• Date: 2023-11-30

A trip to Black Rock Mountain in Rabun County to meet David and talk about amateur radio.

 

The McDonalds in Baldwin is the frequent bathroom and occasional coffee break location.  It's about 35 miles from Clayton, GA.

 

The RaceTrac on US-441 in Clayton is the usual coffee destination.  I was solo on this trip, and I ended up parking next to another Wrangler similar to mine.

 

This one's for Ron.  Years ago I briefly had an account with Regions.

 

The heavily-loaded WRBN 96.3FM tower.  There are a bunch of antennas on this tower that appear to be unused - such as that STL antenna pointing to the old studio location on Radio Ln in Tiger, GA.

The 100.3FM W262CE transmitter is up here too.  They appear to be diplexed into a single antenna.

 

 

 

 

 

A view from the Black Rock observation point at the State Park.

 

A view of Clayton, GA from Black Rock.

 

Food that Haocheng packed for me.

 

VHF simplex communication to Athens from Black Rock.  I was speaking with Haocheng.

 

Eating a late lunch at 4:00PM while listening to the radio and looking over Clayton, GA

 

The visitor center at Black Rock State Park

 

 

 

Telephoto shot of a housing development in Clayton.

 

 

 

I bought an annual Georgia State Park Pass while I was at Black Rock State Park.