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