2008 ARRL Field Day
president of the chehalis valley amatuer radio society
our regular club call is wa7uhd but we got a special event call sign of w7w
we had stations on 80meters phone 40cw/phone 20 phone and 10 phone
there were more than 150 cw contacts made on 40meters buy 1 person DON W6OA
he worked them from a icom 756pro2 and 40 meter vertical
we also had kenwood ts520 for 20 meters and icom 706 for 80 meters and a 10 meter icom rig
it was a pretty warm year in our neck of the woods no rain at all unlike the year before
we ran 4a for our class and tried running battery power for one radio but soon realized that the battery was no good
for 20meter antenna we had a 3 element quad
80 meters was a dipole and vertical for 10 and 40
we had 8-9 people in and out for the weekend
got a few pictures to follow -- KE7ACE
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