Field Day Activities

June 27, 1998

Page One

It's ARRL Field Day time!
Bernie Nobles, WA4MOK, gets rotator ready for 40 meter beam on portable tower courtesy Navy-Marine Corps MARS and Mike Langley, KD4MTT	Two element 40 meter beam being mounted on tower. Mac Manning, KD4AFL, and Bernie, WA4MOK, (behind Mac) receiving beam from ground crew while Doug Ferris, K4ROK, handles the fork lift.
Mac, KD4AFL, and Bernie, WA4MOK, set the Stars and Stripes.	The 40 meter beam is being raised by the hydraulic lift
As usual, our tallest tower, the MARS Tower, displayed the American Flag. This particular flag has flown over the Nation's Capitol, The World Scout Jamboree in Holland, and the National Scout Jamboree at Fort A. P. Hill, in Virginia. The flag has now added another historic event in Greenville, NC.
Bernie, WA4MOK, and Mac, KD4AFL, make final adjustments to 40 meter beam.	Brother Simon, KQ2V, drives the stake for one of the tents while Doug, K4ROK, gives a hand.. a foot!
Dave Langley, W4YDY, and Mac, KD4AFL, unpack new Yaesu rigs while Al Macklin, KC4PHJ, looks on. Three were used for Field Day.	View of triband beam on camper and portable tower with 40 meter beam up about 60 feet. The tower will go up to 118 feet!
The heat was bad!! Temperature was near 100 degrees. Tom Parsons, W4TEP, and John McCoy, K4KBB, were trying to cool off near a fan.	Tom, W4TEP, operating the contest on 20 meters.
BARC President Tom Parsons, W4TEP, represented BARC on two television stations, WITN-TV7 in Washington, NC and WNCT-TV9, Greenville, NC. The Greenville newspaper, The Daily Reflector, had a photograph of Byron Highland, KA4KGZ, and Paul Fletcher, KS4YF, operating a station. That was more good publicity for Amateur Radio and BARC.
Ken Graf, N8FF, operating the six meter station while Ken's dog stays cool!.	Buster, The Wonder Dog, trying to keep cool! "Why am I here?" Picture by K4KBB

More 1998 Field Day Pictures on Page 2

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