WVARA Field Day 2001

WVARA Field Day 2001 Photos by KO6YQ

These are photos by Ian Kluft KO6YQ. These were taken with a 35mm camera and developed to CD.

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(1536x1024 2035K) (500x333 35K) The view from the food line...

(1536x1024 1785K) (500x333 22K) Rafael KC6LBJ (near back wall of tent) supervises 3 young Hams at the packet radio stations tent.

(1536x1024 1942K) (500x333 23K) The satellite station and its antennas on a 3D azimuth-elevation ("az-el") rotator.

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(1536x1024 1988K) (500x333 23K) During a satellite pass, all the operators in this photo are teenage Hams.

(1536x1024 2027K) (500x333 23K) The az-el rotators chase an amateur satellite across the sky.

(1536x1024 2341K) (500x333 39K) In the center, the food and social area is under the lookout tower frame. To the right, one generator supplies the power grid for the entire site - we used techniques like construction sites and placed transformers near each cluster of stations.

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(1536x1024 2236K) (500x333 44K) Field Day coordinator Mike Polkinghorn K6PUD is in the process of pointing out food being served for the group talking at the central social area.

(1536x1024 1788K) (500x333 20K) The packet radio tent, viewed from the opposite window a little later.

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(1536x1024 2299K) (500x333 40K) Dave AD6A attempts a 10GHz contact to a station on Mt Hamilton.

(1536x1024 2070K) (500x333 37K) Dave AD6A succeeds in contacting the Mt Hamilton station on 10GHz.

(1024x1536 1948K) (500x750 50K) The sky is filled with antennas in all directions. This is the east end of the camp.

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(1536x1024 1615K) (500x333 21K) A view of the whole site from the east end. The tower in the center is the club's crank-up tower trailer.

(1536x1024 2102K) (500x333 39K) Dinner time - people take turns eating while others continue to keep the site on the air.

(1536x1024 2179K) (500x333 21K) The satellite station at sunset.

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(1536x1024 2262K) (500x333 23K) The satellite station at sunset. Looking to the south, the Pacific Ocean is in the background.

(1536x1024 2263K) (500x333 18K) The east end of the site at sunset.

(1536x1024 2075K) (500x333 29K) Just to show this can also be done with less equipment, Nate Dietrich KG6ESJ (center, holding radio) and Ian Kluft KO6YQ (right, aiming handheld antenna) make a packet radio contact with the International Space Station using only a handheld radio and antenna. This contact was just a demo and didn't count because W6PIY had already contacted ISS by voice on its previous pass 90 minutes earlier. (photo by Sean Lynch KG6CVV)

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(1536x1024 2231K) (500x333 25K) Nate and Ian contacting the space station. (photo by Sean Lynch KG6CVV)

(1536x1024 2271K) (500x333 21K) Joyce Cao Traugott (not yet licensed at the time, now KG6IAN) watches Nate and Ian track the space station. And this photo gives away how we "cheated". The tracking operator (12-year old Kevin KG6ASU) in the tent could have yelled azimuth and elevation angles to us all the time. But since he already knew how to aim the big antennas, he did that to point at it for us. So we pointed the same direction with the handheld antenna. (photo by Sean Lynch KG6CVV)

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(1536x1024 2217K) (500x333 27K) Everyone is chatting outside the satellite station at sunset after the successful second contact with the space station.

(1536x1024 2026K) (500x333 19K) The satellite antennas at sunset.

(1536x1024 2085K) (500x333 22K) The west side of the site at sunset. The sky is filled with aluminum.

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(1536x1024 2006K) (500x333 18K) The satellite antennas at sunset.

(1536x1024 1986K) (500x333 15K) As sunset turns to night, people turn on the lights in the tents and settle in for operating the stations through the night.

(1536x1024 2439K) (500x333 36K) The central food area remains a social center well into the evening.

(1536x1024 2035K) (500x333 35K)	The view from the food line...
(1536x1024 1785K) (500x333 22K)	Rafael KC6LBJ (near back wall of tent) supervises 3 young Hams at the packet radio stations tent.
(1536x1024 1942K) (500x333 23K)	The satellite station and its antennas on a 3D azimuth-elevation ("az-el") rotator.
(1536x1024 1988K) (500x333 23K)	During a satellite pass, all the operators in this photo are teenage Hams.
(1536x1024 2027K) (500x333 23K)	The az-el rotators chase an amateur satellite across the sky.
(1536x1024 2341K) (500x333 39K)	In the center, the food and social area is under the lookout tower frame. To the right, one generator supplies the power grid for the entire site - we used techniques like construction sites and placed transformers near each cluster of stations.
(1536x1024 2236K) (500x333 44K)	Field Day coordinator Mike Polkinghorn K6PUD is in the process of pointing out food being served for the group talking at the central social area.
(1536x1024 1788K) (500x333 20K)	The packet radio tent, viewed from the opposite window a little later.
(1536x1024 2299K) (500x333 40K)	Dave AD6A attempts a 10GHz contact to a station on Mt Hamilton.
(1536x1024 2070K) (500x333 37K)	Dave AD6A succeeds in contacting the Mt Hamilton station on 10GHz.
(1024x1536 1948K) (500x750 50K)	The sky is filled with antennas in all directions. This is the east end of the camp.
(1536x1024 1615K) (500x333 21K)	A view of the whole site from the east end. The tower in the center is the club's crank-up tower trailer.
(1536x1024 2102K) (500x333 39K)	Dinner time - people take turns eating while others continue to keep the site on the air.
(1536x1024 2179K) (500x333 21K)	The satellite station at sunset.
(1536x1024 2262K) (500x333 23K)	The satellite station at sunset. Looking to the south, the Pacific Ocean is in the background.
(1536x1024 2263K) (500x333 18K)	The east end of the site at sunset.
(1536x1024 2075K) (500x333 29K)	Just to show this can also be done with less equipment, Nate Dietrich KG6ESJ (center, holding radio) and Ian Kluft KO6YQ (right, aiming handheld antenna) make a packet radio contact with the International Space Station using only a handheld radio and antenna. This contact was just a demo and didn't count because W6PIY had already contacted ISS by voice on its previous pass 90 minutes earlier. (photo by Sean Lynch KG6CVV)
(1536x1024 2231K) (500x333 25K)	Nate and Ian contacting the space station. (photo by Sean Lynch KG6CVV)
(1536x1024 2271K) (500x333 21K)	Joyce Cao Traugott (not yet licensed at the time, now KG6IAN) watches Nate and Ian track the space station. And this photo gives away how we "cheated". The tracking operator (12-year old Kevin KG6ASU) in the tent could have yelled azimuth and elevation angles to us all the time. But since he already knew how to aim the big antennas, he did that to point at it for us. So we pointed the same direction with the handheld antenna. (photo by Sean Lynch KG6CVV)
(1536x1024 2217K) (500x333 27K)	Everyone is chatting outside the satellite station at sunset after the successful second contact with the space station.
(1536x1024 2026K) (500x333 19K)	The satellite antennas at sunset.
(1536x1024 2085K) (500x333 22K)	The west side of the site at sunset. The sky is filled with aluminum.
(1536x1024 2006K) (500x333 18K)	The satellite antennas at sunset.
(1536x1024 1986K) (500x333 15K)	As sunset turns to night, people turn on the lights in the tents and settle in for operating the stations through the night.
(1536x1024 2439K) (500x333 36K)	The central food area remains a social center well into the evening.