Click on the image below for some back ground on the International Space Station Amateur Radio setup.

Juvenile Cockatoos having a play on my 2m/70cm dual band vertical. They didn't hang around long enough to do any damage, thankfully.

The days of throwing shifters up trees to get ropes as high as possible have ended. So, we now have an antenna launcher :-). Right now it’s a 2 man show with one aiming and the other pulling down on the launch sling rubber. Modifications coming to make it a 1 man show, with easier aiming.

Ray VK4XXX and Graham VK4GRZ got the pull rope up very high and antenna is now working again.