06/29/2008 | AD7LL Our club is pretty small, so we tend to run FD as individual stations and for most of the club members, only for part of the day Saturday. This year I ran for 24 hours, with a couple of naps and plenty of talking with visitors. WA7NRP set up and operated for 3 or 4 hours. We had a great open, public, location that drew a lot of curious attention! We only had about a half dozen visitors this year, Yet still had a really great time. Mike Johnson, WA7NRP, had the only other radio set up this year, working qrp and attempted a sat. qso. His station is extra portable, maybe 20 minutes to set up and take down. My station took a lot longer ! notice the improvised antenna support mast, and the windshield ice scrapper used for the feed point support! -- AD7LL