Always fun to see pictures of hams operating. Here’s a great set compiled by Kyle, WA4PGM, of W1AW/9 in action during the 2008 IARU Contest.

Hat tip: KI9A.

Scot, K9JY

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Over the IARU weekend, during the lousy band conditions in the middle of the day here in the Pacific Northwest, I did one of my rabbit hole excursions. I wanted to find the exact latitude and longitude of my house and enter that into the ham programs (like WriteLog, DX Atlas, and W6EL Propagation) I use during a contest.

I’m close, of course. And in the grand scheme of things, getting more precise about the location in ham radio than zip code and Grid Square is a bit pointless. But, it bothered me.

I did that “Google thing” and was happy enough with the answers to pass them along.

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Nice to be back on the air…

Worked into DU, JA, VK2, VK6, ZL, V31, KL7, KH6, and EA (a long way from Washington State in these conditions!) as well as North America.

Class: Single Operator, CW Only, High Power (400 Watts), Five Hours operating time.

Total score: 6500

Conditions were poor here in the Pacific Northwest with Saturday night the best conditions. I heard W1AW/9 on both 40 and 20 but couldn’t work them from here.

Scot, K9JY

Orca Whale, Puget Sound, Washington

Working the IARU Contest since 12Z. Not a lot of stations to hear in western Washington, but I’ve managed to work DU, VK2, VK6, JA, ZL, KH6, KL7, and a good representation of stateside and Canada.

Scot, K9JY

The Naval Academy has a transmitting site for Very Low Frequency communications with submarines.

Or, had.

The 31-second video has the take down. There is a guy who says “happy new year” on the video, but it was just added to You Tube two days ago. You can also see more about the site from a ham tour of the facility.

Hat tip to TowerTalk reflector, W3LPL, and Peter for the links.

Greenbury Point Towers Demolition: Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland.

Field Day is always a blast. Following the break, all the videos I could find from clubs and Field Day.

Enjoy!

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