The land is located only 10 minutes from my work and close to many of the activities that Laurie and the kids participate in often. The kids (and Laurie and I) are going to love it here.
We are leaving good friends behind in the Swanton and St. Albans area, but are close enough to visit regularly. Laurie will still have clients up there.
My amateur radio interests will be well served here too. There are no covenants and restrictions enacted, most trees are over 50 feet tall, and we own the ridge line that overlooks from 150 degrees around to 340 degrees with no obstructions 300 feet over the Winooski River valley. The exposure is reasonable over the rest of the compass rose.
For those of you interested in such detail the location is 44.471926N
73.024422W in grid FN34LL.
| 10x8 7.5 min USGS topographic covers several square miles | (44KB) contour interval is 20' |
| An enlargement of the above covers the area around the lot | (139KB) contour interval is 20' |
| A street map relating the site to Burlington | (30KB) |
| A local version of the above street map | (26KB) |
| An even more local version of the above street map | (15KB) |
| Directions to my place | (1KB) |
| Click here for the thumbnails. | Overview of construction from October 1998 (just woods) through completion July 1999. |
| Click here for the thumbnails. | A few pics of making the base, 19 July 2000. |
| Click here for the thumbnails. | Day one of the tower installation, 29 July 2000 as seen from Brian's, N1BQ, camera. |
| Click here for the thumbnails. | Day two of the tower installation, 31 July 2000 as seen from Bob's, WJ1Z, camera. |
| Click here for the thumbnails. | Some views from the top of the tower the morning of NAQP Phone, 19 August 2000. |
| Click here for the thumbnails. | Two pictures of the tower with stacked A3S's. | Click here for the thumbnails. | I replaced the A3Ss with a 2el40m and a TH6DXX. I have a pic or two of the tramming. |
| Click here for the thumbnails. | A few pics of my burned up 40m trap. |
