{"id":1887,"date":"2015-07-28T14:05:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T18:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2015-07-28T14:08:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T18:08:58","slug":"dyre-island-activation-a-huge-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=1887","title":{"rendered":"Dyer Island Activation a Huge Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An intrepid team consisting of John &#8211; K1JSM, Willy &#8211; W1LY, Pete &#8211; W1LAB, and Evan (Call sign pending) traveled to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dyer_Island_(Rhode_Island)\" target=\"_blank\">Dyer Island<\/a>\u00a0on July 25th. \u00a0Their adventure was quite successful, and fulfills the requirements for &#8220;Qualified&#8221; to make Dyer officially\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usislands.org\/directory\/directory.html\" target=\"_blank\">US Islands Award Program RI019S<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They worked a total of 259 stations, 50 of which were DX. \u00a0Congratulations guys, and thanks for making a lot of Island on the Air hunters happy!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1893\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1893\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1893\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6451-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Erecting the antenna\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6451-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6451-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6451-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erecting the antenna<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1888\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6470.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1888\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1888\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6470-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Setup time\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6470-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6470-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6470-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the station from down the beach<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1889\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6467.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1889\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1889\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6467-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"New ham Evan at the mic.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6467-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6467-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6467-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New ham Evan at the mic.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>BTW: Evan joined us at the GOTA station to see what ham radio was all about &#8212; he must have liked it as he just took and passed his General, missing the Extra by a couple of questions. \u00a0Nice to see him on the air so quickly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1890\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6462.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1890\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1890\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6462-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"John - K1JSM, making an IOTA Hunter happy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6462-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6462-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6462-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John &#8211; K1JSM, making an IOTA Hunter happy<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1891\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6460.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1891\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1891\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6460-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Willy - W1LY doing what he does best.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6460-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6460-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6460-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willy &#8211; W1LY doing what he does best.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1892\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6456.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1892\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1892\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6456-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Another view of the station\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6456-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6456-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_6456-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of the station<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sadly, Pete &#8211; W1LAB isn&#8217;t in the photos above, as he was behind the lens. \u00a0Thanks for the nice pictures, and for the logistical support Pete!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An intrepid team consisting of John &#8211; K1JSM, Willy &#8211; W1LY, Pete &#8211; W1LAB, and Evan (Call sign pending) traveled to Dyer Island\u00a0on July 25th. \u00a0Their adventure was quite successful, and fulfills the requirements for &#8220;Qualified&#8221; to make Dyer officially\u00a0US &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=1887\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,19,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-iota","category-operating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1887"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1896,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions\/1896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}