a one time fee to license a collection of songs, and then you can use them as you see fit. The program lets you edit the songs including fixing the duration and changing the instrument mix. For amateur video background work I've found this to be very powerful. Greg

[@gmw1964z]

thanks!

[@vojniccroatia7389]

73

[@mikesimpson6757]

I bet his neighbors hate him!