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2005 ARRL Field Day

  • 06/29/2005 | WR2G

    I operated 1B-single operator this year at the Cedar Knolls Firehouse in New Jersey. The Cedar Knolls Fire Department (CKFD) was extremely helpful for the 2005 ARRL field day. The department was very generous with their time, manpower, equipment and ... Read More

  • QTH for FD 2005.  See <a href="http://wa5znu.org/log/2005/06/qrv-field-day.html">more photos</a>.

    06/29/2005 | WA5ZNU

    This year I participated 1B at the elementary school near my house, and used a 30ft flagpole to raise the center of a twinlead-fed 44ft doublet, which I had made that morning. A passing civil engineer helped me raise one end of the antenna, and anothe... Read More

  • NU5D hanging the first of two tribanders. Guess how Steve got to be FD Chairman!

    06/29/2005 | W5LM

    Field Day is a club emergency operating and training event, not a contest, yet, we all want to do the best we can, and we want to improve our 2A effort from year to year while training new operators. Field day is also the most important event sposored... Read More

  • The sun over Narragansett Bay looked hot, but notice the nice breeze as indicated by the flag.

    06/29/2005 | K1UR

    This year K1NR and K1UR decided to do something different on Field Day and operate in the "Rover" (er, mobile) category. Well, we think of it as "Rover" and the photos should show why!

    Our home club was operating in a field in the oppressive heat so we... Read More

  • AB8E (R-2) and KD8ABS (Troy, age 12) operate the 40 meter
station with temperatures hitting 93 degrees.

    06/29/2005 | K8DF

    The Stonewall Jackson Amateur Radio Association, SJARA (K8DF) Field Day was held on June 25/26 at our traditional location on the grassy knoll directly behind the Harrison County YMCA at the top of Lowndes Hill, Clarksburg, WV
    Lowndes Hill is an histor... Read More

  • "Jes, KD5EUL (left), and Bob, NZ5A (right), emerge from the shack after their fourth Father-Daughter Field Day effort."

    06/29/2005 | NZ5A

    These pictures are from our 4th annual Father-Daughter Field Day (FD/FD) effort from Texas in the 2B-2B category. We went vintage this year,with a TenTec Argonaut 509 on CW at 2 watts to a Hustler 4BTV vertical and an Atlas 210X on SSB at 5 watts to a... Read More

  • Diane-W7SIM and Armand-KA5BBG assemble one of the clubs two military surplus crank up towers. This one was used for the 20M PH Yagi. This station made 692 QSOs.

    06/29/2005 | W7DK

    Radio Club of Tacoma, once again operated from the Tacoma Rifle and Revolver Club in University Place, as 7A.

    This year's Field Day was dedicated to Mac Parks, W6NBD, who recently became SK. Mac was active in many past FDs and was involved in forming ... Read More

  • W5ACE works 20 meters

    06/29/2005 | K5GVL

    The Sabine Valley Amateur Radio Association's Field Day 05 was held at the Celeste, TX volunteer fire station, operating as class 2F. A great time was enjoyed by all involved, even while dealing the Texas heat while outside during setup & teardown. Tha... Read More

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