Eric, AJ4LN.
Paul, K4PDF.
Chris, ham in the making.
Paul, KK4AIA.
Jim, KF4PQL.
John, KK4AHY
Ray, KD4RSL
Don, K7CS, and antenna hanging marksman.
Gordon, NQ4K
Paul, K4PDF, Antenna Marksman, and Chris.
Paul, K4PDF, watching the sinker float over the light pole.
Paul, KK4AIA, and Ray, KD4RSL, holding twine.
Paul, K4PDF, and John, KK4AHY, attaching twine to fishing line.
Chris getting some antenna hanging stuff from carrying box.
Don, K7CS, setting up the EZ-Hanger.
Don, K7CS, taking his shot.
Don, K7CS, muttering something about bad rubber and high winds.
Dick, W2YE, taking his shot.
John, KK4AHY, and Bill, WF1L. Bill took one shot using Dick's EZ-Hang and got one over the light pole. His is smiling.
Duane, K4UW.
Ray, KD4RSL, working the camera.
Don, K7CS, carrying his EZ-Hanger with Paul, K4PDF and Chris in background.
Paul, K4PDF and Chris getting ready for the shot.
All watching the shot.
Success and tying off the fishing line with twine and then rope.
Another successful antenna rope hanging with ropes on 4 light poles. SPARCies leave to get a good night sleep.
Ray, KD$RSL, Duane, K4UW, and Gordon, NQ4K, looking at the already outdated plan.
Don, K7CS, and Jim, KF4PQL, assembling the 10M beam.
Russ, W3RST, arrives with the generator.
Russ, W3RST, starts the generator and it still runs.
Russ, W3RST,a nd Dick, W3YE, take a break.
Paul, K4PDF, and Mark, KI4OBT, take a break.
Mark, KI4OBT, is joined by Gary, K4SRX.
Tom, WA4BCK, and Bill, AF4LL, watch Don, K7CS, work on the 10M beam.
Eric, AJ4LN, figuring out where the logging computers will go.
Linda, K4LDT, and son arrive to help.
John, KK4AHY, arrives with the publicity table.
Joh, KK4AHY, with the publicity table.
Dick, W2YE, getting more stuff from his car.
The plan and operating schedule on a board.
Jim, KF4PQL, and Don, K7CS, work on the 3-element 10-20M beam.
Kevin, W4KLS, setting up the RTTY station.
Mark, KI4OBT,
The club banner announcing our presence.
Jim, AF4MO, Duane, K3UW, and Ed Larson, an old SPARC member in the parking lot.
Don, K7CS, Tom, WA4BCK, and Bill, AF4LL, still working on the 3-element beam.
Paul, K4PDF, and Mark, KI4OBT, setting up the QRM tent.
Don, K7CS, and Dick, W2YE, taking antenna stuff.
Jim, AF4MO.
Dick, W2YE, attaching te 3-element beam to the antenna mast.
Ed Larson, an old SPARC member is visiting.
Bill, KJ4VTH, stopped by to see how we were doing.
Ray, KD4RSL, and GAry, K4SRX, setting up the 10M tent.
The group still working on the 3-element antenna and mast.
Tom, WA2BCK, Mark, KI4OBT, and Dick W2YE, getting ready to erect the antenna.
The group pushing up on the mast and holding ropes hopes al goes well as the mast goes up.
Almost success.
Success.
Paul, K4PDF, tying off a rope.
Tom, WA2BCK and Bill, AF4LL, in the field wondering where the wire antenna goes.
Mark, KI4OBT.
Russ, W3RST, wondering when to turn the power on.
Finishing off the 10M antenna.
The RTTY station is ready to go.
The GOTA station is ready to go.
The antennas are up.
The 10M tent is up and ready to go.
Oh no! A problem. Don, 7CS, Duane, K4UW, and Gerald, K4INT, work on a coax problem. New coax, first time in use and it is bad.
The VHF van is ready to go. Yes, that is an air conditioner in the window.
Ray, KD4RSL, is compared to the equipment on the cover of QST.
Marty, NV3H.
Group photo at the end of setup and immediately prior to start of operations.
From left, 10M tent, GOTA/SSB tent, CW/RTTY tent, and QRM tent.
At the GOTA/WWB tent from left to right are: Bill, AF4LL (Red Shirt), Kevin, W4KLS, Mark, KI4OBT(in tent on left), Linda, W4LDT (yellow shirt), Karen, visitor), Paul, KK4AIA (blue shirt), Visitor operator, Eric, AJ4LN.
At the CW/RTTY tent are: Duane, K4UW, and Don, K7CS.
