This year those skilled in the art of rope hanging again competed.
The contestants were Dick, W2YE, (a past dead-eye), Russ, W3RST, (a past dead-eye), Eric, AJ4LN; and Paul, K4PDF.
Paul, K4PDF, was the champion dead-eye for this year.
Jim, KF4PQL, opens the gate to the field and the activities begin.
Duane, K4UW, arrives.
Jim, AF4MO, arrives.
Talking at the gate. Monte, KV4KS, and Gary, K4SRX.
Paul, K4PDF.
Dick, W2YE, arriving.
Bill, K4UPE, waiting to move onto the field.
Gary, K4SRX.
Paul, K4PDF, taking a shot with his slingshot. Duane, K4UW, (in white shirt on left) and Gary, K4SRX, (on right) look on.
Duane, K4UW, following the sinker to see if the line make it over the light pole crossbar.
Dick, W2YE, and Bill, K4UPE, attach the light line to the fishing line.
Another pole, and hams waiting for a good shot.
Russ, W3RST, takes a shot.
Red, N3TG, and Jim, AF4MO. Did it make it??
Looking up and hoping for the best.
Jim, AF4MO, and Red, N3TG, work on attaching the line to a rope..
Another group waiting for the line to go over the light pole
Eric, AJ4LN, takes a shot.
Eric, AJ4LN, suffers line tangle!!
Eric, AJ4LN, (on left), Dick, W2YE, et al. pondering the tangled line.
Gary, K4SRX, holds the line reel as the line is being pulled over the light pole.
Chris, KK4HDG, walks across the field to get the box of supplies.
Dick, W2YE, Red, N3TG, and Bill, K4UPE.
Red, N3TG, tying the rope off to the light pole. Another rope successfully hung.
Russ, W3RST, got his yellow sinker caught in the bracket.
Gathering for a final chat before heading off the field.
Walking toward the gate. All the ropes successfully hung.
All the ropes are hung, all have left, and the gate is closed. Jim, KF4PQL.
And the view to the west as the sun sets.
We arrived the next morning to find a front-loader blocking the entrance to the field, making it difficult for us to drive our cars and trucks with our equipment onto the field site.
So we decided to talk about it for a while.
Gordon, NQ4K, arrives with the borrowed truck and a load of equipment.
Finally starting to set up. The first canopy goes up. One of the QRM tents.
The beginning of the setup from the entrance to the field. The canopy in the middle of the picture is our site.
Two QRM canopies are up. The CW tent is in the far left.
The first QRM'er in the QRM tent. Paul, K4PDF.
Chris, KK4HDG, setting up the 2nd club tent.
Gary, K4SRX, in his ARES uniform.
Laying out some antenna transmission line.
Setting up the 2nd club tent. Chris, KK4HDG, on left. Gordon, NQ4K in purple shirt. Paul, K4PDF kneeling on lower right.
2nd club tent almost up.
Taking a short break in the QRM tent. Jim, AF4MO, in tent (with red shoulders) and Tom, WA2BCK, on right.
Still working on getting the antennas up.
Setting up another QRM tent.
View of the field site from across the field.
Paul, K4PDF and Gordon, NQ4K work on an antenna feed line.
Eric, AJ4LN, running the CAT-5 line between the computers.
Antennas at the top of the light pole.
Setting up the radios in the 10M HF tent.
Paul, K4PDF, in green shirt, and Gordon, NQ4K, in purple shift.
Jim, KF4PQL, looking at the 10M HF tent.
Putting up Eric's, AJ4LN, vertical antenna.
Bill, KJ4VTH, taking a serious break. We were set up by 1230 and had over an hour to wait before we started operations.
Gary, K4SRX, on left, and Jim, AF4MO, standing by the publicity table with the club banner.
Gary, K4SRX.
Jim, AF4MO.
Jim, KF4PQL.
Richard, KE4RLA,
Paul, K4PDF.
Russ, W3RST, making one last check on power for the equipment.
Chiti, a visitor and GOTA operator. He did 31 QSOs..
Monte, KV4KW.
Eric, AJ4LN, computer and logging software guru.
Bill, K4UPE.
A visitor, on left, and Tom, WA2BCK.
Bill, KJ4VTH, and Mulengo, KM4BTN.
Duane, K4UW.
Dick, W2YE.
Chris, KK4HDG.
Gordon, NQ4K
Marty, NV3H.
Donald, K4YND.
Just waiting.
Some visitors.
