Ole Virginia Hams Overcome Rainy Field Day
As field day approached, all eyes were on the weather forecasts and the forecasts were not good. On Friday, the rain let up about 1 pm but started again when we gathered at the park to slingshot lines for the antennas. We proceeded and got all the lines shot with the loss of only two weights, The rain actually helped a bit here because the school kids at the site stayed under the pavilion which made it safe for some of the near shots. As we gathered Saturday morning for setup, the rain held off for a time. We had another challenge since Bill South, N4SV, had always setup and configured the logging computers and no one else had. Byron, AK4XR, took the task on and had them all … Read more >>