Set up on Friday evening. Getting ready to hand ropes from light pole to suspend the wire antennas. From left, Don, K7CS, Dick W2YE, Gordon, NQ4K, Russ, W3RST, Kevin, W4KLS, and Mark, KI4OBT.
The lightpole
Set-Up. Russ, W3RST, shooting fishline over lightpole to pull up ropes to support the wire antennas.
Don, K7CS, and Dick, W2YE, tieing a rope to the fishline. The rope will be used to hang the wire antennas.
Don, K7CS, assembles his 3-element beam.
Erecting Don's, K7CS, new 3-element beam. From left ot right, Kevin, W4KLS, Gordon, NQ4K, Don, K7CS, Russ, W3RST, Bill, KI4DHY, Bill WF1L, and Jim, KF4PQL.
The primary HF tents. Table on left is publicity table. Brown tent contains the GOTA and HF SSB stations. Blue tent houses the HF CW and HF RTTY/SSB stations.
The VHF/10m tent. Jim, KF4PQL, and Ray,KD4RSL, operating.
The Club Generator maintained by Russ, W4RST. He replaced the gas tank before Field Day. It ran continuously for the entire Field Day.
Inside, one of the HF tents. On right is Linda, K4LDT, leading Bill, KI4DHY. through HF SSB operations on the GOTA station.
Linda, K4LDT, the Get-On-The_Air Coach, helping Bill, KI4DHY, operate on HF SSB.
Gerald, KE4NFJ, and his son Adam., who holding a GOTA Certificate stating he made 35 contacts.
Mark, KI4OBT, operating VHF.
Jim, AF4MO, operates SSB.
Jim, KF4PQQL, and Gordon, NQ4K, looking contented.
Jim, KF4PQL (on lift) talking ot visitor, J. Warren Geurin, Member, Loudoun County School Board.
Mark, KI4OBT, operating the VHF station.
John de N3QT, operating the HF SSB.
Gordon, NQ4K (standing) and Bud,W4KSN, at the HF RTTY/SSB station.
Gerald, KE4NFJ, at the HF RTTY/SSB station and Don, K7CS, at the CW station.
Gordon, NQ4K, sends ARRL formatted messages over VHF. Ray, ???, provides advise on VHF radio operation.
The photographer from Loudoun Times-Mirror.
Night operations. On left, Jim, KF4PQL, operates on 10M. Ray, KD4RSL. operating VHF.
Jim, AF4MO.
Dick, W2YE.
Mark, KI4OBT.
Jim, KF4PQL.
Gordon, NQ4K
Russ, W3RST
Don, K7CS.
Mark, KI4OBT.
Kevin, W4KLS.
Visitor at the GOTA station. She made 20 contacts.
Ray, KD4RSL.
John de N3QT.
The VHF/10M SSB tent. Although the weather was perfect. It did start to rain when the sprinklers came on. Caused a few moments of concern and hilarity. No equipment got wet.
Don, K7CS, diverting the spray from the sprinklers so the spray would not hit the tents.
The HF CW and RTTY/SSB tent. Notice the sprinkler spraying in the background.
End of Field Day. Ray, KD4RSL, lashes his 3-element beam to the side of his van for the trip home.
