Field Day 1/2 way and two goals met

Well this years Field Day is starting off on a great note….  I had a visit with the Ottawa Amateur Radio Club at their 2009 Field Day Site located at St Pauls University which is fairly close to my place.  I showed up around 1130 and left at 1330 so I could get home and finish my set up in time for the 1400 start…

The above video shows their Voice Tent and station…

The above video shows their 10m-40m antenna and their 80m antenna along with a view of the site itself

The above video shows their CW (Morse Code) Tent along with a radio that I just love which is the Yaesu FT 847.

Now lets talk about goals… The first goal of any radio event is Having Fun and after talking to some old friends for a couple of hours boy did I have some fun.

Another goal was to work some areas that I have not been able to find in the past…

One of the US States I have not been able to work in the past has been the Great State of Alaska.

Today that changed as KL7Y made it into my log.  Now it was not a strong contact as 20m was fading a bit but it was a contact and for the first time as an Amateur Radio Operator I worked Alaska!!!!

In addition to the contact of the day….  I also managed many contacts on 2m, 6m, 20m, 40m and 80m.  There was a small opening on 6 but most of my VHF work was local.

I also managed to check into the Ontario Phone Net and help to handle some of the Field Day NTS Traffic to the Ontario Section Management.  In traffic terms I received 2 pieces of traffic going out of Ottawa, I acted as a relay station for 3 pieces of traffic (pass thru) and then I recieved one piece of traffic that was bound for Ottawa.  Tomorrow during the day an attempt will be made to deliver the traffic to its destination via landline.

So far its been a great day and with any luck tomorrow will be even better….

73bob

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