07/08/2002 | K6BXI I was ill with an ear infection and could not travel to my
usual Field Day site, so I made a project to equip an HF "GOBOX" and
operated out of my back yard, even used a portable antenna.
As a member of ARES and Fremont CERT, I needed the GOBOX, and Field Day was
the perfect time to put one together. I recommend it highly as it was a lot
of fun and produced a useful emergency tool. So I missed the "real" Field
Day. Or did I?

FIELD DAY 2002
K6BXI

Hooked up power from 12V Power Pack. Not enough to run rig for more than 1-2 hours. Found auxiliary battery is dead. Purchased a 105Ah Marine Battery. $70.
Use wire and the vertical telescoping antenna for a combo cloud warmer and vertical. Use a tripod. Antenna was 40 feet wire at 4-foot height to 50 foot telescoping vertical on tripod.

Final "Go kit" in box at end of operation contains:
Antenna wire,
MFJ Artificial Ground,
1ea IC-735 transceiver,
mike and cw straight key.
SWR and voltage monitor meter.
1ea AH-2 automatic wire tuner,
1ea L network manual wire & dipole tuner.
Small DVM/Multimeter, all interconnecting cables.
Small mirror, jewelers screwdrivers,
insulators.

Not in Go-box:
Telescoping antenna and tripod,
batteries, light -- K6BXI