#241: Field Day 2016 - Low Power operating from a historic Marconi site @w2aew

Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Here is a short overview of my single-operator, low power, battery operated station that I ran on Field Day 2016. It features an Icom IC-703+ QRP transceiver, a Yaesu FT-817 QRP transceiver, a Par Electronics End-Fed Halfwave tri-band antenna and a Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePo) battery. I was operating from the site of the Marconi Wireless Corporation's transmitting station known as the New Brunswick Station which was in operation in the early 1900s. Here is a little more history of the site:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick_Marconi_Station

#241: Field Day 2016 - Low Power operating from a historic Marconi site

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