NWIARC Photo Gallery

Northwest Illinois Amateur Radio Club

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NWIARC Photo Gallery

NWIARC Field Day 2007, June 23 & 24 at Krape Park, Freeport, IL.

Bob Bicking (W9RB) using Morse code

Premier CW Op Vic Shields (K9UIY)

Faster than 1 contact per minute

Bob Nickels (W9RAN) Crank-up tower with 3-band beam antenna

Dave Bouvia (N9WSQ) operaing the phone station

Field Day is a nationwide event held the 4th weekend in June every year. The objective is to set up amateur radio stations in a temporary location using generators or batteries for power to simulate emergency conditions. Set-up is Saturday morning with the contest going from 1 pm Saturday until 1 pm Sunday. Flagstaff Hill at Krape Park is our usual location. Wire antennas strung from trees and temporary towers supporting beam antennas are used.