After a great evening and some rest for the road warriors we were to meet son Fred KE7GBD at his house across town and head for the hills....All went to plan daughter in-law Susie and grandson Riley
all packed and ready. Riley decided the open air of the Jeep would be more fun than the back seat of dad's truck so he jumped in and we were off....another hour and a half for our traveling friends from Ore.
It seemed that the Beverly Hillbillies had landed on old Bennett Mountain with six adults, five dogs and each of the four rigs loaded with what appeared to be junk...oh yeah and one fancy pants with a camp trailer in tow.....it was quite a sight..the setup went rather well no broken bones and no stitches about two hours and we were dragging radios, computer, keyers and all the wire that makes it play from the Jeep. Tim and Larry packed a pile of batteries from Ore. and Tim brought solar charger how nice.
Well the evening around the camp fire and A bit of wind we were all ready to go.....Noon the kickoff hour was on us and the operation began....slow start then an afternoon switch to 40m and the flood gates opened CQ CQ FD was starting a pileup in each call what fun we took turns running them....gave us big gun complex for a while.....After 40 slowed down we took a jump to 15m where the signals were few but good.....CQ FD and we were in the pileup again and this went on for a long time....what a good time. We all got the thrill of being DX in this case Idaho...but was fun while it lasted.....
We will submit a score but that is of little importance, family and friends all around the glow of a Coleman lantern hanging in a sheepherders tent and the sound of ham radio....Many hams have CQ FD from our spot and many are no longer with us I hope it was special for them as it sure was for us.
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