There are some who enjoy today's version of field day. I am one of them. I
relicensed in late 2003 and participated in my very first field day in '04.
The past 2 years, I have set up on a mountain top using a 50 foot military
crank-up tower with Yagi antennas for 6 meters, 2 meters and 432 Mhz. For HF,
a 75 meter dipole is strung between two tall pine trees. This year, a 40 meter
inverted Vee was strung from the tower as well.
Contesting is not the priority here; it's just playing the bands, enjoying the
commotion, learning more about radio and just having fun.
Today is the good 'ol day of tomorrow. Don't miss out! See you on field day
2009!
Russ
W6OHM
--- On Wed, 12/3/08, kenw2dtc <kenw2dtc@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: kenw2dtc <kenw2dtc@comcast.net>
> Subject: [Amps] field day - an illogical spinoff from Linear Amps
> To: "Richard Schmuke" <rdj@wildblue.net>, amps@contesting.com
> Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 8:04 AM
> "Hey , what are you doing watching our field day"
>
> No, I wasn't watching your field day. I was describing
> a field day where a
> guy brings his own HF rig, no ond helps him operate or log,
> and when he gets
> tired, the beer and hot dog guys pack up, get on the 2
> meter club repeater
> on the way home and talk about how field day wasn't
> like the old days.
>
> No, you guys had a real field day.
>
> 73,
> Ken W2DTC
>
>
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