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Preparations are underway for Winter Field Day 2024 which is running over the weekend of .January 27th & 28th, 2024  We had a great time last year on in the wind and rain, warmed by a little whiskey and the radiated energy from the home brew 160m Dipole antenna! We actually built and tuned this antenna on-site as we noticed that the field might just be big enough for it. This year we plan on operating voice on HF. If you are taking part and would like to try and organise a sked for a QSO with us, we'd love to hear from you. Stand By for more updates!

With portable operations being the main focus area for the East Leinster Amateur Radio Club (ELARC), partaking in the Winter Field Day is not a surprise. We set out to establish a station at the Irish Military Museum & Park . Access to the vast camping area was a factor in our success. Located on the north facing side of a hill outside Collon, just inside the Co Meath border. With good take-off for HF DX to the North, East and West. Our setup consisted of several radio systems in the communication tent. We could operate on 160/80/40/20 metre bands. We used homebrew, dipoles, linked dipoles, EFHW , and Clansman military dipole for the 160m band. 80m and 160m antennas were deployed in NVIS fashion. Where the 40m and 20m were a bit higher relative to the wavelength. Our wires were supported by a 10m telescopic mast, a couple of fishing rods and local vegetation. Radios were a standard HAM issue Yaesu FT-857D and FT-891. In total we were able to operate 4 bands at the same time. We did...