VC2C DXPEDITION 2002 - THE SITE

1.  Don VE3DBF/VA3ZV with 80m 4 square and 106 ft. 160m vertical in the background 2.  Canadian Amateur history in the making!  The dipole used for Canada's first 60m amateur radio tests 3. Chet N8RA "up the tower" working on the 15 meter yagi
4.  Don VE3CBA and Rod VE3RS working on the antenna for the first activation of Grid FO11 on the amateur radio satellites 5.  Carl VE3BY (sitting) and Kim VE3DKE (standing to the left) working on one of the verticals making up the 80m four square 6.  Carl VE3BY in the foreground, with Kim VE3DXE, James VE3TPZ and Stan AC8W in the background laying out the heliax feedline.
7.  80m four-square and  160m vertical 8.  3 element 20m monoband yagi.  In the background is the garage used to house the heavy equipment which maintains the James Bay Highway 9.  Bob VA3RD's ingenious system for raising the 160m vertical
10.  James VE3TPZ and Carl VE3BY laying out the heliax (James it seemed was everywhere!!) 11.  Kim VE3DXE (left) and Arthur (right) with Paul G3SXE in the background laying out the verticals for the 80m four square 12.   The local helicopter coming in for a landing!
13.  Another view of the 80m four-square 14.   Five element 10 meter yagi with the 10m quad off to the right. 15.  Our "contest" shack with a view of the 15 meter four element yagi on the left, the 10m quad and 10m yagi along with the satellite antenna
16.  The elevated ground radial system for the 160m vertical 17.  Base of one of the verticals making up the 40m four-square array 18.  Dormitory trailers at Camp Rupert (the one on the left was the contest shack).   In case anyone was wondering...yes we did get snow!!

 

1.  3 element 20m monoband yagi 2. 160m vertical (almost up!) 3. Kim VE3DXE next to one of the 80m verticals
4.  Laying out the 80m four-square 5.   Our chefs for the week! 6.   160m vertical
7.  Our electrical system ably laid out by Ray VE3HAE 8.  The satellite antenna system