Field Day is in the books - Post 2

Just thought all would get a kick out of a message sent to a member that was unable to attend. The e-mail has been slightly cut for brevity.

" We had a fantastic time. The campus was a wonderful location. The facilities were great. I made contact with Security mid day Saturday and have a bit of humor to share when you return (no problem certainly). Jack worked well with the La Verne P.D. and our group complied with their safety suggestions to park off of Bonita as best we could, and we had signage for the front windows of each car identifying participants.

For safety, we had perimeters marked w/ tape around antennas.

The weatherman cooperated with our efforts. The only rain experienced was from the ground up and we handled that successfully woth some buckets and coolers over the sprinkler heads. Apparently the controls for watering are handled by a private contractor and could not be adjusted or turned off. We had no problems as a result, and were actually semi prepared for such an event. Guessing where the sprinkler heads were was actually fun.

All in all, everyone had a great time. All pitched in fully. We had two HF voice & CW stations, 1 digital HF (PSK31) and a VHF/UHF Station.

Someone got way too much sun, (he will go nameless) probably because he was much closer to the sun than others.

My task is now to review the rules package and format the logs (hand written) to eliminate duplicates and submit to ARRL. We have a board meeting Wednesday to review and record the event and suggest improvements for next year.

Hope your trip is going well. We collectively wished that you could have been with us for this event. Were you able to sneak in a contact to us from your location? We were working everyone from Virginia to Maui to Canada. Fantastic propogation."