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Home Rigs Antenna Files The Shack Rig Accessories Test Equipment Portable Operating Miscellaneous My Beliefs Links	Flight of the Bumble Bees - July 2009           FOBB is an annual event by the Adventure Radio Society .  Our operating location this year was Pine Ridge Camp Ground in Callaway County, MO near Guthrie.  Also joining me were K9ZTV, W0ESE, K0EMT and W4RK.  We decided this was a great site for portable QRP operating; lots of tall pine trees (antenna supports!) and plenty of space.  Here are a couple views: It was awesome having five stations!  Here are the photos:  W0ESE Station - FOBB 2009 - Bee # 65    W4RK Station - FOBB 2009 - Bee # 129 K0EMT Station - FOBB 2009 - Bee # 69   KC0PET Station - FO BB 2009 - Bee # 68   K9ZTV Station - FOBB 2009 - Bee # 71 (With Visitors KD0DDY, KD0GRM, KC0UZA) Speaking of visitors, we also had quite a few this year including Mac - KD0DDY, Steve - KD0GRM, Mike - KC0UZA, Andy - WB0PZR, Don - N0BIV, Carol - N0DIL, Steve - NN0B and Rich N0JBF. Some other statistics for our "site": Rigs:  Elecraft K2 (2), Yaesu FT817 (2), Hendricks PFR-3, Ten Tec Argonaut V. QSOs: 90 Total 40 Meters - 21 20 Meters - 58 15 Meters - 8 10 Meters - 3 States Worked: WI, IL, IN, WV, MO, MI, NC, CO, OR, FL, OK, GA, TX, PA, AZ, ON, ME, LA, ND, AR, NJ, NY  Antennas:  W3EDPs, End fed Zep, Random Wire, Dipoles, Doublets, Carolina Windom. Installing Antennas at FOBB 2009