Time Lapse of our Field Day 2010 Sunrise

We’re back!

Just a quick update, we all made it home from Field Day 2010 safely. Website updates, video and photos will be posted in the coming days.

73 for now and come on back for updates!
de Jeff – N3QO

Schedule

Friday 2000 UTC Arrive on site
Friday 2100 UTC Start non-Field Day Operation (minimal operation)
Friday 2300 UTC Start non-Field Day Operation (expected full operation)
Saturday 1800 UTC Field Day 2010 Operation begins
Sunday 1800 UTC Field Day 2010 Operation ends

Visitor Information

If you are in the Assateague Island area during Field Day 2010 dates, June 26,27th 2010, feel free to visit our Field Day 2010 site. We will be located approximately 12 miles south of the Assateague Island beach parking lot at the Virginia / Maryland border along the ocean front.

We will be using a 2m simplex frequency of 146.500 Mhz, so feel free to give us a shout.

–jeff
N3QO

PSK Test Setup

This video is a test setup of the PSK station.

Testing out the vhf gear

Testing out the vhf gear in the ARRL VHF contest.

Testing out the VHF/UHF gear Testing out the vhf gear

We are K3I!

We’ve been granted usage of a special event 1×1 callsign.

Our expedition will be operating as K3I.

More Details

Field Day 2010 – Assateague Island

Well it’s official!

We’ve acquired our permit for Field Day 2010 on Assateague Island. Our planned location is just North of the Virginia border in Maryland. The approximate coordinates are 38.027144 N / 75.243310 W. The grid square locator is FM-28, although there are plans in works for one of our operators to setup a temporary portable station 2 miles South, just inside the FM-27 boundry for all you grid square chasers out there.
K3I-map

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