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VHF Contest Next Weekend

Our club, K2BAR goes up on a high hilltop (ex- Nike missile site) and operates as long as the threat of thunderstorms isn't in the forecast. We'll operate from Sat to early afternoon on Sunday before tearing down and heading home.
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reply to drjim
Well...spent all weekend (so far) getting my satellite antennas assembled and checked out for Field Day. I haven't used the "Big Guns" in 4 years, so had a lot of cobwebs to blow off, hardware to check, and software to update. The girlfriend's backyard isn't quite big enough to mount the full length of my Yagi's on the crossboom going through the elevation rotor, so I faked it with two pieces of mast standing in for the 2M and 70cm antennas. At least it lets me watch the "antennas" follow a satellite through the sky. This is the first time I've had full PC control of azimuth and elevation, and it's pretty neat to watch them "track" a bird.
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reply to drjim
Here's a preliminary report on what the club did. We setup two towers at the top of a mountain overlooking the Hudson River just into NY state north of NJ. Weather was poor all weekend up until the moment we had to shut down and tear things down. Then the sun came out and it beat on us as we broke down the towers, antennas, shelters, etc. Mother nature is so cruel! We operated from FN31. Operated mostly 6m and some 2m.

Band         QSOs          Grids
50            508            99
144           234            30
222            43            17
432            72            20

I made one contact with K2BAR. All I have up is a 6M antenna. My 2M antennas for horizontal polarization are in the barn. I hope to get them up this summer.

Thanks for FN21!

I have antenna envy!

reply to GeekNJ

Band         QSOs          Grids
50            508            99
144           234            30
222            43            17
432            72            20

Yes, I'm a member of BARA (K2BAR). I joined right after I passed my Tech exam.

If you want, stop by for Field Day. Go to »www.arrl.org/contests/announceme···ator.php and enter in K2BAR for the location. It is in the parking area of the Bergen County Emergency Services facility across the street from the Bergen Regional Medical Center (aka Bergen Pines Hospital). It's under construction right now so we won't have our normal spots to work in but we'll have 4 stations set up with a tower and tri-bander and wires for other bands. I think we're operating 4F.

If you come, just ask anyone for David / K2DSL. I should be there the entire time.
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