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.
Duane, K4UW; Eric, AJ4LN; Kevin, W4KLS and Dick, W2YE.
Gordon, NQ4K.
Nick, KN4PIR, holding a rope antenna line.
Paul, K4PDF, explaining the process to Kevin, W4KLS, Aiden, KN4BGY, and others.
Paul, K4PDF, joining two ropes to make one lnog enough to get over the light pole.
Walking along the fence.
Waiting.
Waiting.
Dick, W2YE.
Donna, KN4BHA.
Aiden, KN4BGY.
Aiden's brother.
Aiden's sister.
Paul, K4PDF.
Nick, KN4PIR.
Bill, K4UPE.
Eric, AJ4LN.
Mike, WB8RDN.
Nick, KM4WWQ.
Duane, K4UW.
\Ray, KD4RSL.
Aiden's Other Brother.
Ray, KD4RSL.
\This is rope. Wonder what we can do to it?
Gordon, NQ4K, and Nick, KM4WWQ.
Gordon, NQ4K
Dick, W2YE, Duane, K4UW, and Mike, WB8RDN.
The gate was closed when we arrived. Paul, K4PDF, had the combination and opened it.
Bill, K4UPE, arrives with EZ-Hang in hand.
Visitor.
Visitor.
Paul, K4PDF, starting to unload his truck.
Jim, N4FAF, arriving.
Bruce KN4TS (formerly WA6LIR), a visitor.
Mike, WB8RDN, striding across the baseball field while putting up the Big Vee antenna used for the CW station.
Visitor walking across the baseball field helping put up the Big Vee.
Warren, KN4PIY.
Patrick, KN4PIZ.
Dick, W2YE, standing by the football fence, probably helping put un the 40M loop for one of the SSB stations.
Jim, N4FAF.
Bill, K4UPE, shooting a rope over the light pole for the 80M loop.
Jim, N4FAF, pulling the rope over the light pole for the 40M loop antenna.
Bill, K4UPE, still working on getting the line up for the 80M loop.
Gary, K4SRX, arriving.
Duane, K4UW, arriving.
Bill, K4UPE, Jim, N4FAF, and Gary, K4SRX, in the QRM area.
Bill, K4UPE, and Russ, W3RST, as Russ arrives with the club generator.
Russ, W3RST,has been the operator and maintainer of the club generator for many years.
The club generator.
The other side of the club generator. Russ believes, based on conversations with the engine manufacturer, that the generator was built between October 1959 and February 1960.
Russ, WeRST, starting the engine with a hand crank.
The mostly empty equipment boxes.
Eric, AJ4LN, installing radios and computers.
Eric, AJ4LN, hoping for the best as the systems start up.
The green refreshment stand, with the GOTA station, and the two canopies, for the QRM area.
Tod, KN4BGX
Visitors.
Bill, KJ4VTH, arriving at the field site.
Eric, AJ4LN, continuing to install radios and computers.
Gordon, NQ4K, admiring the radio setup.
Members of the Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad visit our site.
Marty, NV3H, and daughter Evelyn, No License Yet, arrive.
Occupying the QRM tent. Shawn, KN4GDU, in green shirt, and Nick, KM4WWQ, in blue shirt.
Tuning the CW station.
The CW station from the opposite side.
The group picture just before the start of the event. A lot of folks helped out setting up the field site.
Back row from left: Bill, K4UPE; Ray, KD4RSL; Tod, KN4BGX; Paul, K4PDF; TBD, : Bill, KJ4VTH; Russ, W3RST; TBD, ; Patrick, KN4PIZ; Eric, AJ4LN; Nick, KM4WWQ; Nick, KN4PIR; TBD, ; TBD, .
Front row from left: Duane, K4UW; Dick, W2YE; Visitor; Visitor; Mike WB8RDN; Gary, K4SRX; and gordon, NQ4K.
Visitors - Grandparents and grandchildren.
Shawn, KN4GDU, assembling a home make 2M/70cm directional antenna.
Patrick, KN4PIZ
Shawn, KN4GDU, as GOTA coach and a visitor.
Paul, K4PDF, in the QRM area.
Aiden, KN4BGY, and family arrives.
Ray, KD4RSL, with his new sun screen.
The group at the CW station. Jim, N4FAF; Duane,, K4UW; visitor; and Mike, WB8RSN, at the CW key.
Gordon, NQ4K, GOTA coach, with Aiden, KN4BGY, operating the GOTA station.
Gordon, NQ4K, with Aiden's brother.
Shawn, KN4GDU, with Aiden, KN4BGY, at the GOTA station.
Mike, WB8RDN, at the CW station.
