W5ZO

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Hello from W5ZO in Amarillo Texas. I am Mike Lynch ,ham since 1958 .  If you want to see where I live and why ?  

I hope each of you

I I was born in 1944, licensed in 1958. I am a fully  retired lawyer and full time ham  and live in Amarillo Texas with Ann my xyl. We have two married, grown sons and two grandsons.

This is my XYL Annie. She understands me after 52 years of marriage and I had better understand her. RR

We live on two acres near the old route 66.Yes, the pond has fish. This pond was built by the family and is 10 feet deep at the bottom. It is lined and periodic aireation.

That is me and my grandson age 4

That is my grandson now .

and here with his football coach ( my son Jason)

Austin dedicated his season to me at the football banquet and gave me his helmet. You will see it on top of my linear amplifier. I wear it in pile ups, HI 

 I am also the proud father of this guy named Barry.more later.
 

That is some of the antenna farm. The beam is the Hygain explorer 14 and a 55 foot tubular crank up. It cranks over for old men and is heavily guyed at two levels. The guys use winches.(see my page on that). We have 80 mph winds here on a nice day but no FEMA money .  . I have a wonder half sloper (W9INN) on the tower with twelve 100  foot radials. I use 40/20 meter phased verticals .   I have a 40 foot Vertical for 40/20/30/17/15/10 ( no balun) I have several pages here on my antennas you might enjoy. 
 After 62 years licensed I have learned some interesting things on the "last frontier"-- antennas . Remember this. If rf can seek and find resonance -- it will find it. 

I love to work CW with frequency!! (pun)

It's pretty here on a summer evening.

My Grand Dad again.(he likes red cups)

This is our back yard.

Here it is !! Cadillac Ranch. 1 mile from our home.

Yes,if you eat a 72 oz steak and all the trimmings here you get it free. We are known all over the world for this place.

 Finally, My love of CW was significantly enhanced on February 17th 2012 when ,due to squamous cell cancer of the vocal chords, I had a total larygectomy performed at MDAnderson Head and Neck center headed by "the best"   . I am now a "neck breather" . Fortunately , "my voice" is rediscovered by  "hands free" technology.   I speak and breath through a "hands free implanted voice prosthesis" as you can see below and it is not  radio quality( barely)  but I still have trouble in rag chewing on SSB.( so I don't)  CW is my love, anyway.I am on very often for ragchewing at any speed you want. You can see my live log book on my QRZ page. 
 At age 13, when I learned the code, little did I realize the significance that would play in my life as it is now  almost necessity  in my ham  life  and shall now continue to be --ham radio and I  press on.

Well, that's it from W5ZO. 73 and good DX ! 

See if I'm on the air and review my current log on QRZ.com ( you will see some actual  qso's as I log them on HRD).

And check out my other pages dealing with antennas and other things .Ham radio is so wonderful. Thanks for dropping by. We have the greatest hobby on earth. 73. Mike, W5ZO