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| OCARC FD SITE 2011 This
year the OCARC again held Field Day on the school grounds of Walter Knott School in Buena
Park. The FD site was just to the West of the Knott's Berry Farm theme park and on
the South-side of La Palma Ave. |
Courtesy of Google Map |
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OCARC Field Day events do not just
happen...they take planning. Here is our drawing that was prepared for the
power-distribution cableing. A total of 450-feet of heavy duty cable (including one new
100-ft section of 10AWG) was used to reach all the stations. |
Drawing by Ken-W6HHC |
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The OCARC uses a 5KW generator with a Honda
engine. It ran flawlessly during the entire FD week-end.
The sound made by the club generator was hidden behind a block wall. |
Photo by Fried-WA6WZO |
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Bob AF6C (far right) makes the last-minute
adjustment to a rope to act as rotator for the 3-ele 20M SSB Force-12 beam. Other club
members ready to do the lifting are (L-R) Carl N8AE, Nicholas AF6CF, Kris W6KJC, Hannah
KJ6LDW, Tim K6GEP, and Ken W6HHC. |
Photo by Jay-KI6WZU |
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The 20M SSB beam is being placed into
position on the 50-ft tower. |
Photo byDoug-N6UX |
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Carl N8AE and Kris W6KJC (orange cap) push
the 20M PHN tower into position while Ron WB6FRV is checking the pull-tension on guy
ropes. To the right, Bob AF6C (blue cap) and Tim K6GEP are holding one set of guy ropes to
steady the tower. To the far left, Hannah KJ6LDW keeps the beam rotated in the correct
position. |
Photo by Doug-N6UX |
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Jay KI6WZU assembles the 6M 4-ele beam
antenna during Friday set-up |
Photo by Doug-N6UX |
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The 50-ft aluminum tower for 40M PHN/CW is
readied to pull into position. The 2-element Inverted-Vee beam can be seen attached to a
short mast. |
Photo by Doug-N6UX |
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The 40M PHN/CW tower is slowly pushed into
the upright position. The Knotts Berry Farm Amusement Park can be seen one block away from
our FD site. |
Photo by Doug-N6UX |
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Nicholas AF6CF set-up his 100W solar panel
(with regulator and batteries) to run the OCARC 6M station and 144/440 MHz station for
extra solar points during Field Day. |
Photo by John-N6OHM |
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After a hard Friday afternoon of set-up,
the crew help themselves to a steak dinner. This year, the tri-tip steak slices and
bread-sticks, salad, etc were catered by the StoneFire Grill. |
Photo by Ken-W6HHC |
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A shady picnic table feels like good place
to rest and enjoy the dinner after a hot afternoon of set-up. Here (L-R) Bob AF6C talks
over dinner with Hannah KJ6LDW, with Dee N8UZE getting ready to sit down. |
Photo by Ken-W6HHC |
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A collage of photos from the 2011 Field Day
event for our club newsletter. |
Photo Collage by Ken-W6HHC |
