The picture above is the feedpoint of my marconi T; there actually are a few more radials which have sunk into the turf

I am a 60 yr old self-employed optometrist; own my own practice, East Texas Eye Care, in Longview, Tx, since 1988.previous QTH's: Livingston, La, Harlingen, Tx, Forest Grove, Oregon, Waco, Texas and Edmond, Norman and Miami, Oklahoma.

eventually, I will start using LotW.have been back on the air a little over 4 years, after a hiatus

when i get my DxLab Keeper log cleaned up, will submit to LoTW. ( its a mess )

As a semi-retired h.f. dx contester, I am lucky that W5WMU is nice enough to welcome me back to his super station in Lafayette, La anytime i have a 'relapse'. Its great fun to verify some of my EZNEC models !! .both wires and yagis.we 'pass a good time' when N8OO shows up for a 3 manmulti-op attempt. we are always looking for more ops at W5WMU

Present QTH, by choice, in restricted subdivision, with only 1/2 acre; so antennas here are 'invisible'.

above, from Europe to W5XZ. 'there are NO ham radio stations in this neighborhood.'

the transmit antenna. can you see it ? good !

look a little closer

this is what my neighbors to the south see from their driveway. ' my shortwave radio antenna, no big deal just some wire, tossed up in the trees'

The transmit antennat is about 45' tall by 105' long, over 45 10' to 50' radials in a small space. For reception, a HiZ rx 4 square, with a LOT of help from K7TJR & KO7N, is on opposite sides of my house. I stay on 160m, and listen occasionally on the other bands. a flex3000 has essentially replaced my old FT-107. I use a homebrew 3-1000a final. I am also having a ball with my VNWA2.6 by DG8SAQ. My 4 high Z rx verticals do no photograph well.that IS the idea, relatively 'invisible'.

I have been experimenting with a Waller Flag for almost 2 years now. It is necessarily small, in the back yard, for lowest visibility from thestreet. To date, have i not gotten good results with it, but i'm getting closer ( i THINK) 'small' loops are a serious challenge if you want to combine a pair almost 180 degrees out of phase.

For a look at "160m Hell" from above, ck out the google satellite view; man-made noise like you would not believe. yes, that's a school to the west,which is a 15 degree up hill grade for several hunderd yards. I am now posting a few (rough) uTube vidoes on top band dx signals on

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeWL-0pkDp8aB2XGUvhblCw/videos

hope to work you on 160 !!!!  73, W5XZ, dan