Field Day 2008. This year the Elliot Lake Amateur Radio Club operated
Field Day from a nice radio location. We were high up on a hill
overlooking town; the Fire Tower area. We had a tent set up with
battery power and an AC generator to help power our lighting
equipment. It was a test of our emergency radio equipment and our
Radio Communications skills and equipment. In case of emergency,
we can mobilize and put our equipment into use to serve the
community. It is also a fun and social event. Field Day is a 24 hour
operating period.
Field Day from a nice radio location. We were high up on a hill
overlooking town; the Fire Tower area. We had a tent set up with
battery power and an AC generator to help power our lighting
equipment. It was a test of our emergency radio equipment and our
Radio Communications skills and equipment. In case of emergency,
we can mobilize and put our equipment into use to serve the
community. It is also a fun and social event. Field Day is a 24 hour
operating period.
This was our main operating tent. We manned this post for 24 hours straight and made contacts with other amateur radio stations throughout North
America.
America.
This was our secondary station location. This station communicated using digital modes of communication. We used a portable lap top computer and HF
radio and battery power. The antenna was a simple wire dipole strung up in the nearby trees.
radio and battery power. The antenna was a simple wire dipole strung up in the nearby trees.
Here are two little movie clips I made of the Field Day operations. Note: these little clips are real memory hogs
and you may want to skip them if your computer and internet connection is not fast and you don't have a lot of
time to wait!
and you may want to skip them if your computer and internet connection is not fast and you don't have a lot of
time to wait!
THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION..JUNE 29 08. I will be adding more soon.
LINK BACK TO MY MAIN INDEX
PAGE FOR EARLANDREWS.COM
PAGE FOR EARLANDREWS.COM
| I have removed my film clips (for now) from this page. They slowed down my computer too much. |
