{"id":728,"date":"2026-06-29T21:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/?p=728"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:24:24","slug":"arrl-field-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/arrl-field-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ARRL Field Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We didn’t make a whole lot of contacts, but I did have many visitors. Some visitors even got on the radio and made contacts. I used the DX Commander antenna and remembered what a great antenna it is. The Hamsticks from Shark Antennas are very convenient and work well, but that DX Commander really gets good reception and perhaps my reach was a little better. I fixed some issues I had with antenna connectors which let me use the DX Commander this time and tested the two antenna types side by side. Its been a couple years since I have drug it out, but I am happy to have it back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 bulkhead connectors are just above the drivers cab, but the two lower ones are difficult to get too, 90 degree angle connectors solved this issue. The two upper connectors are for a VHF whip and one hamsitck chosen from the set of hamstick whips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My full antenna setup is the 4 forward bulkhead connectors feeding two whips, the discone at the rear of the truck, and one external antenna which will normally be the DX Commander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am fairly happy with the interior, the work I have done makes setup and tear down much easier and the layout works with up to three people doing various tasks – one radio operator, one logging person, and typer\/call sign lookup person. Digital work is done by having the operator turn around to the computer opposite of the radios to send and receive messages from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We didn’t make a whole lot of contacts, but I did have many visitors. Some visitors even got on the radio and made contacts. I used the DX Commander antenna and remembered what a great antenna it is. The Hamsticks from Shark Antennas are very convenient and work well, but that DX Commander really gets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}