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San Mateo Radio Club W6UQ
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Serving the ham radio community on the San Francisco Peninsula since 1946.

ℹ️ http://w6uq.org
📅 https://www.meetup.com/sanmateoradioclub/

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And that’s a wrap! We hope your Field Day was as awesome and fun as ours!

Time to tear stuff down.

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Park shelter with folks busy tearing down the Field Day radio station.
June 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The final stretch: the more hours to go!

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The shelter at Beresford Park bustling with Field Day radio activity.
June 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Late night Field Day fun.

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Night time scene with the park shelter in the distance.
June 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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FT8 setup on steroids.

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Yaesu FT-897 for transmitting, Elecraft KX3 for transmitting, Elecraft PX3 for waterfall, and plenty of PC software windows on monitor for finding strong stations, and graphical display to see whom were talking too.
June 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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We’re operating fully off the grid for those precious extra points. The green generator runs on alcohol as “alternative fuel.”

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A gas-powered generator on a blue tarp. A fire extinguisher and a can of fuel are placed next to it. Two traffic cones highlight the area. A smaller, older-looking generator is off to the site, but isn’t connected.
June 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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This year, we’re running two GOTA stations, and there is plenty of interest.

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Wide-angle view of two tables in the park shelter with plenty of radio gear on top of each. Young kids are learning to call CQ and make QSOs for Field Day.
June 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Our filter bank. Also known as “Grand Central Station.” 😉
Several metal boxes marked with 7 MHz, 14 MHz, etc. and connected with coax cables. This setup rests on a green wooden table top.
June 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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And it’s go. We’re on the air!

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A dozen people sitting around radios and looking intently at the tech gear in front of them.
June 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Our club is flying a flag in memory of George Golda WA6NKM (SK) from the antenna tower. 😢 George passed in 2023 and we miss him dearly.

The flag shows George’s call sign, the words “Silent Key,” and a cute 50s-style caricature of a guy operating a radio.
The white flag is attached to the tower just beneath the Yagi antenna at the top. Wires are running in the foreground towards another antenna.
June 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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And the tower’s up!

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Circa 40 foot tall antenna with large Yagi and a vertical dipole on top leaving agains a park shelter.
June 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Raising the antenna tower.

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June 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Yagi abends goes on the 40-foot tower.

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The people are handling a large Yahi antenna that they mount onto a rigging tower that is leaning on a ladder at a ca. 15 degree angle. In the background is the park shelter where the radio stations are being set up.
June 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Field Day breakfast.

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Two boxes of donuts and two containers of coffee with cups and stirrers sitting on a flat concrete wall.
June 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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And this it begins…

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The shelter in Beresforf Park in San Mateo, CA. Two ladders, a few radio tower segments, and several tool chests are placed all over the area.
June 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Essential Field Day tools.

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Storage box containing an air pump, several yellow tennis balls, and a large device made of large white PVC tubing. A valve handle, pressure gauge, and a fishing rod reel are attached to the large device.
June 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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The weather for Field Day weekend on the San Francisco Peninsula looks great. We can't wait!

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Weather forecast for Beresford Park in San Mateo. Temperatures for the upcoming Field Day weekend range from the mid-fifties to the low seventies on Saturday and Sunday.
June 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM