West Virginia Field Day 1980

posted 8/19/14

 

These photos were recently retrieved from some very old slides that had been stored away for many years!

Enjoy!

 

Here's Charlie - WB8NSL's dad's A frame in the country.  If you look carefully you can see the mast holding up the vertical antenna and some guy ropes.

 

Keith - WA8ZWJ's trailer with the generators and fuel.

 

Marian - WD8CJD operating

 

Charlie - WB8NSL operating

 

Marian is operating and Charlie is logging and checking for dupes...

 

Fan dipole on the back of the A frame

 

An old hit and miss engine in the storage shed behind the A frame

 

The road coming in and the white building is the outhouse!

 

A look at the A frame from near the generators

 

Kenwood HF rig, Heathkit Amplifier, Bencher paddles for CW

 

A look up at the vertical with it's ground plane underneath

 

A look at the generators from the A frame

 

A look up at the fan dipole

 

The vertical from another angle

 

Keith - WA8ZWJ at Charlie's jeep.  We couldn't bring the van in because the road was very muddy.

 

Operating time has expired.  Now to take things down.

 

The vertical is coming down!

 

Packing up...

 

 

Charlie and Pam's son, Ryan.

 

Yet another step back in time!  Yee haw!