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SECARS Photo Gallery

SECARS Field Day 2025 – Welcome!

Pointing the Way
Welcome to SECARS Field Day!
Our Information Table
We enjoyed a great dinner thanks to N1LOB

SECARS Field Day 2025 – Having a Great Time!

Roddy KA1BSS at the radio
Olivia making her first contact!
Greg K1UYZ at the front gate
Mark KE1IY working HF
Dave AB1DA and Greg K1UYZ
Mark KE1IU and Everett KC1WYR
Pete K1PTO and Natalie N1ATY headed to their station

SECARS Field Day 2025: Lots of Equipment

K1EV Station
W1RPQ Station
Bob W1RPQ brought a truly portable satellite setup
LEOPak Satellite Antennas

SECARS Field Day 2025 Educational Activities!

Bob Leading POTA Workshop
The Foxhunting Demo
Foxhunters in Action!
Generating Hydrogen for the Balloon Launch
Launching the Balloon

SECARS Repeater Site Remediation: Before

Repeater Rack with New Equipment
Our HVAC Unit – Note the rotting wallboard below.
Our Workbench and Shelves
Equipment Shelves
2 Meter Duplexer Set
Lots and Lots of Junk

Prepping the Repeater Site for Remediation

The cutout for the air conditioner – full of rot
Contaminated insulation in the roof rafters – We did not touch this!
Equipment and junk for sorting
Joe carrying out some pipe
The repeaters being loaded onto Pete’s trailer
Dave at the circuit breaker box
The repeater – ready for haul away
Completely vacated space – ready for remediation
Bob W1RPQ noting a completed job – for this part…

SECARS POTA Antenna Build

Getting Ready to Build
The POTA Antenna
Tuning Our Antennas
Tom WA2RYV showing his antenna!

Winter Field Day 2025

The EmComm trailer with HF antenna deployed
Operating HF inside the trailer
Harrison W1HAF racks up points in the EmComm Trailer!
Mark KE1IU operating CW
Rob KB1RS operating HF with a nice go-box!
Tom WA2RYV getting some points

April and May 2024 Foxhunts

The hunters on the prowl
Scouring the field
Rob KB1RS is on the trail!
What is it with foxes and trees anyway?
Foxes like hollow trees!
And trash cans!
Can you find the fox?
Another one in a tree…

SECARS Spring Auction 2024

Dave WA1IKN and his XYL help in the kitchen
Auctioning a transformer – it’s heavy!
The audience – ready to bid!
All attendees eyeing some great gear!
Our hard working staff
Many great items for sale!

SECARS Field Day 2023

NA1CN Station
W1RPQ/KC1PIV Station
Natalie making a run at the GOTA station
Field Day at Zagray Farm Museum
Assembling the 6 meter beam
Putting up the VHF mast
W1RPQ/KC1PIV Station
NE Division Director Fred Kemmerer AB1OC and Assistant Director Anita Kemmerer AB1QB (not pictured) visit from the League!

SECARS Repeater Build Parties

Bob and Bill unpacking the rack
Lynn wiring some components
Lynn making a cable
Our repeater under assembly

New London County 4H Fair – July, 2022

Foxhunting at 4H Fair
On the hunt for hidden transmitters
Working FT8 at the club display

Museum Ships Weekend – USS Nautilus – June, 2022

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Foxhunting

November, 2023 – A fox hidden by a large tree!
November, 2023 – Can you find the fox hidden in the tree?
November, 2023 – Somewhere in here is a pill bottle transmitter!
November, 2023 – Foxes hide in leaves…
Palmer KC1LXO about to find the fox!
Payton KC1IVR with a bearing on a fox box
Preston Foxhunt April, 2022
Slyly hidden in the fork of a tree!
A newly born fox – from K1DCT
Did you know that foxes live in trees?
The Crew at SECARS’ First Foxhunt – May, 2022

Field Day 2021 – Zagray Farm – Colchester, CT

John WA1QDX talking to another ham
Guest operators at the 20 meter station
Payton KC1IVR on a foxhunt
Nico, Gio and Tony W1TTL at the 20 meter operating position
Making CW contacts on 20 meters
Solar power for bonus points
A beautiful setting for Field Day
Conversation by the grills
Chip N1MIE operating position
Chip N1MIE and Chuck NA1CN taking a break
The 20 meter station
KE1IU Helps with setup
Payton KC1IVR and Palmer KC1LXO making contacts
Palmer KC1LXO on his bike
Conversation in the pavilion
The grills ready to be pressed into service by NA1CN
RASON Field Day at Zagray Farm

Antenna Party at N3RPQ

K1DCT, WA1IKN, NA1CN and KE1IU Making Plans
RASON Starting Work on the Roof
K1DCT and NA1CN Removing a Dish
K1DCT and NA1CN Mounting a Tripod
KE1IU Feeding Coax
WA1IKN, K1DCT and K1IKE Taking a Break
The Final Installation
N3RPQ – Now on the Air!

Field Day Pictures

Field Day
Field Day
Eric (N3XW) operates out of his jeep as N1NW.
Photo by Bruce-KA1ZMZ

Our Repeater Site

Repeater visit with Randy-N1PTB & Liz-N1MLG
Repeater visit with Randy-N1PTB & Liz-N1MLG
Repeater visit with Randy-N1PTB & Liz-N1MLG

Auction

SECARS Spring Auction 2022
2021-05-16

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