Arlington Amateur Radio Club
Field Day 1997
Arlington Amateur Radio Club members operated club station W4WVP Class 4D at it's permanent QTH at the Arlington Chapter of the American Red Cross during Field Day 1997.
We made hundreds of voice, Morse, and packet radio contacts, as well as a contact via the Radio Sputnik 12/13 satellite with K4HTA, the Vienna Wireless Society club station.
We were also front page news, with a color photo, in the Arlington Journal on July 1, 1997.
We had so much fun that we were surprised to learn that we had earned second place in class 4d!
ARRL FD97 results (.pdf file)
FD1997 Photos
- Mike, NW3V, and Dennis, W4PWF operate
(photo:KJ4S)
- Walt, KT4EL cooks
(photo: KJ4S)
- D.C., WD4FOX operates
(photo: KJ4S)
- Tom, N4BYF operates
(photo: KJ4S)
- Dennis, W4PWF operates
(photo: KJ4S)
- Mike, NW3V; Gerry, N2RGW; Walt, KT4EL; and others prepare to hoist the 40-m dipole up the Red Cross flagstaff
(photo: KJ4S)
- Mike, NW3V operates CW using the WR9R software
(photo: KJ4S)
- Walt, KT4EL beams
(photo: KJ4S)
- Gerry, N2RGW, and Walt, KT4EL, prepare to hoist the 40-m dipole
(photo: KJ4S)
- Gerry, N3EVT observes the shack from the conference room
(photo: KJ4S)
- Tom, N4BYF clearly enjoys videotaping the antics
(photo: KJ4S)
- Dennis, W4PWF operates CW
(photo: KJ4S)
- John, WD4MIS beams
(photo: KJ4S)
- Jack, WA4FXX operates
(photo: KJ4S)
- Mike, NW3V (l) and Tom, N4BYF (r) make their points to Arlington Journal reporter Robert Gehl. See Gehl's articles (less photos) here, here, and here.
(photo: KJ4S)
