06/27/2002 | WS4S The 147.135 Repeater Group Setup for fieldday at hte WCTE PBS TX Tower 12 miles East of Cookeville,Tennessee.Saturday was a nice hot day but was nice when the sun went down and a brezz started blowing across the ridge.

The Group Op were Conard-WS4S Cookeville,TN Dale-W4SRX Murfreesboro,TN Bob-N2BR Algood,TN Marty-KB4TEN Algood,TN Jim-W4SOH Cookeville,TN Alan-WW4DX Cookeville,TN Jack-KG4MFJ Cookeville,TN and Chris-KG4TEH Cookeville,TN

Our fieldday station were a ICOM IC-746 on 6 meters with a 40 meter loop antenna,ElectraCraft on CW with Dipole up 60 feet,And a Alinco DX70T on 40 meters with a Dipole Antennna,Also a Icom IC-746 on 2 meter SSB i made a couple QSO on the turn it over to 146.520 and left it for the rest of the time,Use a 5 Element homebrew Beam up 20 feet.

We had several visitors to take the time and stop by and chat with use for a while.Jason Wilborn KG4BMH Livingston,TN Tom KG4CNY Carthage,TN Rich KD4ABC Cookeville,TN Paul KF4ZWO Bolestown,TN Avery KF4ZWP Livingston,TN And Wilson from Carthage,TN.

Our group made many contacts on SSB and CW and enjoy just getting out as a group and haveing FUN.We are ready for next year FD 2003 and plan to be on the air working some of the contest this year.

73's from the 147.135 Repeater Group Cookeville,TN -- N2BR