Thanks to Steve GW4BLE for some of these Field Day photos!
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| Ian G3WVG with his purpose-made operating desk for the 6m station (MW5A/p) during the 2015 Field Day. | The traditional Field Day "hired Ford Transit van" gets a tow to help it up to the GW0AAA/p and MW5A/p site. | ||||||||||
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| G3TXF/m helps the GW0AAA/p Transit up the hill in Monmouthshire, just in Wales : SOTA GW/SW-020. | Steve GW4BLE operated the MW5A/p 6m station (TS590s and KPA 500 amp) from the Transit front cab. | ||||||||||
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| Nigel G3TXF with the TS590s which was used by MW5A/p on 6m. | Four element 6m beam (with rotator) on a short mast at MW5A/p. | Ian G3WVG and Steve GW4BLE with the 20m Moxon antenna. | |||||||||
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| GW0AAA/p power-house : one Honda Eu20i generator (for 6m) and two Eu10i's (one for NFD, one back-up) | The GW0AAA/p site showing the 6m beam, the Transit van (used for operating) and G3TXF/m (for snoozing). | ||||||||||
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| Ian G3WVG and Nigel G3TXF with the 20m Moxon on a short pole. | Steve GW4BLE rummages for bits in the van during station set-up. | Not much time for crosswords with just three ops and two contests to do! | |||||||||
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| Ian G3WVG and Steve GW4BLE packing up the van after the contests. | Steve GW4BLE operates MW5A/p on 6m from the Transit's front cab. | "Is a Moxon supposed to look like this?" wonders Steve GW4BLE | |||||||||
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| The Mark II version (repaired following the mast toppling over!) of Ian G3WVG's Moxon antenna for 20m. | Hilary G4JKS and Don G3BJ visit the GW0AAA/p site during Field Day (NFD) and the UKSMG 6m Contest. | ||||||||||
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| The GW0AAA/p Transit van not only carries all the equipment but is also used for two operating positions. | G3WVG's K3 was used for the GW0AAA/p single-band Field-Day operation on 20m. | ||||||||||
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| Sheep nibble at the coax feeding the 20m vertical antenna. | G3TXF inspects the 20m Moxon antenna soon after it hit the ground. | ||||||||||
| The second 20m antenna was a vertical with three elevated radials. | |||||||||||
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| Ian G3WVG setting up the 6m station (TS590s with a KPA-500 amp) in the cab of the Ford Transit. | Setting off back home with the hired Ford Transit, following another enjoyable 3As Field Day operation.. | ||||||||||
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Thanks to Steve GW4BLE for some of these Field Day photos!
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