Thanksgiving and a new antenna

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Spent the day with my Good friend/God Sister and her family.

Had a wonderful meal.

As usual, I ate too much.

Played video games all day on black friday.

I started working on a small table for my God Sister's water cooler.

I'm making it out of lumber that I milled with my chainsaw mill last year.

Will post pic's when I get some.

Today I put up my new G5RV HF antenna.

I can finally get on all the band's except for 6 meter. (Radio does not have 6m capability.)

WOW

What a difference a good antenna makes.

Mad my first contact on 80 meters with a ham in eastern Washington.

Tuned up to 20 meters and was met by a blast of traffic.

I could hear guys on the east coast plain as day.

Two stations in Japan were coming so strong I had to turn down the volume.

Lots, and I mean lots of traffic on 20 meters.

I didn't make any contacts as I was starting to get a headache.

Here are some pics of the antenna as I put it up.

Ready to hoist the first leg.

It's going up there.  50 ft up.

First leg is up.

Second side is up.  It's now in the air.

Feed line connected.  Time to haul it up to the final hight.

It's up.  Works great east to west.  No so good north and south due to the pattern of the antenna.

Time to get off here and go feed the critters.

Be safe.