Tod, KN4BGX, at a SSB station.
Visitors at a SSB station.
Warren, , and Patrick, , in the QRM area.
Aiden's brother and sister in the QRM area.
Shawn, KN4GDU, with Aiden, KN4BGY, at the GOTA station.
Donna, KN4BHA, with two of her children.
QRM area with refreshment stnnd/ GOTA station behind it.
Tod, KN4BGX, coaching at the GOTA station.
Shawn, KN4GDU, continuing to work on his antenna.
Gary, K4UW, the safety officer, working on his ARRL safety checklist.
Tod, KN4BGX, at the SSB stations.
Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad arrives.
Members of the Sterling Volunteer Rescus Squad.
Shawn, KN4GDU, at GOTA station.
Jim, N4FAF, on right, with Visitor.
Gary, K4SRX, and Duane, K4UW, in QRM area.
Ray, KD4RSL.
Adrienne, K4MAF, at the GOTA station.
Ray, KD4RSL, and Eric, AJ4LN.
Paul, K4PDF, at the QRM area. His XYL brought a cake to the field site to celebrate his birthday. It was delicious and by next morning was gone.
Eric, AJ4LN, and XYL at a SSB station.
Jim, N4FAF, and Eric, AJ4LN, at the SSB stations.
Duane, K4UW, at the CW station.
Publicity table at entrance to field site.
Mike, WB8RDN, XYL delivering pizza to celebrate Mike's birthday.
Marty, NV3H, at a SSB station.
Shawn, KN4GDU, testing his antenna.
Adrienne, K4MAF, at the GOTA station.
Aiden, KN4BGY, on left, with brother and sister.
Mike, WB8RDN, Ray, KD4RSL, and Gordon, NQ4K, walking toward Ray's UHF/VHF site. Or maybe walking toward the portable latrines.
Ray, KD4RSL, at his UHF/VHF radio site.
Shawn, KN4GDU, preparing to send formal message traffic to the Bluemont repeater. Shawn sent 11 messages, one to our secion manager and a book of 10 messages.
Shawn, KN4GDU, showing his directional antenna.
In the QRM tent.
Jim, N4FAF, and Shawn, KN4GDU, while Shawn sends the formal message traffic.
In the QRM tent.
Berry, KB4BK, arrives.
Donna, KN4BHA, enjoying some food.
Gordon, NQ4K, and Duane, K4UW, at the CW station.
Shawn, KN4GDU, and Aiden, KN4BGY, working the directional antenna.
Looking west as the sun seta.
Looking west as the sun sets.
Nick, KM4WWQ, downloading data from a weather satellite while and Aiden, KN4BGY, looks on.
Red, N3TG, at the CW station.
Eric, AJ4LN, his XYL, and Gary, K4SRX.
Shawn, KN4GDU, and Adrienne, K3MAF, at the GOTA station.
Getting really dark.
Shawn, KN4GDU, continuing at the GOTA station.
Paul, K4PDF, and Gary, K4SRX, QRM'ing.
Gordon, NQ4K
Gary, K4SRX.
Shawn, KN4GDU.
QRM area.
Shawn, KN4GDU, staying warm in the GOTA station.
Mike, WB8RDN, staying warm at the CW station.
The sun comes up in the east over the High School buildings.
Mike, WB8RDN, is still awake.
It is light out. This photo shows the full field site. In the blue building on the left (a dugout) is the CW station. In the blue building on the right are the two SSB radios. In the blue mass in the middle are a refreshment stand with the GOTA station and the QRM tents.
The residual on the table in the QRM area.
John, W3XWT, at a SSB station.
Duane, K4UW, at the CW station.
Red, N3TG, arrives.
Marty, NV3H, brings a friend, Eric, to see the field site.
Shawn, KN4GDU, is still on site.
Paul, K4PDF, arrives. Shawn, KN4GDU, is cleaning up a little.
Monte, KV4KS, arrives.
Mitchell, AF0XZ.
Bruce KN4TS (formerly WA6LIR) and John, W3XWT, help load a truck.
Dick, W2YE, and Gary, K4SRX, supervise loading the truck.
Mike, WB8RDN, carrying equipment out while John, W3XWT, returns to get more equipment.
Gary, K4SRX, checking the load in his pickup truck.
Paul, K4SRX, locking the gate after all is loaded and we are ready to lead the site.
The group at the end of the event, getting ready to leave. Back row from the left are: Paul, K4PDF; Dick, W2YE; Bruce KN4TS (formerly WA6LIR); Mike, WB8RDN; and John, W3XWT. In the front row, kneeling, from the left are: Gary, K4SSRX; and Gordon, NQ4K.