11 JUL 2013

CLUB ENTERS CENTENARY VHF NATIONAL FIELD DAY

The Club enters Centenary VHF National Field Day.

G2BQY/p (A Team)operated entered the Restricted Section on four bands (50/70/432/1296MHz), as 2012. Whilst M1BQY/p (B Team) had a single band entry on 144MHz. The contest site in IO81RF some 285m ASL with an almost unobstructed take-off in all directions.

The UK enjoyed terrific WX and excellent propagation into EU (for a change!)

A few photographs are included below. 

Building the 30 ele 7ocms Yagi 

Saturday morning 

70cm & 23cm stations (L to R 2E0NEY. M0GHZ & G0HEL) 

23cm 1.2M dia dish sunset Friday night