VB2V DXPEDITION - ANTENNA & SITE PHOTOS
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1. 80m vertical array showing ground radial system | 2. 75 ft. vertical with 4 element 15m monoband yagi to the right. Electrical distribution boxes on the picnic table covered by the blue tarp | 3. 4 element 10m yagi with tent trailer to the left that was used for the 10m band shack | 4. 160m vertical to the left, 15m monobander to the right | 5. Carl VE3BY and Manfred VA3RMF aiming the 2m beacon antenna (it was aimed straight south...did anyone hear it?) |
6. 15m monoband yagi showing WARC band dipoles coming off of it. There was some WARC band activity in the "pre-contest" period. | 7. 3 element 20m monoband yagi and 20m band shack with the flags of Canada, Quebec, the USA and the Czech Republic flying! | 8. Shot of the feedpoint for the 40m four-square antenna. You can see the contest camp in the background | 9. 40m four-square antenna with good view of the rest of the camp including the generator system | 10. Don VE3DBF assembling the tower sections used for the 75 ft. 160m band vertical |
11. The camper used for the 80m shack. You can see that snow is always a problem at this time of year! | 12. Assembling the 40m four-square antenna with Dennis NB1B and Bob VE3SRE in the background and Bob VA3RD to the right | 13. Sunset at the contest campsite | 14. View of the 80m phased vertical array with the contest camp in the background | 15. View of the 40m four-square array |
16. This tent housed the 40m hamshack and was sleeping quarters for Sam VE3XAP. Yes that white stuff on the ground is snow! | 17. Another view of the 40m four-square array | 18. Ted VA3TSG shivered the nights away in this little tent in sub-freezing temperatures. | 19. How would you like this for an 80m noise floor? Our conditions are so quiet that if there is a signal on the band, we hear it! | 20. Another shot of the 160m and 15m antennas |