08/01/2002 | N6WB The Escondido Amateur Radio Society, EARS, successfully participated in Field Day 2002. We operated as a 2 Alpha station in the San Diego Section.

This year, Field Day was held at the Dixon Lake Campground in Escondido California. The club participation and turnout was exceptional this year. We had 2 HF stations and a dedicated VHF/UHF station manned full time this year. We also managed to entice new operators to make over 350 QSO's on the GOTA Station. This was the first exposure to HF operations and contesting for many Escondido amateurs. Part of the Field Day festivities included a Club Picnic. It was well attended by club members and guests.

Emergency preparedness is one of the chief objectives for Field Day. We now are much more confident of our ability to serve our community. We successfully deployed an emergency communications site in an amazingly short time. We skillfully raised two towers with Yagi antennas. This was truly the result of very dedicated operators coupled with a great team spirit and friendly teamwork.

Our campsite was well attended by guests. We gave live demonstrations to curious neighbors, families and even several groups of scouts. EARS demonstrated the use of Amateur Satellites, APRS and Amateur Slow Scan Television to our guests.

For more information on EARS and a more complete photo gallery please visit the Escondido Amateur Radio Society Web Site at http://www.qsl.net/earsca.

My thanks and congratulations go out to the EARS Field Day Team.

Willie Peloquin, EARS Field Day Chairman -- N8WP