A view of some of some of the wire antennas. Faintly visible is the 75 ohm ladder line hanging down in the center of the picture.
The club generator. Russ, W3RST, maintains it and it is still running well. We think it is vintage 1959 with 7.5 KW. A past SPARC member mounted in on the trailer.
The final setup. The two brown canopies on the left, one behind the other, are the phone HF tents. The brown canopy, in the far center, is the CW tent. The cluster of canopies on the right are the QRM tents.
The club members present just before the start of radio operations. From left to right, Marty, NV3H, Visitor, Gordon, NQ4K, Mulengo, KM4BTN, Dick, W2YE, Eric, AJ4LN, Duane, K4UW (in back), Chiti, a GOTA operator, Bill, K4UPE, Tom, WA2BCK, Jim, KF4PQL, Chris, KK4HDG, Paul, K4PDF, Kevin, W4KLS, and Gary K4SRX.
Eric, AJ4LN, monitoring the computers and logging software.
Richard, KE4RLA, and Jim, KF4PQL, (seated) at the 10M rig.
Chris, KK4HDG, at the HF SSB station.
Gordon, NQ4K, Chiti, a visitor, and Bill, K4UPE (standing) at the GOTA station.
Duane, K4UW and Dick, W2YE, at the CW station.
Dick, W2YE, (STANDING) and Tom, WA2BCK, at the CW station.
Mulengo, KM4BTN, and his son, Chiti, at the GOTA station.
Eric, AJ4LN, at the HF SSB station.
Richard, KE4RLA, at the 10M SSB station.
Duane, K4UW, at the CW station.
Tom, WA2BCK, at the CW station.
Julie, a visitor, at the GOTA station.
Time for dinner. We ordered subs from Joe's.
Carol, XYL of Gordon, NQ4K (with red mug), and Linda, K4LDT.
Some more of the dinner group.
Richard, KE4RLA, looks like he is really enjoying himself..
Kevin, W4KLS, giving an educational class on a wire antenna.
Gordon, NQ4K, and Evelyn at the GOTA station. Evelyn did 20 QSOs.
A visitor.
Two visitors at the GOTA station. Amada on left did 20 QSOs and Jason, KM4BTJ on right did 9 QSOs.
Red, N3TG, at the CW station.
Chris, KK4HDG, smiling because he gets to work the radio.
Jim, KF4PQL, in the relaxed operator position working the cellphone radio.
Jim, KF4PQL, at the 10M HF station.
On left, Tom Rust, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 86th District, presents certificate commemorating Field Day to Gordon, NQ4K.
Tom Rust, rear center, being shown the Field Day site by Marty, NV3H (yellow shirt).
On the right, Eugene DelGaudio, member of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors for Sterling district, with Gordon, NQ4K.
It is dark outside.
Don, KC4RCG, and Paul, K4PDF.
Chris, KK4HDG, staying warm at night. (Or is he sleeping?)
Jim, AF4MO, at the HF SSB Station.
Working the HF SSB station.
Don, KC4RCG, at the radio.
Working the CW station at night. The christmas tree lights provide enough light for night operations.
Paul, KK4AIA, at the GOTA station.
Bill, KJ4VTH, at the rest and relaxation station.
Morning arrives and the tents are still up.
Marty, NV3H, works the HF SSB Station.
Russ, W3RST, at the 10M station.
Jim, N3JT, works CW.
Kevin, WB0POH, stops by.
Chris, KK4HDG, still working the radio.
Linda, K4LDT, takes her turn at the HF SSB station.
Mulengo, KM4BTN, and his son, Chiti, at the GOTA station (on left) and Chris, KK4HDG, on the HF SSB station (on right).
Jim, N3JT, in the CW tent.
The QRM tent remains busy.
QRM tent is full of people waiting for the end to help clear the site.
Don, KC4RCG.
Mulengo, KM4BTN, and his son, Chiti, still working the GOTA station.
Jim, N3JT, working CW.
Red, N3TG, working at the 10M station.
We start to take down some equipment just before the end.
Eric, AJ4LN, checks the computers to ensure the logs are saved.
CW canopy comes down.
The QRM canopies are almost down. Chris, KK4HDG, in red shorts.
The canopies come down fast. Chiti in red shirt. Don, KC4RCG, in middle. Jim, AF4MO, in blue shirt.
Leaving the field and walking to the cars.
Gordon, NQ4K, has his borrowed truck all loaded and ready for the trip home.
Jim, AF4MO, closes the gate.
Jim, KF4PQL, locks the gate.