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Ringo Ranger II Vertical at 35 feet used for UHF 444.050 repeater.
2 element beam at 22 feet for VHF.

Nice glimpse of the moon between the elements of the TH3JR.

The tower is 48 tall.
Ringo Ranger II vertical at 56 foot for VHF.
TH3JR Triband at 49 foot for 20m, 15m, and 10m HF.
Multiband (80m thru 10m) dipole at 40 foot for HF.
Dual band Diamond X50 at 35 foot for VHF Digi ( 144.390 ) and for UHF.
Have added a weather vane on same mast (not pictured).
AEA Halo-6 at 32 foot for 6 meter SSB. 2nd weather vane next to it.

Added a 2 meter 11 element beam for SSB at 52 feet. Just above the TH3JR.

Ameritron antenna switch box.

Yaesu FT530 handheld, Yaesu G-400RC rotor, Alinco DR-M06 (6m FM), Icom IC-245 (2m SSB)
Icom 2350 dual bander, Radio Shack HTX-10 (10m)and Yaesu 2400 on top shelf.

HF station is Kendwood TS520 with VFO520s and MFJ 949E tuner.
Ameritron RCS-8V remote coax switch, Radio Shack Pro2026 and Uniden BC785D.
Yaesu 897D with a LDG AT100Pro tuner.
Meter box for monitoring batteries (volts & amps)
APRS station is Kenwood 241a and KPC3 running as a Digi ( N0VEK-2).
Under that is a Motorola Maxtrac VHF commercial.

The shack with the emergency power turned on. (old picture)

Backup power configuration.
38AH battery for APRS digi and Maxtrac radios top left.
Two 38AH batteries for 72AH total for rest of radios.
105AH marine for backup reserve top right.
Also visible on side of desk is the KPC3 TNC for APRS digi and under that is the BuxCommCo
Rascal for digital work. Rigrunner 4010S and 4005 for distribution.

Repeaters in the area:

146.940 [ - offset ] (tone 146.2) Brookings -- WØBXO
444.700 [ + offset ] (tone 103.5) Brookings -- KGØXM
444.050 [ + offset ] (tone 136.5) Volga -- NØVEK (part-time link to 315/300 system below.
147.315 [ + offset ] (tone 136.5) Clear Lake -- WØGC (linked to 444.300)
444.300 [ + offset ] (tone 136.5) Clear Lake -- WØGC (linked to 147.315)

View of the 444.050 repeater in Volga South Dakota.
Built from a couple Motorola Maxtrac UHF radios,
Motorola Duplexer, and NHRC-4 controller.
Maxtrac UHF added for linking ( not pictured ).

Hope to get backup power soon.
Thanks to KB0NLY for help!