2024 Flight of the Bumblebees Pictures
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Jody - K3JZD
Oak Hollow Park, North Huntington, PA
Elecraft KX3 with a Sloped 53' EFRW in Tree
(Pillowcase on Trekking Poles shaded the Radio)
Don - K3RLL
Near the summit in Distant, PA ~ EL 1450'
ASL KX-1, PFR-3, 1300 mAh LiPO, Code Warrior Jr. 20-30-40m Jumper dipole,
20' Crappie Pole & HB Tripod using a 'Gravel in Milk Bottle' Anchor Weight
Scott - KA9P
Cook County Forest Preserves, about 15 miles W of Chicago.
I had a great time despite some rain and an impromptu bagpipe concert.
Definitely will do it again!
Dan - KG5PVP
At a small ultralight air strip in the Kootenai National Forest near Troy, Montana.
Xiegu X6100, G5RV between trees with 25ft center pole. N1MM+ Logger on MS Surface Pro.
Denis - N2JJF
Echo Lake Park Howell, NJ
Using KX2 into Hamstick dipole at 20 feet
Dean - N2TNN
Ware, VA
With Danny Wright, KW4LQ getting the antenna tuned for the TR45 Xcvr.
Gene - N5GW
Portable Under my neighbor's Pole Barn in MS
I had to photoshop my temporary antenna picture a bit because wire antennas usually
don't show up very well in photos.
George - NC1A
At remote "airport tract" bike trail in Bricktown, NJ.
Used end fed antenna sloped up to trees, 5 W Yaesu FT 857D on LiFePO4 battery at 13V
with solar charging panel. Rough conditions but still fun to set up rig in woods.
Mark - ND8MS
Bridgeport, MI
Dan - NM3A
From top of SOTA W3/PT-011, 'Pondfield 2 Benchmark' in
Forbes State Forest, PA, POTA US-5468.
Nice and cool! QMX Mid Band, 85' EFRW Inverted Vee at 35'
Gary - W0ITT
At Union Covered Bridge in Northern MO.
The tree (to the right) was dropping acorns on me the entire test.
Jim - W1PID
Potter Place Railroad Station in NH
Dave - W5OC
Walter Hall Park in League City, TX EL 29
EL29 Elecraft KX2, Linked Dipole up 15', 5W CW/20m
Greg - WB6MPH
On a CA cliff 300 feet above the Pacific Ocean
Enjoying operating FOBB for first time and attempting CW for the first time in over 5 decades.
With a great view from my location. Xiegu G90 set for 5W and a resonant V-dipole antenna
with a 40 meter loading coil, and CW Morse key stuck by magnets to the top of Xiegu G90.