Monthly Archives: July 2014

VHF Field Day

Members of the contest group took to the air this weekend operating for the 2014 VHF national field day.  Members activated 4 bands, 6 metres, 4 metres, 2 metres and 70 centimetres.

Band Transceiver Antenna
50 MHz Icom IC-7400 6-element Yagi
70 MHz Icom IC-7100 8-element Yagi
144 MHz Icom IC-7000 16-element Tonna
432 MHz Yaesu FT-847 27-element Tonna

Two masts were used.  Pictured below are the 6 metre and 2 metre antennas on the SCAM 12 metre mast.
VHF NFD 2014During the 24 hours of activity, starting 2pm UTC on Saturday, we managed to rack up 20 QSOs on 50 MHz, 53 QSOs on 70 MHz, 76 QSOs on 144 MHz and 24 QSOs on 432 MHz (173 QSOs total). Maps of the QSOs made are shown below for the 4 bands.

50 MHz

50 MHz VHF NFD 2014

70 MHz

70 MHz VHF NFD 2014

144 MHz

144 MHz VHF NFD 2014

432 MHz

432 MHz VHF NFD 2014