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 |