Neither rain, nor wind, nor fear of dark kept the unflappable Field Day operators from completing about 3,200 QSOs this year. Despite some nasty weather than began around 8 PM Saturday, so much water in the tents that that a hand key had to be used because the keyer became too waterlogged, tables with rigs blowing over, and the ever-infallible paper logs almost turning to paper mache, Newport County Radio Club carried on to the bitter end.
Things looked pretty rosy when the antennas were setup Friday afternoon.![FD 2015 Panorama Resized](https://w1sye.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FD-2015-Panorama-Resized-1024x352.jpg)
The GOTA Station was the held in a spacious BWT (Big White Tent — should be called a BFHT).![FD 2015 GOTA Tent](https://w1sye.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FD-2015-GOTA-Tent-1024x768.jpg)
Several members of the public saw and heard the action and stopped by to participate, including these young operators.![RJ GOTA](https://w1sye.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/RJ-GOTA.jpg)
But the weather wouldn’t hold — by 7 PM Saturday the skies were darkening, and it was lightly raining by 8 PM. By 4 AM it was gusting around 55 MPH.![FD 2015 Weather](https://w1sye.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FD-2015-Weather-255x300.jpg)
By dawn things were still standing, but they had taken a beating. The CW Beam was now pointing at Africa. The GOTA Beam was a askew and pointing toward Alaska, and the GOTA tent was cattywampus.![FD 2015 Bent](https://w1sye.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FD-2015-Bent-1024x370.jpg)
Despite the damp weather it was a great time. Only 361 days to plan for Field Day 2016!!!