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07/10/2003 | K6TBR
My 1st FD! Operating 1B at a family campout, I had originally planned to visit a local club's site to expose myself to a 'seasoned operation'. As time passed, I lost sight of the event and accidentally planned our family's campout the same weekend. I s... Read More
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07/10/2003 | WA8REI
di-dah-dah/di-dah/dah-dah-dah-di-dit/di-dah-dit/dit/di-dit
My third FD in a row on QRP CW--this yr wid my new FT-817 es
Bencher ST2 paddle. Ants: Hustler 4BTV Vert(gnd mtd wid 4 radials due to trip hazard) fer all 20/40m. contacts, es 80 m. inv vee 3... Read More -
07/09/2003 | K8FK
Wow! This was my first VHF/UHF contest since the 1960's. This was a lot of fun--and I will do it again. My strategy was to plan my attack very carefully and to test my equipment prior to the contest. Due to some complications (Murphy!) I ended up w... Read More
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07/09/2003 | WA2GUG
This year there were a lot of improvements for the RECWA crew; but Murphy's law prevailed. We improved our antennas with two mono band dipoles on 20 and 40 and a dual band "J" pole for VHF and UHF. Solar cells were added to keep the back up batteries f... Read More
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07/09/2003 | WT4F
The 2003 WT4F Foothills Amateur Radio Club Field Day event was a living memorial to Tommy Ellison / K4TWE who passed away all too soon.
Tommy was the club's president at the time of his death last year and one of the fondest memories we have of him was... Read More -
07/08/2003 | K9ILT/R K0PG/R
We were disappointed that we had to scrap our plans for a 14 grid effort into some new territory for us. We wound up activating 8 grids, but thanks to 6 meters we had lots of fun and posted a decent score.
A highlight of the event was the activation o... Read More -
07/08/2003 | W6PIY
Yardsale Field Day Tent....................$5
Livermoore flea market push up pole ......$30
Foothill flea market Mosley 3 el. beam....$20
Yardsale Umbrella with stand..............$15
209 contacts on 20 m SSB.............. Priceless!
73 de Dave, K1LPI
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07/08/2003 | N2WDS
Field Day 2003 is a done deal for this year! My XYL, N2XPG, out does me when it comes to contesting! We operated as 1B from our campsite in our woods. Mainly worked 80, 40, and 20 meters; and made 133 SSB QSOs. Thanks to Scott, N2PEE, for use of hi... Read More
