[ADXA] BVRC Field Day World Premiere.

[Dennis Schaefer]

I’m envious of the BVRC CW crew.  Not only 9 operators, but if you were
choosing up sides, probably the nine you would pick!  Our CW crew
was…..me.  We spent most of Saturday resolving interference problems, doing
a little mentoring and helping a member test some rigs, etc, and a lot of
just visiting.  I got in a good hour on Sunday morning.  I still made more
contacts than everyone else combined.  I’m definitely going to show the
BVRC video to the club before next year.

It brings back memories of when Nick and I were sometimes joined by good
ops like W5VY, K0HIP, W5EN, and others.  N5EE even joined us once.  I’m
sure W5VYH was in there also when he lived here.  We kept the rig on the
air about 24 hours, unless there was lightning in the area.  A couple of
times, we cut that a little close, considering that we were using a 180
foot dipole with no ground.  My old worthless laptop lost a USB port, but
fortunately, Nick’s K3 was OK.

I know Stan can build antennas in the dark, like the 6 EL wire yagi for 20M
he modeled, built, and hung on the tower after the regular yagi developed a
serious feedline problem.   It ran EU just fine.

73,
Dennis/RZ

On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at outlook.com> wrote:

> Kenny was late night op!  You should have seen Kenny and Stan build a 75m
> dipole in the dark!  I am not sure how that came about, but all the sudden
> I looked up and they are adding another section to one of the dipoles.  It
> worked, but not many one.  Stan is probably one of the most dedicated
> humans I have ever met!  That was also a nice memory I will never forget!
>
> 73 de w5jay..
>
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> *From:* w5znjoel at gmail.com <w5znjoel at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 4, 2025 8:58 AM
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> adxa at mailman.qth.net <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
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> *Subject:* RE: [ADXA] BVRC Field Day World Premiere.
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> Didn’t see Ken in the video but yes, him too !!!!!!!  😊
>
>
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
>
>
> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
> Behalf Of *Jay Bromley
> *Sent:* Friday, July 4, 2025 8:39 AM
> *To:* w5zn at w5zn.org; adxa at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Re: [ADXA] BVRC Field Day World Premiere.
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> They really did a super job!  Also, there were a few others, N5EE also
> comes to mind!  K5DB was around to help Elmer some new folks.  It was
> great, but I am very biased!  I am sure I am missing/forgetting a few
> more!  73 de jay..
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>
> *From:* *w5zn at w5zn.org <w5zn at w5zn.org>* <*w5zn at w5zn.org <w5zn at w5zn.org>*>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 4, 2025 8:35 AM
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> *Subject:* RE: [ADXA] BVRC Field Day World Premiere.
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> CW station with K5GO, KM5G, and WA5BDU??? Can’t run with those BIG DOGS
> !!!!!!  😊
>
>
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
>
>
> *From:* *adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net>* <*adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net>*> *On Behalf Of *Jay Bromley
> *Sent:* Friday, July 4, 2025 8:22 AM
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> *Subject:* [ADXA] BVRC Field Day World Premiere.
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>
> Below is video of BVRC Field Day.  Pretty proud of our local group.  There
> are a few easter eggs in this video.  Loved seeing Stan K5GO explain what
> morse code is.  Also, the usual FD storm made things interesting!
>
>
>
> *https://youtu.be/OAnvQVTfGBQ <https://youtu.be/OAnvQVTfGBQ>*
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