the traditional thunderstorm
Jun. 22nd, 2024 08:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chanter1944Every year at or around the solstice, ham radio people all over the US and Canada turn out for Field Day, which means activating stations from all the heck over and making as many contacts as possible within 24 hours. Lots of local parks sprout antennae and friendly nerdpeople in abundance.
And darn near every year, it storms. Aieeeee!
This post brought to you by the gal who managed a little much-needed time on the air, working phone on 20 meters under the local club call, but whose evening, like all of ours, got cut short by incoming weather. I'd have stayed out and played radio all night, had I been able. As it was, it was safer to get under cover of something more than a park pavilion. Darn.
And darn near every year, it storms. Aieeeee!
This post brought to you by the gal who managed a little much-needed time on the air, working phone on 20 meters under the local club call, but whose evening, like all of ours, got cut short by incoming weather. I'd have stayed out and played radio all night, had I been able. As it was, it was safer to get under cover of something more than a park pavilion. Darn.
It was a hell of a storm!
Date: 2024-06-23 08:08 pm (UTC)Is it possible (in terms of physics) to work a ham radio and be electrically disconnected from the antenna?
Re: It was a hell of a storm!
Date: 2024-06-25 12:53 am (UTC)