Covid-19 Field Day
at InfoAge
27-28 June 2020
 We set up at the InfoAge Science & History Center, home of the New Jersey Antique Radio Club's Radio Technology Museum. |
 We took some extra steps to insure the canopies were secure. This would pay off later. |
 We deployed two similar transmitter sites, both with Yaesu FT-950's and auto-tuners. |
 Both sites had 43-foot verticals with remote tuners to supplement 100-foot doublets at about 35 feet. |
| A radio station is largely defined by its antennas. If you only have one antenna, we suggest the broadband doublet, with balanced feedline and a tuner. |
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 A plastic shower curtain served as a "sneeze guard" between the operator and logger. KC2UAK and N2KPS |
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 We had spare generators, which turned out to be a good thing. |
 N2GX's homebrew generator monitor. |
 A
fairly significant storm cell arrived late afternoon. It probably
blew 40 for a while. We we really happy that the "Navy Guy" had
placed the side curtain on the windward side, and that there were
50-pound weights on each corner of the canopy.
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 After the storm blew through, we were treated to a beautiful sunset. |
 On into the night! |
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Vintage Field Day operations on Sunday Morning |
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| WRL Globe Chief 90A CW Transmitter Ca, 1958-1960 90-Watts Output Available as a kit for $69.95 or wired fot $74.50 Drake 2B Amateur Band Communications Receiver Ca. 1961-1965 Triple Conversion - AM- CW-SSB About $250 Globe Chief 90 Video |
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Gonset G-76 AM Transmitter-Receiver Ca. 1961 60 Watts carrier Output XTAL or VFO. 6DQ5 final $376 Shown here with the AC power supply-speaker. Gonset G-76 Video |
Dining |
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 N2LAL chef extraordinaire! |
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 Teardown |
The Results: 81 CW contacts 261 SSB contacts 2 AM contacts |