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All the amenities of home
The potty and shower gave some comfort in our primitive campsite.
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"I hear myself through the satellite!"
Ken makes a contact through AO-27 Saturday morning.
He is using a 2m/440 (VHF/UHF) handheld transceiver with
an Arrow dual-band satellite antenna. The setup works!
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Get those antennas up!
(left) Ken and I help raise the 80m full-wave loop.
(right) Andy throws a soda bottle into a tree to get a wire over a high branch.
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The antennas take shape
(left) Ken shows how to tie a real knot.
(right) The loop feedpoint gets soldered onto some 450 ohm ladder line.
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The 20m beam goes up
Chris, Andy, and I work on getting the
20 meter beam in the air.
(I must confess to being dissapointed with the beam's performance
compared to the full-wave loop. The 280 ft loop just performed so
much better!)
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Man your stations!
Andy slides into an operating tent while
Ken works other Novice/Techs.
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On the air!
Here I am operating 15m SSB on Saturday afternoon.
I had to time my calls to be able to eat grapes while operating!
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Solar operations
Ken, Andy, & Chris attempt to make 5 contacts using solar power on VHF FM.
They made 3 and we picked up 2 on HF with a QRP rig (Sierra).
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Early evening CW operating
I operated on 40m CW Saturday evening.
The band was hopping!
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What a view!
Andy took a few shots and melded them together to make this nice pararamic view.
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The Gang
Here we all are -- still smiling after 24 hours of Field Day!
(Not to mention the heat and gnats!)
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