Paul NA5N in one of the VLA antennas - the world's largest QRP receiver
 
		-- before retirement.
	
	
		Jan NØQT doing her Jodie Foster "Contact" imitation at the VLA 
 
		during QRPTTF 2002.
 
		Jan NØQT (SK) 1952-2025 
	
	
	
	
		Paul's car at the VLA in the "D" Array 
 
		2005 MazdaSpeed (turbo) Miata, Lava Orange 
	
	
	
	
		Working on a VLA Ka-band cryogenically cooled receiver. While this looks like a sensitive adjustment, it's actually me trying to dig  
		out that 2-56 nut I dropped into the LNA cavity :-( 
  
		
  
		UPDATE: After 40 years at the VLA, retired the week following the 2016 Zombie  
		Shuffle - only appropriate. 
	 
	
	
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