1. W4MLB 2A SFL PCARS 2012 FIELD DAY Wickham Park - Melbourne, FL

2. K4PX with TH-3jr

3. PCARS FD SITE 2012

4. Operating pavilion and BEARS-1

5. KD4HHF assembling antennas

6. Friday eve GOTA & SSB beams

7. Friday eve CW tower & beam

8. Sat morning raising GOTA TA-33jr on 40 ft pushup pole

9. I don't think it is straight yet!

10. Raising CW TA-33jr to the 40 ft level

11. OK, I think we have it now

12. AF4Z explains how light weight tower is raised

13. CW beam and 80-40M dipole antennas

14. Eric K9ES and Tim KI4TG run coax for the CW station

15. Jan & Gary prepare pushup pole for the 6M antenna

16. K3VN provided tripods for the pushup poles

17. OK, I think we have it now

18. Al and Jan took these tripods to S. Georgia Isle (VP8SGP) in 1995

19. Chris WF3C installing guy rope anchors

20. Chris & Jan raising Don's homebrew 6M PVC Quad

21. Construction of HB 6M quad was demonstrated as our FD project

22. Kathy KI4RQY directs straightening the 6M quad pushup pole

23. Brian N4ADE and Danny KE4OZD install wire antennas

24. Jim NN4AA made a 10 GHz contact - very rare for FD

25. SSB beam at 45' on aluminum tower is a beauty

26. Glenn KD2JA set up his RV station on 144 & 432 SSB & CW

27. Al K3VN and grandaughter Annahlia KJ4UQR set up the satellite station

28. AMSAT provided info about amateur radio satellites

29. Al & Annahlia operating Satellite- it was a difficult but made the contacts

30. Satellite antenna was rotated to track satellites

31. AMSAT provided info about amateur radio satellites

32. GOTA station had PSK-31, SSB and CW capabilities

33. Brian N4ADE coaches Juan KK4GRR on the GOTA station

34. Brian helps Armando Santamaria make his first radio contact

35. KT4FY & WF3C attempted to network SSB & CW stations. KT4FY & WF3C attempted to network SSB & CW stations.

36. KT4FY & WF3C attempted to network SSB & CW stations KT4FY & WF3C attempted to network SSB & CW stations

37. BEARS-1 was used for CW, 6 meter & 2M FM stations. It also provided power for all stations

38. Jan K4QD and Glenn KD2JA take a turn on the SSB station Jan K4QD and Glenn KD2JA take a turn on the SSB station

39. Our information table had brochures and a sign-in sheet where about 90 people registered Our information table had brochures and a sign-in sheet where about 90 people registered

40. Setting up CW Station on BEARS-1 dinette.

41. Jerry KJ4IMP supported BEARS-1. He patched in the various radios to antennas via the patch panel

42. AD4ES & K9ES operated much of the CW.JPG

43. The Amateur TV station in BEARS-1 was demonstrated to many visitors

44. John AB4ET operated 6M and 2M FM in BEARS-1

45. Chef John KD4HHF organized another great cookout

46. Dave KG4KFF helped John with the cooking. Dave KG4KFF helped John with the cooking.

47. There was plenty of food for all..

48. Steve and Juan kept the SSB station on the air while others ate - such dedication

49. A well deserved chow break A well deserved chow break

50. It was nice to have plenty of room to eat

51. Jim NC4H and XYL enjoy dinner while Al and XYL still try for that elusive satellite contact

52. Even Eric took a break from the CW station to eat Even Eric took a break from the CW station to eat

53. Doug KK4DOE with coach Glenn KD2JA worked the GOTA station throughout the night

54. Al K5TAN a heavy duty CW op in past years stopped by to visit during the night Al K5TAN a heavy duty CW op in past years stopped by to visit during the night

55. THE END