Orange County Amateur Radio Club - W6ZE

2006 Field Day Pictures

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OCARC FD SITE 2006

This year the OCARC again held Field Day at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, ideal with it's huge fields for an antenna farm and quiet noise conditions. Here is a view of the main gate entrance to the Los Alamitos JFTB base.

Photo by W6HHC 

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The OCARC bought a brand new 40-ft aluminum triangular tower for this year's FD event. Working to assemble it on Friday afternoon are (Left-to-Right) Paul-W6GMU, Ken-W6HHC, Lee Evans, Bob Evans-WB6IXN, Bob-AF6C, and visiting from near Sacramento Chris-KJ6ZH.

Photo by K6PEQ/N6PEQ

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Friday afternoon set-up preparations are in full progress now. To the left and rear are FD Chairman Willie - N8WP and Larry-K6YUI (on the ladder) getting up the mast for the RTTY/VHF/UHF antennas. In the foreground (L-to-R) are Nicholas-KI6AUL and Bob-AF6C assembling the 20M 3-ele beam, then Lee Evans (at base of new tower), Paul-W6GMU, and Bob Evans-WB6IXN.

The microwave tower for the California Office of Emergency Services EOC building is in the backround

Photo by W6HHC

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The 3-element 20M beam has been slipped onto the short mast of the tower.

Shown (L-to-R) are Willie-N8WP, Lee Evans, Paul-W6GMU, Nicholas-KI6AUL, Dan-N6PEQ, Chris-KJ6ZH, Ken-W6HHC (partially hidden), and Bob-WB6IXN.

Photo by AF6C

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Walking the 20M tower into position took a total of 10 people.  Four walking the tower, three holding down the base, and three on the guy ropes.

(L-R) are Ken-W6HHC, Dan-N6PEQ, Willie-N8WP, Chris-KJ6ZH (partially hidden) and Lee Evans.

Photo by AF6C

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Larry-K6YUI climbs the 20M tower to fasten a second-set of guy ropes after the breeze picked up and was twisting the 40-ft tower a bit.

Photo by K6PEQ/N6PEQ

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    Work begins on assembling the Force 12 tri-band beam for the RTTY HF operations.

(L-toR) Larry-K6YUI (team captain for the RTTY team), Willie-N8WP, and Dan-N6PEQ.

Photo by K6PEQ

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     RTTY/VHF/UHF Antenna     "Take One"

Trying to "tilt-up" this mast on a "push-up" mast did NOT work.

(L-to-R) are Cheryl-KG6KTT, Larry-K6YUI (on push pole), Dan-N6PEQ (on ladder), Frank- WF1A, Bob-WB6IXN, Willie- N8WP, Ken-W6HHC, Lee Evans (in black shirt), Nicholas-KI6AUL, and Paul-W6GMU.

Photo by AF6C

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RTTY/VHF/UHF Antenna
"Take Two"

This time they use a military-grade stacking mast to succesfully get the RTTY/VHF/UHF antenna farm into position.

(L-R) are Larry-K6YUI, Bob-WB6IXN, Dan-N6PEQ, Paul-W6GMU, and Willie-N8WP.

Photo by K6PEQ

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Which Way is North? The RTTY/VHF/UHF antenna farm.

From top-to-bottom:
Cushcraft 13B2: 13 element 144 Mhz yagi.
Force-12 C3: 10/15/20 M 2 full-size elements per band.
M2 440-21: 21 element 432 MHz yagi.
Force-12 EF-606: 6 element 50 MHz yagi.
Elk 2M/440L5: 146 & 440 MHZ log periodic yagi

Photo by W6HHC

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After a hard day of tower and antenna preparations on Friday afternoon, Larry-K6YUI selects a thick juicy steak from co-chef Kristin-K6PEQ.

Photo by W6HHC

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(L-to-R) Enjoying a well-deserved steak-dinner are Frank-WF1A, Bob-AF6C, Paul - W6GMU, co-chef Kristin-K6PEQ, Larry-K6YUI, and Willie-N8WP.

Photo by W6HHC

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At the end of the day on Friday, the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean. The 20M 3-ele mono-beam is on the left and the RTTY/VHF/UHF antenna mast is on the right.

Photo by W6HHC

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After dinner on Friday night, Dan-N6PEQ checks out the performance of the RTTY antenna (and propagation) with his battery operated FT-817 QRP rig... and works a French Polynesian station on 2.5 watts off the back of the beam on 20M.

Photo by W6HHC

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