[BCVHFA] Picnic 2006 & FIELD DAY

[Ernie Howard]

Yes the picnic went well, good food and good attendance.  ....So did the 
overall field day operation. If you missed it, you missed a good time.

There seemed to be a bigger crowd from both Dial and Butler Co VHF. And we 
had quite a few drop in visitors that toured around. Of course the nice 
weather (no rain and mild temperatures) was very helpful in getting everyone 
out.

Red says he found the solution to get help for setup on Friday nights, feed 
everyone hamburgers and hot dogs! The result was that we had LOTS of help to 
set up the antennas and shelters.

Rough QSO counts were almost 600 for the CW station, a little over 300 for 
the 20/80 meter station, and right around 300 for the 40 meter station. 
Final totals will be sent when Dave gets a chance to get the CW data off of 
the crashed computer. Other than the CW computer problems, everything worked 
good, including the operators.

Except for a couple of hours in the middle of the night, we kept all the 
stations going on the air. (That's normal for us!) We also broke in a few 
new operators that had not been to our field day before.

We have a whole year to rest up now.

73 Ernie W8EH


Lorie wrote:
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> If you didn't attend this year, you missed a very good time.  We had 55-60 people in attendance this year.  The food was great, and everyone had fun.
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> Many thanks to all of you who attended, and to those who lent a hand in it's sucess.  I also wish to thank Master Chef Red Dakin for manning the grills for Friday night dinner, Saturday night dinner, and Sunday breakfast and lunch, and to those who helped with setup and take down.  
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> Lorie W8LKU