{"id":1030,"date":"2015-04-12T20:21:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T20:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tsgarc.uk\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2015-04-12T20:23:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T20:23:42","slug":"field-day-weekend-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsgarc.uk\/?p=1030","title":{"rendered":"Field-day Weekend. Update 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday April 9th, Rex, John and Andrew went to view the field that the TSGARC will be using for its three-day extravaganza. \u00a0It was such a warm, sunny day that we could not resist the temptation too do some portable work\u00a0in addition to just looking at the field \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"40m<\/a>We arrived about 1530hrs and were quickly on the air and making contacts across the UK despite the skip being a little longer than anticipated at that time of day. \u00a0Andrew brought along a 10m mast which we used to support\u00a0a full-sized 40m dipole in an inverted ‘V’ configuration an IC-7200<\/a> HF radio plus\u00a0the all important generator. \u00a0After spending some time on 40m we raised a 20m dipole from the same mast and then worked 20m for a while.<\/p>\n

The image to the right shows the 10m mast and 40m dipole situated toward the S.W. end of the field.<\/p>\n

Later in the afternoon we had some unexpected visitors:\u00a0Rob, Andy and Dave somehow found us! \u00a0Was our signal that strong! \u00a0We stayed till dusk then packed everything away and went back to Rex’s house for tea and hot-crossed buns. \u00a0Nice \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"Andrew,<\/a>Everyone was impressed by the size, location and RF quietness of the field despite some large overhead power-lines in the adjacent field. It will make the perfect spot for our three-day portable event.<\/p>\n

To the left, Andrew, Rex and Rob man the temporary station setup on a plastic patio table… \u00a0The black box to left of the picture is the Palstar manual ATU.<\/p>\n

Andrew
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