This is that story of the field day in a new location.
So we set up the wire antennas over the top of the building. The carolina windom, G5RV, and 40M loop were put up. The Big Vee was put up the following day.
The building with the maintenance bays and team rooms. The SSB radios are in the room accessed by doors two and three from the left and under the peak in the roof. The CW radio is in the room under the peak on the right.
Paul, K4PDF, standing on the roof of the building where antennas will be laid.
Paul, K4PDF, sitting on the roof of the building laying the antennas on the roof.
Ray, KD4RSL, looking happy.
Chris, KK4HDG.
Kevin, W4KLS.
Paul, K4PDF.
Jim, AF4MO.
Monte, KV4KS.
Gordon, NQ4K
John, KK4AHY, and Blair, KC9BBW.
Jim, AF4MO, and Paul, KK4AIA.
Dick, W2YE.
Duane, K4UW.
Mike, WB8RDN.
Bll, K4UPE.
Group laying the 40M loop over the soccor nets. The wires were rally low.
Arriving the first day of Field Day. This is the entrance to the bus parking lot, The gate to the building we were using is at the far end of the parking lot. It is raining.
The field day building.
Entering the door to one fo the team rooms.
The team room where the SSB stations would be.
Blocking the door open. It is raining.
A piece of wook holding the door open so the coax cable would not get crushed.
Some cable.
Adjusting the ropes on the wire antennas. Chris, KK4DHY, Paul, K4PDF, and Don, K4YND.
Don, K4YND and Mike, WB8RDN, setting up some radios.
Offloading equipment from a car.
Monte, KV4KS, and Don, K4YND, by the publicity table.
Eric, AJ4LN, and Monte, KV4KS, running cable linking the logging computers.
Dick, W2YE.
Gary, K4SRX.
Evelyn was the first GOTA operator on the air.
Marty, NV3H, getting started on the SSB station. Eric, AJ4LN, checking to ensure the logging computers were working.
Kevin, KE4RSL, and Monte, KV4KS, on SSB.
Paul, K4PDF.
Gary, K4SRX, on left, trying out his handneld.
Dick, W2YE, and Duane, K4UW, at the CW station.
Visitors, Matthew, Nathan, and Betsy (who worked 2 contacts on the GOTA station).
Gary, K4SRX, on the GOTA station.
The two SSB station.
The publicity table and the extra logging computer, where the QRM'ers could check the status of the radio stations and QSO counts.
The food table partially set up.
Mike, WB8RDN, and Duane, K4UW, at the CW station.
It is dinner time and the group enjoys some QRM.
Eric, AJ4LN.
Duane, K4UW, and Mike, WB8RDN, at the CW station.
Chris, KK4HDG.
Don, K4YND, at one of the SSB stations.
Eric;s, AJ4LN, vertical antenna attached to the fence and under the clouds.
Paul's vertical antenna, also attached to the fence.
Even though it rained hard, the aggregate being laid down on the football remained well drained.
Eric, AJ4LN, at the SSB station.
Kevin, W4KLS, at the SSB station.
Ray, KD4RSL, at the UHF/VHF station, i.e., his van.
Ray's 6M antenna attached ot the fence behind his van.
Paul, K4PDF, and Chris, KK4HDG, waiting for time on the radios.
Eric, AJ4LN.
The building at night.
Park Vieww High School at night with the lights on. The glow in the sky is light reflecting off of the low clouds.
Mike, WB8RDN, (on right) showing his family (XYL, Ann, KD4GSS, (in middle) and daughter Christine, KI4CTP, (on left)) the CW station.
Blair, KC9BBW, working a night shift on SSB.
Chris, KK4HDG, and Gordon, NQ4K.
Mike at the CW station during the night shift.
Marty, NV3H, working a very early morning shift.
Paul, K4PDF, working a shift very early in the morning.
Paul, KK4AIA, just completed working a shift and is taking home some needed equipment.
Morning is come. There are still clouds in the sky and it is still raining lightly.
Ray, KD4RSL, is back to working 6M.
Duane, K4UW, is at the CW station.
The QRM area is empty.
Mike, WB8RDN, at the CW station.
Kevin, W4RSL, at the SSB station.
Dick, W2YE, at the CW station.
Gordon, NQ4K, and Gary, K4SRX, at the GOTA station.
Duane, K4UW, trying to understand what cable goes where.
Eric, AJ4LN, showing his parents around the site.
And it is over.
Except for the tearing down.
Gary, K4SRX, folding tables.
Duane, K4UW, and Mike, WB8RDN, rolling up cable.
Eric, AJ4LN, taking down his antenna.
Mike, WB8RDN, helping take down antennas
Eric, AJ4LN, taking apart his antenna.
Paul, K4PDF, rolling up cable.
And equipment inside the building.
Equipment ready to be picked up in front of the building.ready to be picked up in front of the building.
Blair, KC9BBW, and Eric, AJ4LN, stacking equipment.
Dick, W2YE, carrying equipment to his car.
Mike, WB8RDN, and Gary, K4SRX.
The group loading Eric's, AJ4LN, car. From left, Dick, W2YE; Gary, K4SRX; Duane, K4UW; and Eric, AJ4LN.
The group loading a '99 Chevy pickup with Gordon's equipment.
Cars leaving the parking lot.
Paul, K4PDF, locking the gate.