Its sprinkling a little, but the canopy is set up. |
Duane, K4UW, and Don, K4YND, carry the heavy battery from Duane's car. |
Starting to set up the buddipole antenna in the background. |
Chris, KK4HDG;. Don, K4YND; and Paul, K4PDF, set up the antenna. |
Paul, K4PDF, and Don, K4YND. |
The station is set up. IC-730 with MFJ antenna tuner and a battery. Paul's antenna tuner is on top of box on the right of the table. |
Gordon, NQ4K, talking on his handheld |
Paul, Don, and Duane standing around waiting for the event to start. Don is trying out the radio. |
Chris, KK4HDG. |
Paul, K4PDF |
Duane, K4UW, stayed at the site all day. |
Don working the radio. He stayed until noon and helped answer questions by visitors. |
We all greet Henry, K2BFY, when he arrives with his paint can radio. A 10W 2M rig is all contained in the can. |
Henry looking comfortable and staying dry. |
H Henry, Gordon, and Duane. |
We had plenty of visitors. | ||
Paul, KK4AIA. |
Joe, WB2SAI. |
Eugene Delgaudio enjoyed his pizza while talking to us. |
Ed, the clown. Used to be a navy radioman and rumored to have some old teletype machines. |
Monte, KV2KS. |
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And then it was time to leave | ||
Henry leaving near the end of the day | Duane, K4UW, pushing the rain off the top of the canopy just before we take it down. | Loading all the equipment into the car. Ready to leave at the end of the event. |
And it was over. | ||
In
spite of a
little rain, it was a fun event. |