June VHF Contest 2014

Grid Square DM23, South of Joshua Tree National Park

It took about 8 hours to set up the station

Starting with assembling the M2 6M8GJ beam

Final adjustment of the gin-pole clamp

Attaching the boom-to-mast clamp

The beam was on the tower by sunset on Friday

On the left, 2m at 20 feet, 70cm at 25 feet
Center, our Charlie Brown Beam for 220 FM

K6EPP working 6m on the left
KI6VVN working 2m on the right

"Crank up the Air-Conditioner, Please
It's 105 degrees in Here"

As soon as we put Michele on the air
the size of the pile-up doubled

All stations in operation on Saturday

8 elements on a 42 foot boom at 45 feet
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever...

The 6m band was in good shape on Saturday
We were spotted in the thick of the activity

The band did equally well on Sunday
and we were spotted again

Grids Worked, 2m
Thanks to N6TR for roving through DM23, allowing us to log our own grid

Grids Worked, 6m
175 stations in 77 grids

The paperwork takes a year to complete...