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W4MLB 2A SFL

W4MLB 2A SFL. PCARS 2012 FIELD DAY Wickham Park - Melbourne, FL. K4PX with TH-3jr. PCARS FD SITE 2012. Operating pavilion and BEARS-1. KD4HHF assembling antennas. Friday eve GOTA & SSB beams. Friday eve CW tower & beam. Sat morning raising GOTA TA-33jr on 40 ft pushup pole.

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W4MLB 2A SFL

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  1. W4MLB 2A SFL PCARS 2012FIELD DAY Wickham Park - Melbourne, FL

  2. K4PX with TH-3jr

  3. PCARS FD SITE 2012

  4. Operating pavilion and BEARS-1

  5. KD4HHF assembling antennas

  6. Friday eve GOTA & SSB beams

  7. Friday eve CW tower & beam

  8. Sat morning raising GOTA TA-33jr on 40 ft pushup pole

  9. I don't think it is straight yet!

  10. Raising CW TA-33jr to the 40 ft level

  11. OK, I think we have it now

  12. AF4Z explains how light weight tower is raised

  13. CW beam and 80-40M dipole antennas

  14. Eric K9ES and Tim KI4TG run coax for the CW station

  15. Jan & Gary prepare pushup pole for the 6M antenna

  16. K3VN provided tripods for the pushup poles

  17. OK, I think we have it now

  18. Al and Jan took these tripods to S. Georgia Isle (VP8SGP) in 1995

  19. Chris WF3C installing guy rope anchors

  20. Chris & Jan raising Don's homebrew 6M PVC Quad

  21. Construction of HB 6M quad was demonstrated as our FD project

  22. Kathy KI4RQY directs straightening the 6M quad pushup pole

  23. Brian N4ADE and Danny KE4OZD install wire antennas

  24. Jim NN4AA made a 10 GHz contact - very rare for FD

  25. SSB beam at 45' on aluminum tower is a beauty

  26. Glenn KD2JA set up his RV station on 144 & 432 SSB & CW

  27. Al K3VN and grandaughter Annahlia KJ4UQR set up the satellite station

  28. AMSAT provided info about amateur radio satellites

  29. Al & Annahlia operating Satellite- it was a difficult but made the contacts

  30. Satellite antenna was rotated to track satellites

  31. AMSAT provided info about amateur radio satellites

  32. GOTA station had PSK-31, SSB and CW capabilities

  33. Brian N4ADE coaches Juan KK4GRR on the GOTA station

  34. Brian helps Armando Santamaria make his first radio contact

  35. KT4FY & WF3C attempted to network SSB & CW stations.

  36. KT4FY & WF3C attempted to network SSB & CW stations

  37. BEARS-1 was used for CW, 6 meter & 2M FM stations. It also provided power for all stations

  38. Jan K4QD and Glenn KD2JA take a turn on the SSB station

  39. Our information table had brochures and a sign-in sheet where about 90 people registered

  40. Setting up CW Station on BEARS-1 dinette.

  41. Jerry KJ4IMP supported BEARS-1. He patched in the various radios to antennas via the patch panel

  42. AD4ES & K9ES operated much of the CW.JPG

  43. The Amateur TV station in BEARS-1 was demonstrated to many visitors

  44. John AB4ET operated 6M and 2M FM in BEARS-1

  45. Chef John KD4HHF organized another great cookout

  46. Dave KG4KFF helped John with the cooking.

  47. There was plenty of food for all..

  48. Steve and Juan kept the SSB station on the air while others ate - such dedication

  49. A well deserved chow break

  50. It was nice to have plenty of room to eat

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