The HIARC Field Day site, located in the parking lot south-east of Harris Bldg 5 in Palm Bay, FL.
Slide show (with music) of some of the stills and movies from Field Day.
Entrance to Harris from Harry Conlan Blvd.
BEARS I with multi-band dipole deployed. BEARS I sports dual 5KW generators, shore-power hookups, air conditioning, comms capability from 2 MHz through UHF on all ham and public service bands.
Eric installing multi-band dipole off roof of BEARS-1
Our Mascot, Sammy
Eric checks out external connections to BEARS-1. Coax and ethernet are brought out externally for cross-connection at the patch panel.
Sponsors of the BEARS vehicle - ham clubs from around Brevard County. HIARC is listed first as "Harris-Intersil ARC"
Bill and Al run CW in Paul's Pop-up trailer.
More Bill and Al
BEARS-1 (Brevard Emergency Amateur Radio Service) Vehicle antenna mast, with visitor Amanda.
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Matt and Amanda working the GOTA (Get on the Air) station.
Inside BEARS I - 3 of the 5 Operating Positions.
Dick operating phone in the 'Dining/Conference/Bunk' area of BEARS I.
Very nice restroom accommodations in BEARS I. There is no shower, to conserve water during emergencies.
Rear of BEARS 1
HF tuner at rear of BEARS I
Roof of BEARS I toward back
Roof of BEARS I, facing forward
Matt and Amanda, calling CQ
GOTA Station action shot
Erecting 6m/2m Beam
The combo 6m/2m beam with a TV rotor
6m/2m Beam, with one of Harris's 40m dishes in the background.
"Bread Truck" with the 6m/2m beam antenna on the 55' crank-up tower.
Closeup of the 2m/6m antenna.
All operations were run on emergency power. This shows the generator powering the bread truck.
Bud and Paul working 2-meters and 6-meters in the Harris "Bread Truck"
No-one calls CQ like Bud on 6m!
Bud inside the bread truck.
BEARS-1 in action
Bill and Al in action - CW
Bill and Al inside the pop-up.
Logging
Al on the key
More Key
Nice key
2m/6m station from roof of BEARS I
Bud and visitor Michael in bread truck
Eric, Amanda, Matt, and Jim at GOTA station
Visitors Laurie and Michael with Dick at the Phone station in BEARS I
BEARS I Patch Panel
Jim looking over GOTA in BEARS I
Eric prepping the2m/70cm satellite communication antenna. They actually made a satellite contact this year!
Eric assembles satcomm antenna. Big dish in background.
Ken traces satellite trajectory with Paul
The Big Dish
Paul and Ken review satellite passes
The Big Dish, closer
Paul and Ken string out cabling for 144 MHz/440 MHz satellite antenna.
Field Day Publicity table. A powerpoint with Ham Radio info and educational materials were available.
Logging SW used for GOTA and CW stations.
2m/6m Log p 1 of 4
2m/6m Log p 2 of 4
2m/6m Log p 3 of 4
2m/6m Log p 4 of 4
Cross-check sheet for 2m/6m.
Butch at our "hospitality center". He kept us well fed all weekend.
Jim prepares a smoked sausage
Ken and Mike (the BEARS-I driver) chat at the hospitality center.
Ken likes those dogs!
Hot Dog!
Butch in classic Civil Defense helmet. How 'bout those dogs!
