BCARA'S

FIELD DAY 2002 @ N9JPI'S QTH

OUR CALL(S) USED "WW9M" 2A IN AND THE GOTA STATION "N9RAB"

THE BCARA RAN FIELD DAY OPERATIONS THIS YEAR AND ALL THAT ATTENDED WAS ABLE TO WORK SOME HF IF THEY WANTED TO. THE GROUP SHOT LINES INTO TREES AND HOISTED UP TWO 80 METER WIRE ANTENNAS, AS WELL AS LOADING UP A METAL BARN ROOF. IT TUNED 40/20/15 AT FIRST TILL JERRY "N9RAB" WORKED SOME MAGIC AND THEN IT TUNED 160 - 10 METERS. JERRY THEN SHOT ANOTHER LINE INTO A TREE FOR A 6 METER DIPOLE. WE WAS ABLE TO MAKE SEVERAL CONTACTS ON 6 METERS BUT THE BAND JUST WASN'T GIVING US ANY SIGNALS TO WORK WITH. ALL IN ALL A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. AMATEURS ATTENDING FIELD DAY WAS DARRIN "N9JPI", NICK "KB9YUF", JERRY "N9RAB", JR "N9JSS", CHRIS "N9VLV", STEVE "WW9M", STEVE "KG9LX", PEGGY "KB9PRR", TOM "KB9UWR", STEVE "KB9RPS", DAVE "N9ZZM", ROBERT "N9KPZ", JIMMIE "N9VXQ".

FIELD DAY WEEKEND KICKED OFF OUR SALE OF RAFFLE TICKETS FOR AN ICOM IC-2100H 2 METER MOBILE, OR A $125.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM AES OR $125.00 CASH PRIZE. DRAWING TO BE ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2002 AT A BCARA MEETING.

WE TRULY WANT TO GIVE OUR SINCERE THANKS TO DARRIN "N9JPI" AND HIS FAMILY FOR ALLOWING US TO OPERATE FIELD DAY FROM THEIR QTH, ALSO WE THANK JERRY "N9RAB" FOR ALL HIS HELP WITH THE ANTENNAS AND OTHER ADVICE FOR FIELD DAY. WE FIRST TIMERS FOR FIELD DAY GIVE A GREAT BIG THANKS TO THE MEMBERS THAT PROVIDED US WITH SO MUCH EXPERIENCE FOR SET UP AND OPERATION OF OUR FIELD DAY SITE. BELOW ARE SOME PHOTOS THAT WAS TAKEN BY PEGGY "KB9PRR" WITH HER DIGITAL CAMERA..THANKS PEGGY

YOU CAN CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR CONTACTS MADE ON FIELD DAY 2002

STEVE "KB9RPS", TOM "KB9UWR", NICK "KB9YUF" WITH STEVE "WW9M" IN THE BACKGROUND. THEIR WORKING ON HANGING THE FIRST OF TWO WIRE DIPOLE ANTENNAS

TOM "KB9UWR", NICK "KB9YUF", DAVE "N9ZZM" AND JERRY "N9RAB" GETTING THE ANTENNA READY TO PULL UP INTO THE TREE

STEVE "KB9RPS", TOM "KB9UWR" AND STEVE "WW9M" AWAITING THE MOMENT THE ANTENNA IS TO BE RAISED

STEVE "WW9M" SETTING THE STATION UP IN THE CW TENT

FRONT STEVE "WW9M" & JR "N9JSS" WITH CW SHACK GROUND ROD INSTALLATION

FRONT LEFT STEVE "WW9M" & JR "N9JSS" GETTING CLOSER TO HAVING IT IN THE GROUND

THE CW TENT CLOSE TO BEING OPERATIONAL FOR FIELD DAY

FROM LEFT TOM "KB9UWR", STEVE "KB9RPS" WITH LLOYD FIELD DAY OBSERVER GETTING THE HF SSB TENT READY FOR SET UP

FROM LEFT LLOYD, DAVE 'N9ZZM", DARRIN 'N9JPI", STEVE "KG9LX" TAKING A BREAK FROM SET UP AT THE HF SSB TENT

IN BACK LEFT DARRIN "N9JPI, STEVE "KG9LX" HAVING A COOL REFRESHMENT WHILE WATCHING IN FRONT LEFT JIMMIE "N9VXQ" LOGGING FOR NICK "KB9YUF" ON THE GOTA STATION MAKING A CALL

DAVE "N9ZZM" WORKING HF SSB STATION

OUR FIELD DAY STATION POWER 5K GENERATOR & 1.5K GENERATOR

FROM LEFT STEVE "WW9M" & ROBERT "N9KPZ" WORKING THE CW STATION

FROM LEFT ROBERT "N9KPZ" & STEVE "WW9M" IN THE CW TENT

THE HF SSB TENT WITH NICK "KB9YUF" AT THE CONTROLS

IN BACK LOGGING TOM "KB9UWR" & NICK "KB9YUF" HF SSB TENT

FROM LEFT TOM "KB9UWR" & NICK "KB9YUF" WAITING FOR ANOTHER CONTACT IN THE HF SSB TENT

FROM LEFT DAVE 'N9ZZM", JERRY "N9RAB" & DARRIN "N9JPI" SETTING UP TO SHOOT A LINE FOR THE 6 METER DIPOLE

STEVE "KB9RPS" WORKING THE GOTA STATION

DING A LING A LING THE DINNER BELL SOUNDED AND FROM LEFT TO RIGHT DAVE "N9ZZM", NICK "KB9YUF", DARRIN "N9JPI", JERRY "N9RAB", TOM "KB9UWR", ROBERT "N9KPZ"

THE SUN SLOWLY SINKING IN THE WEST AT THE FIELD DAY SITE

DAVE "N9ZZM" WORKING HF SSB STATION

DAVE "N9ZZM" WORKING HF SSB STATION

ALEX V. GLUSHENKOV "UA4LCH" A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE HF SSB CONTACTS FROM RUSSIA ON 20 METERS