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| DXpeditions |
| For people unfamiliar with the term, DXpedition refers to traveling to a remote location and attempting to make radio contacts. Confirmation of those contacts is highly prized by amateur radio operators. We may be new hams with a small station, but we do have plans for varying our radio communication experience. We enjoy the challenge of trying to contact a "9 inch box way up in the sky". The window of opportunity is shortened in the mountains and the Arrow antenna has to be pointed just right, but when it's on...the world opens up. Here we are at Cranberry Lake, New York - the Adirondack Mountains. This is the trip we took in August 2002. The only good shot at the satellite is due south across the lake. Bear Mountain is at your back and other mountains crowd the available range on the east and west. |
| Here is Bill, KC2GYD (N2WEC), with the Arrow antenna mounted on a tripod, pointed out over Cranberry Lake. He is using an Icom T-81A (handheld) to transmit to UO-14 and a second T-81A hanging in a mesh bag from the tripod to receive. Yes, you can tell that we didn't just talk on radios. We also did alot of canoing and fishing, too! |
| Here is Patti, KC2HWA, transmitting from her T-81A. We also used a Radio Shack handheld scanner connected to a roll up J-pole to monitor local frequencies.It's hanging from a tree branch and comes down to the dining fly at the front support; if you look closely it is visible. |