Our first attempt at “Winter” Field Day, on the last weekend of January, 2023. Seven operators and several helpers from the club made the weekend special! Here are some photos!
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We started setting up three hours before the contest began. Thanks to Cushla and Fran for letting us use their tents! (and Fran for the dining canopy.)
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Next came the antennas, including a 6 Meter dipole, an Off Center Fed dipole, and a “Mini-G5RV”
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![Off center fed HF dipole up in the trees.](http://n2re.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/a-Laura-Mini-G5RV.jpg)
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We set up the logging software and got on the air
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And time to read the manuals!
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Antenna tuners are your friends!
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As the sun set, Ben AC2YD added a “Mop Handle Vertical” to our collection of antennas.
![](http://n2re.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/a-Jeff-Ben-and-Vertical-at-sunset.jpg)
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And two CW stations made the bulk of our contact points.
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We worked into the evening, but didn’t have 80/75 Meters, so we gave up when the upper bands died.
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Sunday we added a full-sized G5RV and a VHF/UHF antenna and made a few more contacts. But by noon we were starting to pack up.
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Thanks to our photographers: Cushla KD2TCH, Laura K2WWF, Charlie N2CTW, Fran KD2YMX and Jeff WB2WCO.
That’s a wrap.