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  • K8NU working double hard on 20M CW

    07/05/2005 | W8ZPF

    This was one of the best Field Days our CRES Radio club has ever had! Over 1000 contacts, including a satellite one. The bands were in good shape as well. Great fun! Read More

  • Snake River ARC conducted field day operations at Optimist Park In Nampa, Idaho starting at 8AM Saturday morning with a crew of 5. First thing up was the tent.

    07/04/2005 | K7SI

    Snake River Amateur Radio Club (K7SI)

    John (KD7HGS) provided the tent. The club owns a trailer that has
    very limited operating space but has considerable battery storage
    and is also used to haul the generator that we recently purchased.


    At the end o... Read More

  • <b>K1KI/m 1-C   Ready to go!</b>

    07/04/2005 | K1KI

    Had another good time touring Field Day sites. This year the plan was to visit as many locations in Vermont as possible. I operated mobile (1-C) but didn't make too many QSOs. The best part was the air conditioning in the VW - it was 95f out both d... Read More

  • Paul Danzer N1II at the Elecraft K1. Note the AC as it was 95 degrees.

    07/04/2005 | W1EE

    This year was an improvement over last year, but we left ourselves with plenty of room to grow so we won't top out anytime soon. We ran solar-battery power so most of our points came from a couple great cw ops Paul N1II and John AE5X. We avoided last y... Read More

  • Operated under sun at 42 Celsuis overlooking Ottawa valley

    07/04/2005 | VE2DWA

    My first VHF contest, I operated 3 hours from my car parked (NOT AC) at Gatineau park (FN25bm), under a hot sun (Temp rise to 42 celsius, humedity factor). I bring my IC706MKIIG for 50, 144& 432 Mhz and Yaesu FT109 220MHz HT (but notbody in this band)... Read More

  • W0AH/4 travel trailer, 16' tower and antennas

    07/04/2005 | W0AH/4

    On the Monday before the test I had our newly bought acre lot on Windmill Hill, EM85wb, in South Carolina (10 miles south of NC border and 15 miles NNW of Spartanburg) partailly cleared. On Wednesday, I put up two sections of Rohn BX tower for 16' of ... Read More

  • Deputy Sheriff Barry Faile with KE4COH and K4WJR

    07/04/2005 | KR4M

    The Lancaster (SC) County Amateur Radio Club once again held its FD exercise at the local Farmer's Market using generator power. About 20+ plus ops showed up and held forth for 22.5 hrs. Led by K4WJR and KE4COH, the CW station this year posted 500 QSOs... Read More

  • F.D. 1976

    07/04/2005 | WX8J

    What a difference a little time makes! My first involvement with F.D. was in 1976 at the Novice station of W3LIF. Using my call sign (WB3BAK) we logged just over 100 contacts using a Heathkit HW 101,Vibroplex key and an old Honda generator.. FD 2005 w... Read More

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