The usual “No-work Club” boys showed up this morning at Butter Bean Beach to try some after the 4th POTA contacts. Russ, K4YGD, brought his Xiegu 6100 with a new 20M antenna. Jack, NW4TF, got it up in a tree nearby so Russ could fire away. Despite not being very high, the new antenna did a great job and Russ made a contact with an Illinois station on 20 meters at 20 watts. Jack got to work setting up his dipole antenna and connected it to his Elecraft. You can…
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CARS Field Day 2023
CARS Club gathered together this year to participate in Field Day at the Savannah/Hilton Head Airport recreation center. Club members started showing up at 11 am Saturday morning to get things rolling. Once Jack, NW4TF, our fearless leader laid out the gameplan, antennas started spouting all over the place. At one point, six stations were set up to include FT8 and CW. The outside field at the rec center was a minefield of guy wires and poles. Let’s not leave out the wonderful snacks and sandwich provisions supplied by our…
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