Photos of Local Area Amateur Activities can be found here.

Anderson Radio Club, KY4LAW
Brian Carter, KI4TLW - President

Jerry Shouse, K4TG - Vice President

Guy Hollander, KI4TLY - Secretary and ARES EC Anderson Co.

2014 Field day photo

 KM4CH John Marks and  KI4OJG Mark Currens
  Erecting a Phased Vertical

2014 Field day photo

KK4ZNJ watching how a Phased Vertical is erected.
Note the Level in KM4CH hands.

2014 Field day photo

Ken Wheatley KF4BTC wiring a CW Key
Simplest digital mode.

2014 Field day photo

Portable Tower Preparation by K4TG
Can be used when a remote location is needed.

2014 Field day photo

Portable Tower Preparation
Can be used when a remote location is needed.

2014 Field day photo

Antenna element preparation
Gotta get the correct elements in the right places.

2014 Field day photo

K4DZM and K4TG putting a multiple element beam together. Each element has to be in correct placement
Understanding is needed to keep from frying a radio.

2014 Field day photo

Different antennas are used for different bands.
Phased verticals antennas in specific directions are used to transmit directional signals.

2014 Field day photo

The Communications Trailer is used to provide shelter
and support for different radios and bands used for public communications for all weather situations. 

2014 Field day photo

KBC Communications Trailer deployed
KI4MTB Jonathan Kitchen deployed as a training exercise for ARRL field day. Phone and CW was deployed.

2014 Field day photo

Generators were deployed for the KBC and the Anderson County Comm trailer.
This unit ran - but someone had removed the generator field windings so went home and got a unit that worked with windings.

2014 Field day photo

One of the portable masts used for dipole operations.
KI4MTB KM4CH KI4OJG and K4TG discussing next step in putting the dipole up for HF work.

2014 Field day photo

The unit pictured can decode CW PSK31 RTTY and other protocols.
PSK31 was used to make contacts for the Field Day event. Additionally RTTY ARRL Field Day message was received on this unit.

2014 Field day photo

KI4OJG Mark Currens intently working HF.
Each member of the radio club took it upon themselves to work the event as hard as if it were a real emergency.

2014 Field day photo

KK4RSG Tonya and K4ATR Dean Taking a break.
Each member of the radio club took it upon themselves to work and backup the other members.

2014 Field day photo

k4TG setting up and checking the GOTA.
Lucas KK4ZNJ and KI4TLW worked the Gota Station this year. One of the few times a year newly licensed or upgraded HAMS can operate along with the unlicensed public.

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Ham station located at the ambulance service building can be viewed here.

Last Updated: 25 July 2014