said by GeekNJ :

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.

said by GeekNJ :

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

We had sporadic 6m openings throughout the weekend to FL, Puerto Rico, the southeast coast, Texas and a lot of the midwest. I don't think we had anything logged from Colorado and west of there. I don't know the longest 2m contact.

A bit more detail at »www.k2dsl.com/2009/06/15/vhf-qso···wrap-up/

said by GeekNJ :

Thanks for FN21!