ARRL Field Day 2009

Posted on 07.15.09 4:18 PM under Amateur Radio

Ooops, I’m a little late with this. Been tinkering with this website too much and not posting enough!

Well this years ARRL Field Day was my first, and it was a blast. The purpose of Field Day is primarily to get Amateur Radio Operators away from their shacks and operate in the field, away from commercial, AC mains power. Our club, W6YRA (the Bruin Amateur Radio Club at UCLA) went up to Chilao Flats camp ground to work off battery and solar power for the duration of the event.

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Camping is not complete without a fire. Here we have Neil, me, Jill and Ryan (left to right) enjoying man’s oldest past time.

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Here is me logging CW contacts being made my Jacob. I (almost) copied my first call sign in CW (morse code). Still got a long way to go before I can copy CW well – but I guess field day was a great way to get in some practice.

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OK, lastly, a quick shot of a rattle snake that decided to sneak up on us.

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