11/14/2008 | K7LYY The Flathead Valley Amateur Radio Club (FVARC) once again operated from the Flathead County Fair Grounds. This year, Paul, KC7JQR, set up a second station for PSK operation. We also added a LARGE tent (thanks Chris, K7CJA,) and a crane to hold our 40 meter bi-square. There's NOTHING like having a bi-square on 40 meters at 103 feet! WOW what a antenna for 40 meters! The other bands were VERY weak for us this year. 20 meters was almost a wash on Saturday! Still, we had a blast with lots of people getting to run lots of contacts all weekend long. Special thanks to Les, N7CMJ, for bringing down his PRO-III and Heil headset to play with. WHAT A BLAST!!!

We're looking forward to improving our operations next year, we plan on increasing the height of the 40 meter bi-square to 130 feet! Watch out for K7LYY on 40 and 80 meters next year! We're going to put a relay at the top of the bi-square so we can make it a full wave loop on 80!!! -- N7LT