Field Day 1999 Operation of MNQRP

Thanks to everyone involved for another successful Field day for MNQRP! Our main station was an FT-900 running into a R7 vertical all provided by Larry (KB0R). There was also a 10M novice/tech station running into a G5RV hung from the baseball diamond backstop and a 6M rig up for a bit. Tim (KB9LGJ) ran some RTTY and packet from his VW bus with a hamstick dipole attached to the no parking sign.

Final Score: 2A Battery, 270 QSO's, 2850 Points.



Click thumbnail for full size The tent and station were setup on the southside of the Minnetonka High School field next to the trees to make good use of the shade. We also placed a tarp over the screen tent to provide shade from the west as the sun set.
Click thumbnail for full size Larry again brought his R7 seen here being setup. We've always had good luck with verticals. We also had a Mini-G5RV flying at about 25 feet.
Click thumbnail for full size The station was setup on the north side of the screen tent. Logging laptop and main station tranciever are shown here with the usual extras.
Click thumbnail for full size Figuring out the logging software.
Click thumbnail for full size John (KA0OSC) supervising
Click thumbnail for full size John (KA0OSC) tries his hand at some QRPp using his homebrew rig housed in a gray painted Sucrets tin.
Click thumbnail for full size Mert (W0UFO) and Craig (AA0ZZ)
Click thumbnail for full size Checking out some toys
Click thumbnail for full size Tim (KB9LGJ) came up from Gibbon, MN with his VW Camper equipted with a complete QRP RTTY station
Click thumbnail for full size Tim (KB9LGJ) and Robert (KC0EJW) at the VW RTTY station. The antenna was a ham stick dipole mount on the street sign to the right.
Click thumbnail for full size Mike (N0DWM) tries some RTTY in the VW Camper.
Click thumbnail for full size Bill (N0BSN) tries his hand at KA0OSC's QRPp station later that day.
Click thumbnail for full size The 6 meter mag-mount antenna was mounted on a ladder using a a piece of sheetmetal as a ground plane.
Click thumbnail for full size Steve (KI0CL) shows amazing concentration operating solo for a while at the main station controls.
Click thumbnail for full size Mert (W0UFO) and Craig (AA0ZZ) take over for an afternoon stint and racking up the Q's.
Click thumbnail for full size Robert (KC0EJW) at the 6 meter and novice/tech station.
Click thumbnail for full size Mert (W0UFO) working late into the night, first time we've been able to work field day through the night.