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2012 ARRL Field Day
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07/29/2012 | W3HGT
de W3HGT 1E NC For the eleventh consecutive year the 570-V (Five Seventy Five) Connection has operated Field Day. This year, for the fourth time, we were back on the shores of beautiful Lake Norman north of Charlotte, NC. Eric, K4FAN (ex KA8FAN) was ab... Read More
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07/29/2012 | N0UA
Another great event for another year. Bands were not cooperating though. We were 3A from our usual location. Had roughly 15 ops. Temperatures were in the high ninties and low 100's. No rain this year. The usual suspects were involved. We erected ... Read More
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07/26/2012 | W8ACW
The Genesee County Radio Club operated as 3A for this years Field Day. we had a wonderful time and met alot of new people during the weekend. We were able to get two new people licensed as a result of them coming out and seeing all the fun!!! Operating... Read More
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07/19/2012 | AD7BF
This year we broke from tradition and instead of operating from our club's Field Day site a few of us set up our own operation about 26 miles north of the club's. Our goal was to contact the club's station (WA7LAW) on as many bands and modes as possibl... Read More
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07/15/2012 | N8HOB
STORM SHELTER PORTABLE FIELD DAY (QRP) 2012 It was about ten days before the event that I realized Field Day was approaching. I hadn't operated HF in about twenty-two years (except for a single 10 meter SSB contact in 2004) and I have no antennas or st... Read More
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07/11/2012 | WX5FWD
The WX5FWD SKYWARN Team works radios in the offices of the National Weather Service - Fort Worth, Texas, as a liaison between spotters in the field and the NWS. A few years ago (when the EOC Class became available), we decided to work Field Day from t... Read More
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07/10/2012 | K0C
The power of ham radio is clearly not in our amplifiers: It is in our people.
The energy required to put together a public demonstration that lasts 24 hours in 100 degree heat in the middle of a tech festival called Maker Faire must be in the range of... Read More -
07/10/2012 | WW7D
Made a serious eight-band effort from near the peak of a 6,100' mountain using yagi's for four VHF+ bands, screwdriver antennas for 80 and 40 meters, and a portable hex beam for 20 through 10 meters...all out of my econobox car. It was a blast! Pict... Read More
