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  • The Field Day Billboard

    07/23/2008 | W2GSB

    Field Day 2008 a great success!
    The Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club and the Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Service had one of the best ever field day operations this year. As in past years the Town of Babylon put up a billboard sign on Sun... Read More

  • Matthew FP/W1MAT shows Jean-Pierre FP5CJ some of the features of the FT-817 while we were in Saint Pierre.

    07/23/2008 | FP/KV1J

    Eric FP/KV1J and Matthew FP/W1MAT

    Operating from the Maxotel on Miquelon Island. The hotel was under new management and we were their first customers.

    Matthew started out as QRP but with the crowded band conditions, switched to low power (50 watts).... Read More

  • Old Coast Guard Station, St. Simons Island, GA -- now a maritime museum, administered by the local historical society.

    07/20/2008 | WX4BWK

    This was the first FD for the Glynn Amateur Radio Group (GA) in many years. But did we have fun! We obtained permission to operate from the historical Old Coast Guard Station on St. Simons Island. It is now a maritime museum and has an 85 ft tower with... Read More

  • 07/19/2008 | WA9CJN

    What an experience! We were short staffed with only fourteen people, our city, DeKalb, IL was hit with 80 mph winds and driving rain which actually hit us so hard that it ripped out all six tent stake loops from the CW2 tent! The entire weekend was o... Read More

  • Feeding the 500 ft. Loop

    07/19/2008 | WQ0RP

    WQ0RP, Class 1A Battery, The Minnesota QRP Society

    We had a great time and are very thankful for Rimage Corp. letting us operate at their location in Edina, Minnesota. Phill, N0OE, spearheaded getting the 500 ft. long loop up and kept us powered with b... Read More

  • The "Lines".  Our 13 towers with yagis on top and wire antennas between are setup in two lines along a fairly unobstructed 1000 foot line with all antenna patterns "end to end".  Our operating tents are visible on the right.

    07/18/2008 | W3AO

    W3AO/KE3Q 23A MDC
    The Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) and the Columbia (MD) Amateur Radio Association (CARA) teamed up for their 11th consecutive year to set up and operate the massive W3AO Field Day entry. The skills of PVRC and CARA are a great mat... Read More

  • 20 and 40 meter rotatable dipole

    07/18/2008 | K5GVL

    Sabine Valley Amateur Radio Association held Field Day exercise at the Celeste Volunteer Fire Department in conjuction with CVFD's annual fish fry. The SVARA group along with the CVFD had lot's of fun and enjoyment during both events. There was plenty ... Read More

  • 45 watt solar system

    07/18/2008 | AJ0W

    This was the first FD for our new club, the Ste Genevieve DX & Contest Club. We were set up at the Pere Marquette Park in Ste. Genevieve, MO and ran class 1B using solar panels & batteries to power our 5 watt QRP Station, a Yaseu FT-817 and 90 ft. doub... Read More

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