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  • This photo taken at the Field Day site near Harrisville, West Virginia.

    07/06/2005 | AB8CO

    Our I.O.O.K. (International Order Of Krazies) non club group is a loosely knit bunch of guys who enjoy working together for a common goal. The core of our group have been active in the A.R.R.L. Field Day for 25 years and the group continues to learn b... Read More

  • Joe KC8VSB and Dennis KT8X rack up points at CW station #2.

    07/06/2005 | W8UM

    Every Field Day is different. Purely from my own perspective, three years ago, I was really just a spectator. I didn't come until Sunday morning, and only made a few contacts. Two years ago, after a year of CW practice, I was a more active participant ... Read More

  • 07/06/2005 | WE1CT

    In case of emergency

    The ham radio guys are still here and they stand ready

    By Brian Goslow

    If you found yourself driving by the National Guard Building on Skyline Drive on the edge of Green Hill Park last Saturday night, you may have noticed a group o... Read More

  • The <a href="http://hotarc.org/"><b>HOTARC</b></a> FD site looked like an antenna farm. Everyone in the Club seemed to want to raise an antenna!<br /><br /><i>(click on photos to enlarge)</i><br /><i>(photos by AC5CV, W5JRM, KE5FDR)</i>

    07/06/2005 | W5ZDN

    The Heart O Texas Amateur Radio Club (HOTARC) located in Waco, TX enjoyed sunny, hot weather for FD 2005. (Compared to the flooding rains of last year's event--see FD 2004 soapbox for W5ZDN--we were quite happy to endure the heat.)

    HOTARC enjoys the pr... Read More

  • <b>Campsite for KQ5RP</b>
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The tarp was great for keeping the sun off, yet allowing the occasional breeze in.

    07/05/2005 | KQ5RP

    I backpacked about 2 1/2 miles to the station site for my Field Day effort, at the primitive campsite in Pedernales Falls State Park in the Texas Hill Country.

    The primitive campsite is in a wooded area on the edge of some north facing bluffs looking o... Read More

  • I'm glad I don't have to climb that tower everyday!!!

    07/05/2005 | K5KDX

    Our little group decided to contest from a location we felt would be somewhat unique in more ways than one. We found the US Forestry Service to be very friendly to deal with in getting permission to contest from one of their old lookout towers. Hardest... Read More

  • Julieanna ..What Amateur Radio is all about, our youth. Thank you for the last four contacts of the weekend !

    07/05/2005 | K1XI

    Field Day 2005 Youth Operator

    The Kennebec ARES team held Field Day in Kents Hill, Maine again this year. We had our normal down times and some challenges but the highlight was the little nine year old who, with her Mom, came upon our signs off the mai... Read More

  • 07/05/2005 | NE7WY

    We had a great time in Lasting Legaqcy Park. There was a lot of public exposure. The fire department used their ladder truck to help hang antennas on the street lights. The afternoon thunderstorm with the heavy rain and half inch hail stopped operat... Read More

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