Sunrise over the tall tower with the Hex Beam [Photo by N4BOZ]For Winter Field Day 2024, UPARC returned to the Clearwater Fire Training Center with our friends at the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society. This year was surprisingly warm enough to host the event outside (all evidence to the contrary given our current temperatures).
We had the usual assortment of HF stations with the three Elecraft K3 transceivers and the Hex Beam with the triplexer. Two wire antennas rounded things out on HF for low bands. Both clubs were well-represented with approximately 40 people attending.
So how did we do? In total, we made 1149 QSOs. You can see a breakdown of the contacts including the actual log on our website here.
We only missed one section in the US and a few Canadian sections.
Here are some pictures contributed by various people. The caption attributes the picture. See you at Summer ARRL Field Day…
View of the site from the tall tower [Photo by W2SUB]Steve N4FOY mentoring new operators [Photo by W2SUB]Jeff NE4C operating and Jason N4BOZ logging [Photo by W2SUB]Ron WB4IFT operating and Linda VA3LJB logging [Photo by W2SUB]Jason N4BOZ sending a WinLink message [Photo by W2SUB]Installing the satellite station antennas [Photo by W2SUB]
Setting up the hex-beam on the tall tower [Photo by NE4C]
I have been licensed since 1980. I am one of the founding members of UPARC and am active in helping out the club where I can. I am on the repeater committee as well as part of the web team. I live in the Countryside area of Clearwater and work some DX, do a bit of contesting and also satellite work.
