[SFDXA] DX Alert - Naturist Amateur Radio Club

[Bill]

The interest in Ham Radio and Naturists/Nudists seemed to start in the 
early 90's (maybe even earlier?). Ham Radio operations during Nude 
Recreation Weekend started in the early 90's as well. One of the first 
efforts happened from Hippie Hollow <http://www.nu5de.org/steve-HH.jpg>, 
a clothing optional county run park in Austin, TX. A long wire was run 
along the cliffs, just a short distance from the shoreline. The rig was 
run using a couple of heavy duty batteries, but contacts were few and 
far between, mainly due to the poor location. A vertical was also use at 
one point, but still limited contacts. The call sign used belonged to 
Bob, KF5KF (at the time). After little luck from Hippie Hollow, the 
decision was made to operate from Star Ranch Nudist Resort 
<http://www.starranch.net>, about 40 miles from Austin in a little town 
called McDade, in Central Texas. Bob operated from his house during the 
week and on the weekend he moved his equipment from home to Star Ranch. 
This caused a dramatic increase in the number of contacts. Bob changed 
his call sign to N5KF in the fall of 1996. This call was used in July, 
1997 from Star Ranch.

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