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2005 ARRL Field Day

  • 06/27/2005 | W1NVT

    Moonlight in Vermont: The Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont CW station at night. Read More

  • Our Club's Communications and Tower trailer ready for any Field Day or emgergency.

    06/27/2005 | WA4GDN

    The Gulf Coast Amateur Radio Club's Field Day site has always been visited by an unwelcome visitor year after year. This visitor always makes us hide in our tents, makes us disconnect our radios or threatens to take down our antennas. Fortunately thi... Read More

  • kq6ee on the way to Thunder Mountain

    06/27/2005 | KQ6EE

    WHO CAN BEAT ME AT 8587 FEET AT THE MOUNTAIN TOP DOING CQ FIELD DAY, CQ FEILD DAY (just kidding). This time, I tried something differently. I hauled my HF equipments to the mountain top, and leave my vhf beam antenna in the car otherwise my backpack ... Read More

  • Vertical Dipole on one side of the tent. The ladder line feeding the doublet is just visible in front of the tent.

    06/27/2005 | VA3DF

    Got to my chosen site at Rattlesnake Point around 9:30 Saturday morning and with the help of various family members got everything set up in about 90 minutes.My future son-in-law did the honours with the slingshot this year but quickly found out that i... Read More

  • Mike, W3MC, testing the first stage of the rocket launcher tower, with Allan, KH6ILR supervising.

    06/27/2005 | W3FOC

    Thanks to a generous invitation from Allan Hubbert, KH6ILR, we operated Field Day 2005 from a beautiful hilltop area on the large campus of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, DC. We had a commanding view of Washington, DC below us and the... Read More

  • W5TVW setup in carport with Sandy at rig.

    06/27/2005 | W5TVW

    Here we are in Pumpkin Center, LA! Rig was an Elecraft K1 running 5 watts out. Antenna was a 33' vertical wire supported by an MFJ-1910 pole anchored to a photo tripod. I used four radials two 67' long and two 33' long. Bands worked were 40/20/15 m... Read More

  • Scituate Fire with Engine 3

    06/27/2005 | W1QWT

    The Scratch and Sniff Radio Club operated at "BBQ Park" in Scituate and we ran 5 watts and were powered by a solar charged battery.
    It was a lot of fun. The operators were: W1QWT, K1NOK, K1CWS, NS1N, KC1HO, N1EY, WA1YKF, N1ZZN, and KB1TOM.
    We even had ... Read More

  • The <strong>Mighty KK7SM Dodge</strong>

    06/27/2005 | KK7SM

    This year, we went back to the roadside park we found last year for Field Day. Located in the Texas Hill Country north of San Marcos, near Canyon Lake, many people stop by this park to take in the scenic view, and some were curious enough to ask what w... Read More

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