Bill, AF4LL, works the SSB station.
The SSB and GOTA tent.
The group continues to try to get the logging computers up and running. Eric, AJ4LN, on the right in the brown shirt, was getting anxious, but worked through all the problems.
Gordon, NQ4K, Jim, KF4PQL, and Don, K7CS, look at the logging software at the 10M tent.
Don, K7CS, and Jim, KF4PQL, at the 10M station.
Tom, WA2BCK, already working CW.
Ray, KD4RSL, in his VHF van working the radio.
Bill, WF1L, at the VHF van look happy and cool.
The 6M antenna by the VHF van.
Linda, K4LST, and Adam work the GOTA station.
Gordon, NQ4K, and Adam work the GOTA station.
Adam displaying his certificate for making 20 QSOs.
John, N3QT.
Duane, K4UW.
Don, K7CS.
Duane, K4UW, George, a visitor, and Jim, KF4PQL working the 10M radio.
Paul, KK4AIA, woring the GOTA station.
Linda, K4LDT, and Russ, K3RST.
A visitor working the SSB station.
Karen, a visitor, and Mark, KI4OBT, at the QRM tent.
Dick, W2YE.
Tom, WA2BCK, at the CW atation.
Don, K7CS, at the RTTY/CW/SSB station.
Duane, K4UW, taking some pictures.
Kevin, W4KLS, breaking into a run.
Joe, WB2SAI, filled in at the SSB station several times
Eric, AJ4LN, at the SSB station, waiting his turn.
Dave, K3MV, stopped by to visit.
Bill, WF1L, looking happy that all is going well.
Kevin, W4KLS, looking very happy.
Gordon, NQ4K, with a visitor at the GOTA Station.
Gordon, NQ4K, on right, with visitors at the GOTA station.
Kevin, W4KLS, (seated) explaining PSK31 to Gary, , K4SRX.
Sunset.
Joe, WB2SAI, on left, Grodon, NQ4K, and Duane, K4UW.
Duane, K4UW, working CW, and Joe, WA2SAI, working SSB.
Jim, KF4PQL, and John, KK4AHY.
Paul, KK4AIA, at the GOTA station.
Paul, KK4AIA, at the GOTA station.
Eric, AJ4LN, on the right at the SSB station.
Ray, KD4RSL, saying good night.
Eric, AJ4LN, and Joe, WA2SAI, getting ready to operate.
Gary, K4SRX.
Chris staying warm.
Gordon, NQ4K, going to start the late shift.
Paul, K4PDF, working the SSB station.
Duane, K4UW, working the CW station.
Jim, AF4MO, working the SSB station on the late night shift. AT this point there were only four people on site.
John, KK4AHY, working the GOTA station.
Bill, AF4LL, and Jim, KF4PQL, teamed up to do the logging and talking.
Don, K7CS, keeping warm at the CW station.
Gordon, NQ4K, at the RTTY/CW/SSB station.
Paul, KK4AIA, on the late night shift at the GOTA station.
The sun rising over the 10M tent heralding the arrival of morning.
Russ, W3RST, arrived early to check the generator.
A problem. The gas tank has a slow leak where the leg meets the tank.
The temporary fix was a sand bag pressed against the leak to dampen vibration and hold the leg against the tank. This was good enough to keep power until the end of Field Day.
Kevin, W4KLS, and Dick, W2YE, discuss significant issues in the GOTA/SSB tent.
Duane, K4UW, and Gary, K4SRX, join the discussion.
Joe, WA2SAI, ignores the disucssion and continues to work the SSB station.
Paul, K4PDF, and Chris at the GOTA station.
Tom, WA2BCK, In baseball cap, talks to two visitors.
Gordon, NQ4K, coaches at the GOTA station with a visitor.
Morning shift at the CW shift. Both radios now on CW.
Don, K7CS.
Jim, N3JT, guest operator working CW.
Cindy, XL of Tom, WA2BCK, visits site.
Gordon, NQ4K, working GOTA with Chris.
Group discussion in QRM tent.
Group discussion in QRM tent.
Chris trying to figure out how to work the chair.
Ray, KD4RSL, Jim, N3JT, and Tom, WA2BCK, at the end.
Paul, KK4AIA, and Gary, K4SRX, at the end.
Russ, W3RST.
The QRM tent is almost down.
The CW tent is almost down.
The GOTA/SSB tent is ready to be taken down.
Ray, KD4RSL, and Jim, KF4PQL, take down the 10M tent.
Russ, W4RST, hooks up the generator and is ready to leave.
Last minute clean up.
Don, K7CS, is tying down his antenna.
Don, K7CS, is the last to leave.