2002 Field Day
June 21, 22, 23, 2002
KM4O/4
 
Have Fun! (and we did!)
 
Sunrise over SFARES Field Day Saturday morning
 
 
Left to right: Sam - N4MAP, Daniel - KF4ZAT (W4DSP), Van - KF4LEX, Gordon - N4LR, Tony WA4UPE (W4ZT), Patty - KG4NCP (W4PTK), Henry - KM4O (W4HK), Rick - KC4HYM and Ron - N4XQN.
 
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Tony - WA4UPE connects feedline and rotor cable for the TA33
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Ron - N4XQN, Bob - KG4RDC and Henry - KM4O
take a break
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Sam - N4MAP uses the slingshot to put up wire antennas
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Bill - KT4HQ and Gordon - N4LR watch Van - KF4LEX raise the VHF tower
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Ron - N4XQN, Tony - WA4UPE and Henry - KM4O
take ANOTHER break
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Saturday breakfast:
Bob - WA4PUJ, Patty - KG4NCP, Rick - KC4HYM and Daniel - KF4ZAT
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Tony - WA4UPE holds the post for Gordon - N4LR... trusting soul
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Susan - AF4FO, ARRL Georgia Section Manager, and her hubby Mike - K4HBI sample the SFARES cuisine...
chicken legs!
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Tony - WA4UPE mounts the new ARES sign
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Rick - KC4HYM watches Henry - KM4O
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Bob - WA4PUJ gets serious on 15 meters
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Tony - WA4UPE works on networking the laptops
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Henry - KM4O, Daniel - KF4ZAT, Bob - KG4RDC
and Ron - N4XQN watch Gordon - N4LR operate
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Laurie - KG4FDM plays music and charms the children...
she played later for us all
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Sam - N4MAP operates the CW station
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The CW station
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Patty - KG4NCP and Rana - KE4FJZ shuck the corn... yummmmm
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The two HF SSB stations
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Ron - N4XQN watches Henry - KM4O, on Rick's FT920
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Gordon - N4LR with Bob - KG4RDC watching
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Gordon - N4LR on into the night... QRZ Field Day...
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The TA-33 against the clouded sky... yes, it rained
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Patty - kg4ncp grilling those great chicken legs as Larie - KG4FDM looks for a sample
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Rana - KE4FJZ, Laurie - KG4FDM and Patty - KG4NCP present the Saturday feast
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The six meter beam
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The food shelter with
Patty - kg4ncp and Laurie - KG4FDM
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Sam - N4MAP had the best view of the whole operation from the CW station
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Ron - N4XQN came prepared... is that a hotel?
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Donna and Sydney enjoy treats (wife and daughter of KF4LEX).
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Brandy and Aaron (son of KF4LEX) make friends.
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Bob - WA4PUJ weaves the TA-33 down through the guys
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The HF tower comes down. Bob - WA4PUJ, Ron - N4XQN, Sam - N4MAP, Daniel - KF4ZAT and Henry - KM4O catch it as it's lowered
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Laurie - KG4FDM dances in the ice, good therapy for tired feet
 
Credits

Thanks to all the following for their donations!

The brand new SFARES signs were donated to SFARES by Safety Signal Company
The food shelter was donated to SFARES by Parrott's Funeral Home
The portable toilet was donated to SFARES by The Lion's Den
Ice was donated by Union City Masonic Lodge #600 F.&A.M.

Thanks go to Henry, KM4O, for the fine legwork arranging these donations!

Sam, N4MAP, arranged for the loan of a shelter, tables, power cords and other items from the Georgia Orienteering Club. Thanks Sam!

Pictures shown here are but a few of the many that were taken by Patty - kg4ncp, Tony - WA4UPE, Rick - KC4HYM and Dale - WA4DSY. If you have pictures of our Field Day activity that you think would work well on this page please send them to me. Also, if you see a picture of yourself or your family that you'd like to have a higher resolution copy of, contact me. Tony
 
Summary
Below is a copy of our QSO summary directly from the submission to ARRL. 
      BAND   CW QSO  CW QSO PTS   SSB QSO  SSB QSO PTS


      160        0       0             0       0
       80        0       0           100     200
       40        3      12           454     908
       20       99     396           388     776
       15       53     212           689    1378
       10        0       0           104     208
        6        0       0             0       0
        2        0       0             0       0
      222        0       0             0       0
      432        0       0             0       0
      1.2        0       0             0       0
      2.3        0       0             0       0
      3.4        0       0             0       0
     --------------------------------------------

               155            +      1735     =    1890 Total QSO

(620 CW QSO PTS + 3470 SSB QSO PTS) + 400 BONUS = 4,490
These totals placed us 63rd in 3A nationwide and 3rd in 3A for Georgia!
 
Great Job Folks!
 
North Fulton's Field Day 2002
 

 

Updated: September 20, 2005 5:43