Winter Field Day set up started after the FARA member's meeting on Saturday, and only took a couple hours. The R5 vertical and a newly acquired end fed half wave dipole were setup, allowing two operating stations.
Operation started at 2:00 pm local time, and stopped around 7:30 pm local, when the bands started to dry up.
87 contacts were made on three bands (10,20, and 40), operating both stations, with the score of 261 points. Contacts were made throughout the USA and Canada, including 2 contacts with stations in Alaska.
WFD participants were as follows: Henry Brown-K1WCC, Ralph Swenson-N1YHS, Mel Trott-KC1ELB, Gene Bradeen-KX1C, Jay Sherlock-WB4KYW, Jeremy Cadrin-WA1JRC, Chris Ranney-WA1CMR, Steve Siegert-KC1TMJ, Chris Leger-KC1TMK, Matt Trott-KB1MLP, Glen Dowden-KC1GKT, Paul Godfrey-N1MZO, Larry Murphy- KC1TNX and Patrick McPherson-KC1SBO.
As usual, a fun time was had by all!
Mel - KC1ELB
(Photos by Ralph, N1YHS and Steve, KC1TMJ)
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