SARTS Field Day, 6 October 2007
Photo Credits: Nan 9V1AC, Ron 9V1RJ, Ma 9V1SD, Siva 9V1SV, Darryl 9V1DE
Aloha
Resort Fairy Point Chalet 3 Changi N 01° 23.48'
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Up goes the HF6V Butternut | |
Ground radials are very important! |
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Ma 9V1SD, Ron 9V1RJ and the MFJ
Analyser
13.8 MHz ??? |
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Alex 9V1AL says "We need to adjust the coil by a wee bit" | |
The Butternut takes 10 minutes to erect and another 20 minutes to tune | |
Looking good. All set to go! | |
At 4:00 pm, S61FD is QRV !
The S61FD station:
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Bob 9V1QQ and Harm 9V1NA |
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Peter 9V1PS and Pete 9V1PC |
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Ma 9V1SD and Rong Song 9V1CT setting up a vertical dipole on a 10 m long collapsible fibre glass pole |
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Actually, TWO vertical dipoles were set up! |
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9V1SD Ma in the upper room with the IC-756 ProIII, worked 8 stations in China on 20m
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Ron 9V1RJ setting up a vertical with Baino 9V1BO |
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A stealth vertical in the Frangipani tree |
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Ron's IC-7000
NICE! |
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Jan 9V1LJ and Harm 9V1NA
inspecting Darryl 9V1DE's FT-840 running off a car battery
This doesn't qualify as /mobile... |
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...and the MA-5 mobile whip doesn't have enough ground radials
But he managed worked 2 VK and 1 DU stations on 20m within 10 minutes
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Bob 9V1RA having fun copying CW |
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Siva
9V1SV and Derrick 9V1DK with Jason 9V1AM demonstrating PSK31 on a Mac hooked up
to an FT-817 with a Buddipole Antenna
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6 pm: It's BBQ time! |
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Mark HA5MRO, is fascinated with the fire starters |
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The YLs did all the hot work |
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David 9V1RH (wearing IOTA Tee Shirt)
and company
"What a great party!"
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