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  • Our youngest operator Alona age 8 made her first two HF contacts.

    06/28/2004 | NC4LC

    NC4LC
    Lincoln County, NC RACES / ARES Field Day 2004

    Even with a rocky start with some unexpected antenna opportunities, we were able to correct and adapt those initial snafus at the 2PM kick off, and we ended up meeting and exceeding all of our Field... Read More

  • Mooshorn ARC FD crew, AL7LE

    06/28/2004 | AL7LE

    The weather was hot but so was the propagation in what may be one of the best Field Days for the Moosehorn Amateur Radio Club, AL7LE. Propagation on the edge of the auroral zone can be quite challenging but with 85 degree temperatures, hot for Alaskas ... Read More

  • Here is my Jeep Cherokee equipped with a High Sierra HS-1800 antenna. The stinger is a CB whip. Even fully collapsed, the antenna is 15.6 feet tall. Behind the "Brookfield" water tank is E/W I-94.

    06/28/2004 | N6NKO/9

    After visiting three different FD sites in Southeastern Wisconsin in the afternoon, it was my chance to work the contest after feeding the family dinner out. So I put the home station backup battery (72 A/H AGM) into the back of my Jeep to run my 706MK... Read More

  • WB5LYJ and Max team up to make contacts.

    06/28/2004 | WB5LYJ

    2004 ARRL Field Day: WB5LYJ 1B NM

    We (WB5LYJ & WA5WHN) had operated from our mountain location near Angus, NM (grid square: DM73ek) @ 6,800 feet asl. Lots of T-Storms nearby and QRN on 40 meters. The temperature was nice and cool and the bugs were ... Read More

  • THEY'RE LINING UP TO OPERATE EVERYWHERE THEY CAN AT CHERRYVILLE FIELD DAY 2004! (from L to R: Cheryl McLaughlin KB2RWY, Kelly McLaughlin (YL), Bruce Campbell N2SVK, Brian Campbell N2RDL, Elaine Kita N3ODB (Cherryville President). Photograph by Walter O'Brien, W2WJO

    06/28/2004 | W2CRA

    Cherryville Repeater Association had another great Field Day - this year we decided to concentrate on the fun and GOTA mentoring over wildcat contest competition but we still ran operators in 3A class across several bands!

    Nice local press coverage, a... Read More

  • Chuck K8CPA at the Operating position at his home. Ugly ol' duffer, ain't he? 8-P

    06/28/2004 | K8CPA

    I once again operated Field Day, class 1D from the house here in Lincoln Park, Michigan. and believe it or not, I had a lot of fun this time! There were, however, a few problems. I battled a intermittant antenna problem that seemed only to occur when I... Read More

  • Peter, AD6TN built this Human Powered Battery Charger. Tim, WD6AWP, urges him on to see that voltage is high enough to charge the battery pack. Get a good cardio-vascular workout, and generate power at the same time! We weren't able to calculate how many VPG (volts per Gatoraide) but it was an interesting source of power. . . .

    06/28/2004 | K6Z

    Huntington Beach (Calif.) RACES Field Day

    K6Z returns to the 2002 FD site. This was a TOTALLY different FD, in which the Huntington Beach RACES members were "called out" to an "activation." The FD exchange was the "traffic" and individuals were "deploy... Read More

  • Griffith Park Site

    06/28/2004 | ND6P

    I wasn't able to use my planned field day site, a mountain peak in Los Angeles' Griffith Park because a mountain lion had taken up residence in April. So I operated 1D from my home QTH in Burbank instead. I did get a chance to try out my new contest ... Read More

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