{"id":26766,"date":"2017-07-01T07:31:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T11:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=26766"},"modified":"2017-07-01T07:31:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T11:31:43","slug":"field-day-2017-with-the-club-radio-amateur-de-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/field-day-2017-with-the-club-radio-amateur-de-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Day 2017 with the Club Radio Amateur de Qu\u00e9bec"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ga\u00e9tan Tr\u00e9panier (VE2GHO) making final adjustments to the club’s HF Yagi<\/p><\/div>\n

For the second year in a row, I had the pleasure of hanging out with the Club Radio Amateur de Qu\u00e9bec<\/em> (C.R.A.Q.)<\/a> on Field Day. Members number well over 150 and the club has a history dating back to 1926.<\/p>\n

Last year, I found myself in Qu\u00e9bec during my favorite on-air event, so I reached out to the club’s Field Day organizer and found myself welcomed with open arms; I was especially honored to discover that the group even reserved a time slot at the radio for me.<\/p>\n

When I reached the site Saturday morning (June 24), I felt like I was coming back to a radio reunion. The folks at the club were incredibly hospitable, and once again, I enjoyed operating as VE2CQ.<\/p>\n

Here are a few photos I took of the site and some of the club’s members in action:<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I snapped the following shot as I\u00a0started my 18:00-20:00 shift:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Shortly before my radio shift ended at 20:00, S\u00e9bastien Le Galle (VA2SLW) sat down with me to listen as I worked stations across the band. As I was about to hang up the microphone, instead, I offered it to him. S\u00e9bastien, I learned, is a newly-minted ham and, turns out, had never made contact on the radio. I encouraged him to take the mic, which he did without hesitation. After a very brief intro on the Field Day exchange, S\u00e9bastien worked two stations in succession. Moreover, as I learned the next day, he worked an additional four stations after I left the site. Bravo, S\u00e9bastien! And welcome!<\/p>\n

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S\u00e9bastien (VA2SLW) operating VE2CQ. (Photo courtesy of C.R.A.Q)<\/p><\/div>\n

As I finally left the site around 20:45 (local), I snapped a few photos of the Field Day house and antennas at the Base de plein air de Sainte-Foy<\/em>. \u00a0A beautiful evening at a great site\u2013\u2013and a fine finish to a thoroughly enjoyable Field Day, once again.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the second year in a row, I had the pleasure of hanging out with the Club Radio Amateur de Qu\u00e9bec (C.R.A.Q.) on Field Day. Members number well over 150 and the club has a history dating back to 1926. Last year, I found myself in Qu\u00e9bec during my favorite on-air event, so I reached […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,26,43],"tags":[6289,6288,3060,6290,4102,1954,6291],"class_list":["post-26766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-c-r-a-q","tag-club-radio-amateur-de-quebec","tag-field-day","tag-field-day-2017","tag-ham-radio","tag-quebec","tag-yaesu-ft-450"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6XI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32875,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/its-field-day-weekend-2018-find-a-local-event-have-fun\/","url_meta":{"origin":26766,"position":0},"title":"It\u2019s Field Day weekend 2018: find a local event, have fun!","author":"Thomas","date":"June 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"If you live in North America and have an interest in becoming a ham radio operator, this is the weekend to check out what amateur radio is all about, and meet local radio enthusiasts. \u00a0 It\u2019s\u00a0Field Day! 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