Before field day, Eric, AJ4LN, gathered club members at his QTH for a radio/computer check. The purpose was to test the logging computers and the computer to radio interfaces to ensure they worked.
Donna, KN4BHA; Month, KV4KS; Aiden, KN4BGY; Duane, K4UW; Red, N3TG; a visitor; and Dick, W2YE.
Eric, AJ4LN, on the left in this photo.
Bill, K4UPE, takes a shot at putting a fishing line over a light pole, The fishing line is used to pull over a light line, which in turn pulls over an antenna rope.
Gordon,NQ4K, prepared to take a shot using an air cannon. He got the air cannon from John, N2PBY, when he moved to Florida.
Paul, K4PDF, watches his shot. Often the wind will move the fishing line before it has a chance to land on the cross bar of the light pole.
Jim, AF4MO, arriving.
Monte, KV4KS, smiling.
Mike, WB0RDN, grinning as he arrives.
Paul, K4PDF.
Ray, KD4RSL.
Paul, KK4AIA, dropped off a table and canopy to use during field day.
Dick, W2YE. This year a significant change occurred in the Dead Eye competition. For the first time, Dick did not bring his EZ-Hang slingshot and attempt to shoot a fish line over a light pole.
Jim, AF4MO, talks to Kevin, W4KLS.
Gary, K4SRX.
David, KN4BGZ; Aiden, KN4BGY; and Donna, KN4BHA; arrive at the field day site.
Manipulating a cord as it is reeled in by a fishing reel/EZ-Hang.
From left, Ray, KD4RSL; Adrianna; David, KN4BGZ; Donna, KN4BHA; Dean (in red shirt); Aiden, KN4BGY (brown shirt facing away); and Red, N3TG.
Red, N3TG, and Gary, K4SRX.
Duane, K4UW.
Steve, KN4BGW.
Gordon, NQ4K, and Aiden, KN4BGY, pull on a cord to haul an antenna rope over the light post.
David, KN4BGZ.
Donna, KN4BHA.
Adrianna, No License Yet.
Aiden, KN4BGY.
Dean, No License Yet.
Duane, K4UW, arrives early on Saturday.
Gary, K4SRX, positioning chairs in the QRM tent area.
Gary, K4SRX, and Duane, K4UW, unloading Gary's truck.
Gary, K4SRX.
Mike, WB8RDN.
Bill, K4UPE.
Duane, K4UW.
Shawn, KN4GDU.
Ray, KD4RSL.
John, KK4AHY.
Bill, KJ4VTH.
Setting up the GOTA station inside the concession stand. The refrigerator on the left, behind the red mug, stored our beverages and food.
Dick, W2YE.
Mike, WB8RDN, and Bill, K4UPE, taking a break.
Bill, KJ4VTH, working on a canopy.
Russ, W3RST, beginning lunch.
A visitor enjoying lunch.
Kevin, W4KLS; John, KK4AHY; Shawn, KN4GDU; and Mike, WB8RDN; taking lunch.
Eric, AJ4LN, sets up the computer network to run the logging software.
Shawn, KN4GDU.
Still taking lunch. the plastic container contains fire balls to snack on.
The welcome sign and the plan for field day,
The back of the CW station. A mess of wires.
The group at the end of setup and before the start of operations. From left, Paul, K4PDF; Dick, W2YE: Mike, WB8RDN; Kevin, W4KLS; Duane, K4UW; a visitor; Russ, W3RST; Shawn, KN4GDU. In bottom right is John, KK4AHY, setting up his camera, and not in the photo is Gordon, NQ4K, taking the picture.
Shawn, KN4GDU, and Aiden, KN4BGY., at the GOTA station.
Russ, W3RST, and the club generator.
The club generator.
The generator has a canopy to protect it from possible rain.
Mostly empty equipment boxes.
The two SSB stations in the home team dugout.
Gary, K4SRX, is our safety officer.
Kevin, W4RLS, at a SSB station.
Donna, KN4BHA; Adrianna, and Dean.
Duane, K4UW, and Eric, AJ4LN, at the CW station.
Kevin, W4KLS, is giving a short presentation in the QRM area.
