Field Day 2000 |
Check out a great Field Day logging program
| Tulsa Amateur Radio Club Converts Chandler Park
to Field Day Paradise |
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| The weather was great - most of the time. We got our equipment set up without any serious problems; we talked with friends and family; we participated in a contest called Field Day. Field Day 2000 was a tremendous success for Tulsa Amateur Radio Club. |
 Without antennas, there would be no Field Day. This one worked great. |
| Operating with the special Field Day call sign, W5OK, club members and guests made contacts all across the country calling "CQ CQ Field Day CQ CQ CQ Whiskey 5 Oscar Kilo" | |
 Friends get together at Field Day 2000. |
Setup went smoothly although there were a few trips here and there to find the odd connector for the rig or a tablet for logging. When everything was set up, Chandler Park looked as if it had sprouted tall metal grass. |
 This was one way to try to beat the heat and occasional rain. |
The operators chose various methods of protection from the sun from air conditioned motor homes to a screen room with 360 degrees of air. No matter what the cover, everyone made contacts galore, ate lots of barbeque, and drank gallons of water and soft drinks. |
Disaster service needs the cooperation of many groups and several were with us on this Field Day. The Tulsa County Sheriff's Department did a great job with security; the Salvation Army from Sand Springs brought all the cold water and soft drinks we could hold; the National Weather Service provided information on flash floods and nasty weather; Creek County Civil Emergency Management brought their lights so we could see after the sun went down; and the Life Flight helicopter provided a spectacular landing and an opportunity for all to see, up close, what is involved in their part of an emergency. |
The Life Flight helicopter lands in the middle of Field Day 2000. |
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