Category Archives: WA4FC Shack

6m opening a couple of weeks ago

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Jay

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ILrnp7qr4&list=PL66H3jzNzcvry5zvmivSAbX66ZB1L5aPV&feature=share

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Field Day 2013–The Results Are In!

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Jason

The ARRL has posted the results from the 2013 Field Day, and WA4FC did well! Officially, our station achieved a score of 3380 points, with 1373 QSOs. How did that rank? Here’s some analysis: ALL USA/CANADA: 466th of … Continue reading →

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Birds eye view of the shack

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Jay

For those of you who haven’t seen the shack lately (or at all) here is a view of what you would expect. If you look closely, you’ll see my shadow in one of the pics. In the other, you can … Continue reading →

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Changes at the shack

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Jay

With the warmer weather brings some small changes to life at the shack. For those of you that haven’t been by lately, let me know if you would like to come by sometime and partake in the contents of the … Continue reading →

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Moving up in the world

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Jay

No words are necessary. See what has been added to the shack.

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New beam goes up soon

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Jay

A new Cushcraft A3WS beam will join the other two beams on the tower over the next few weeks. This antenna is for 17 and 12 meter operations and will give us another antenna to choose from. The plan is … Continue reading →

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FieldComm status update #3

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Jay

Ok – this is the final post Hurricane Irene update. Both of the GMRS repeaters are on the air operating under normal conditions, as well as the 220 MHz machine. The 10m beacon is also back in normal conditions, and … Continue reading →

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Current Status of FieldComm systems

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Jay

Just to update anyone who is interested – both the 28.231 and 50.079.5 MHz beacons are off the air pending restoration of power to their locations. Additionally, the 462.625 MHz repeater is off with an unknown date of return. The … Continue reading →

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Mototrbo is coming soon !

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Jay

There are so many new modes and technologies in radio right now. Sometimes they start in ham radio and trickle into the rest of the world, but in this case, this stuff has started in the commercial world and trickled … Continue reading →

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New EightPak antenna switching system installed