 |
|
|
The Crew Arrives and surveys the
layout
|
Nothing but ocean between us and
the mainland
|
We layed out the A3S and are
starting on tower preparation
|
|
|
|
Bob, KH7FX, deals with putting
the tribander on top of the tower while the rest of us cheer him on.
|
Wayne, WH6OR, sorts out the guy
ropes
|
We find that even stainless
hardware can bind up. We attempt to use sofisticated techniques, then
resort to force.
|
|
|
|
We got the tower up before the
30 mph winds that were forcast showed up.
|
Bob, N0DQD, runs ropes and coax.
|
Randy, AH6GR, and Forrest
figuring out the layout on the tent awning. Wayne,WH6OR, gets our
operating chair in shape. |
|
|
|
John, K6GSS, checks
out the equipment.
|
The club used a bus as the
operations center. It was a terrific shelter from the weather and wind. |
Joe, AH6RQ and Kai, N7KAI,
operating 20M SSB in the afternoon. |
|
|
|
| DENN - WH7CO and Bob M. - KH7FX
making 20M field day contacts with a terrific view of the Pacific ocean. |
Bob, N0DQD decides to paint over
the graffiti on the blockhouse. |
KH6RS operating field day on the
beach at Hookipa Maui for the 50th year. |
|
|
|
Den, KH6XT shames the rest of us
at the key
|
We were "Bitten by the Bug" with
Field Day spirit. We repainted an old
abandoned WWII communications blockhouse on the beach at Hookipa Maui. |
Bob - N0DQD, Wayne - WH6OR, Joe
- AH6RQ, Bob - KH7FX and son Forrest in front of a WWII blockhouse on
the beach at Hookipa Maui. |