A big THANK YOU to all the members who were able to come out for Field Day 2010.  We had a great crew to help set up and take down the antenna arrays and get things up and going to start right at 11:00 AM last Saturday.  Having the extra help certainly made everything so very smooth.  You will see a few pictures in this newsletter, but be sure to come out on July 12^th at 7:00 PM to see the video and a whole collection of pictures that were taken over the weekend.  Yours truly operated on two meters, and Don Olejnik, W6KAT had 40 meters and 80 meters covered well.  Vi and Don Barrett, W6CBA and KA6DJK respectfully, had a great setup for CW on 20 meters and 40 meters.  Estella Machorro, KI6BLV and Linda Davis, KI6ZNG both took turns helping to keep the log for Vi while she had her hands busy on the keyer.

After a very slow start, all bands kind of took off, and lots of contacts were registered.  After Paul In, KI6EL has a chance to confirm the logs, we should have a final count by the time of our meeting on the 12^th.  I will show a short video I took over the weekend, and a couple batches of pictures taken by club members who stopped by.

David Greenhut, our Southwestern Division Director for ARRL, stopped by early Saturday morning to encourage us, and gave some suggestions on how to gain extra points – which we did!!  Thanks also to Suzanne Schwabbe, Whittier’s Disaster Services Cooardinator, for coming by on Saturday evening to check things out, and add her support to the club’s efforts.  Hope you will be there on July 12^th at 7:00 PM for the official Field Day 2010 Report.

See you on the air, and 73,

Dave Olney (WA6QZD), President