Jim, AF4MO, is arriving to check things out before his night shift.
Off in the distance is Ray, KD4RSL, and the VHF/UHF activities.
Ray, KD4RSL, under his canopy. The canopy is tilted to maximize the shade.
The QRM area with the concession stand / GOTA station behind it.
Aiden, KN4BGY, Adrianna, and Dean at the club banner.
Gordon, NQ4K, and Aiden, KN4BGY, at the GOTA station.
Dean, Adrianna, and Duane, K4UW, at the CW station.
Nick, KM4WWQ, in the QRM tent.
Monte, KV4KS; Jim, AF4MO; Kevin, W4KLS; and Nick, KM4WWQ; in the QRM tent.
Carol, XYL of Gordon, NQ4K, visiting the site.
Shawn, KN4GDU, sending formal message traffic over the local area traffic net. This was his first time doing this and he was very successful.
David, KN4BGZ, and Dean at the GOTA station.
David, KN4BGZ, and Adrienne, K3MAF, at the GOTA station
Helen, a visitor.
Patrick, a visitor.
Red, N3TG, and Adrienne, K3MAF, at the GOTA station.
David, KN4BGZ, and Patrick at one of the SSB stations.
Night does arrive. Evelyn and her father, Marty, NV3H, arrive for a shift on the radios. Evelyn works the GOTA station while Marty works a SSB station.
The GOTA station at night.
The QRM tent.
Eric, AJ4LN, brought a light.
Its changing colors.
An continues to change colors. Not much light, but it is fun.
Duane, K4UW, arrives for a night shift on the CW station.
Jim, AF4MO, is working hard at the SSB station.
Jim, AF4MO. surrounded by darkness.
Duane, K4UW, at the CS station.
The moon.
The moon again.
Gary, K4SRX, stayed all night to ensure all was secure.
Shawn, KN4GDU, stayed all night.
Gordon, NQ4K, tried to stay all night, but could not. Returned early on Sunday.
Mike WB8RDN, at the CW station.
Gordon,NQ4K, at the SSB station.
Ray, KD4RSL, arriving to operate the VHF/UHF station.
Marty, NV3H, put in a few hours on the SSB station on Sunday morning.
Duane, K4UW, arriving after a short break at home after working all night on the night shift.
Duane, K4UW, back at the CW station.
Ray, KD4RSL, at the VHF/UHF station.
The generator is still running.
The lettering on the side of the generator says "In memory Bill Stone W4KVI."
A visitor.
Marty, NV3H, in the QRM tent.
Red, N3TG, arriving.
Monte, KV4KS, in the QRM tent.
Jim, AF4MO, in the QRM tent.
Russ, W3RST, in the concession stand/GOTA station.
A visitor.
Dick, W2YE.
Mike, WB8RDN, starting to look tired.
Gary, K4SRX, back on-site after a short break at home.
A visitor.
Paul, K4PDF, in the QRM area.
Monte, KV4KS, in the QRM area.
Time is moving on. The group looking forward to the end of Field Day.
Gary, K4SRX, and Eric, AJ4LN.
Paul, K4PDF, and Dick, W2YE, talk to ARRL Roanoke Division Director Jim Boehner, N2ZZ.
Bill Morine, N2COP, Vice Director - Roanoke Division, also visited our site.
Starting to take down the equipment.
The equipment boxes are starting to fill up.
Loading some equipment into the back of Gary's truck.
Gary, K4SRX, Paul, KK4AIA, and Bill, K4UPE.
Gordon, NQ4K, started to take down the QRM canopy.
Gary, K4SRX, thinking.
Who is under the canopy. My guess is Gordon, NQ4K, and Bill K4UPE.
Closing the windows on the concession stand.
Almost done.
The group at the end of the event, getting ready to leave. From the left, Mike, WB8RDN; Bill, K4UPE, Paul, K4PDF; Dick W2YE; Eric, AJ4LN; Duane, K4UW; Monte, KV4KS; and Gary, K4SRX (front right). Gordon, NQ4K, is taking the picture.
Marty, NV3H, presents a handheld uhf/vhf radio to Adrienne.