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  • At 5500ft in CN99 looking at the BC/US border though the clouds.

    08/26/2006 | K7MDL/R

    This was a rover effort jointly with N7EPD this year. It was nice to have him along. I usually do these long trips solo. His sharp ears and CW proficiency netted us a chance contact from a mountaintop in DN09 to KI7JA/P operating 2M QRP from CN94 mount... Read More

  • Dennis completing an 805km QSO with about 200mw.

    08/25/2006 | K6JEY

    Doug K6JEY and Dennis W6DQ on the first weekend. Most interesting QSO was N6CA who was 15mi North of Hwy 152 from Huntington Beach with about 1 watt-474km over the mountains. Great fun! On one site we were able to watch helo fire fighting practice. Read More

  • Three stations at CM97kh: Left to right: WA6CGR's rig used by KH6WZ, N6CA's offset-fed 30-inch dish, and AD6FP's 6-foot offset-fed dish. Signals from that 6-footer must have blown away everyone's receivers!

    08/24/2006 | N6CA AND KH6WZ

    Chip N6CA, and Wayne KH6WZ of the San Bernardo Microwave Society (SBMS) rovered the "SJ Valley" in Central Calif. with 10GHz rigs. We were extremely worried about the dryness of the grass and brush - a fire-disaster waiting to happen. Fortunately, the ... Read More

  • 08/24/2006 | N

    Greetings one & all from en41 Iowa...
    I only run two bands that fit into this contest ( 222 & 432 ) I didn't see any catagory for single operator high power two bands so I just got on to hand out points... Found several contacts on 222/432 in all direc... Read More

  • 08/23/2006 | W0OAR

    It almost seemed like a contradiction this year for the
    Ozarks Amateur Radio Society (w0oar).
    We had chosen for our Field Day 2006 location
    the historic Adamson Cabin.




    The rustic cabin that was originally constructed
    in 1845 was about to see a new ... Read More

  • 08/23/2006 | N6ZE/R

    A "Clean Sweep"!

    Three grids activated: CM94, DM04, & DM03

    QSOs: Zero

    Grids Worked: Zero

    Final Score: Zero

    I operated for about 3 hours on Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening from various locations. I used an FT817 + 11 element yagi on 70cm. Only thi... Read More

  • 08/22/2006 | WA2RQC

    K2RKW and I decided to try and work some stations from FN23SA on Sat. We knew the rain was coming but we went out to try. We worked W1AUV, W1AIM and W1GHZ on Equinox before the skys opened. We tried AF1T and I heard K1TEO but no other contacts then ... Read More

  • The Command Center for Field Day 2006.  Also food headquarters!  Pictured in the center was our wireless network center.  We set up a seperate large monitor for the public to view a map of the contacts we were making during Field Day.

    08/21/2006 | W4CAR

    The Chesapeake Amateur Radio Service held 2006 Field Day at Deep Creek Locks Park in the city of Chesapeake, VA. A great time was had by all who attended. We also had local city officials attend our event. Our members and families were treated to one... Read More