Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club
Field Day 2001

The gear rolls in at Elings Park as the setup for Field Day begins Friday afternoon, June 22. The goal: to set up three HF stations to be ready for operation by 11AM, Saturday.

Friday Set Up June 2001	Towers June 2001	More Gear June 2001
Generator June 2001	South Camp June 2001	Hang Gliders June 2001
Night Darryl June 2001	Early Sat. Fog June 2001	Tower Duty June 2001

George (K6HOZ) was on his way to the fire station to pick up the ARES van while Steve (AC6T), Jug (WA6MBZ), and I (Al WA6VNN) made ourselves busy with the assembly of the two Force 12 - C4 antennas. Jug and Harry (K6PDQ) delivered tables and chairs while Marborg arrived with sanitation service for our team. Dick (W6DNN) hauled in the generator with the help of Bill (W1UUQ). Wally (W7AMI) was enlisted as standby for tower hauling.

Setup this year was comparative breeze due to the super job coordinated by Bruce (N6OLT) to have the tower trailer rigged for carrying ALL of the antennas support gear. The tower trailer now carries tha main tower as well as three of the accessory towers ranging in height to 55ft. Four HF antennas and a vast array of VHF/UHF antennas are stowed on the trailer along with all the feedlines, guylines, anchors and so forth.

Tower Duty June 2001	Phone Station June 2001	CW Station June 2001
CW Station June 2001	Phone Station June 2001	Steve and Tom June 2001
VHF Station June 2001	6M Station June 2001	Phone Station June 2001
Field Day End June 2001

The final tabulation of the scores is yet to be completed, the preliminary accounting looks like we beat our score from last year... a trend that has been continuing for many years now. Phone turned in something in excess of 800 contacts, while CW was more than 1200. The entry of Tom with more than 150 contacts on PSK31 and the points contributed by Dick and first-timer Tony on 6M-and-up also boosted scores to new levels.

A special thanks to all the other operators who helped with food logistics or setup or who just showed up for a visit. I know there were those who I haven't had a chance to meet. Here are a few of the calls I remember: Lou (N6ZKJ), Paul (W6VLM), and Don (KE6UGY). Shaw invited many friends who came up just for the pleasure of packing up... and many more.