We did a pretty massive effort with three high power stations, two
legal limit and one near legal. We had a 40 meter beam, and 2 Steppir
antennas as well as an 80 meter dipole and an 80 meter inverted V
antenna. The Beams and Steppirs were on Surplus military masts. Power
was via a generator. Amps were a Heathkit for near limit, and a big
honkin' Ameritron for Voice 40, and a Tokyo Hi-Power for the CW
station.

Rigs were Mark 5 Field for 40 Phone and CW stations, and a venerable
but still contest worthy IC-765 for 20 Phone. We use every bit of the
allowable station circle, and have a receive antenna put as far away
from the transmitters as possible.

We set up on a Fire company fairground with two main areas. The 40
meter and 20 meter voice stations were under a pavilion, and the CW
station was in a surplus military hut on a trailer. It was air
conditioned for goodness sake. There's an enticement to work some CW.
I brought my home office hi-back chairs to keep the operators
comfortable.

Saturday evening we had a little cookout for the operators and setup
members. One of the setup guys is also a good cook, and I enjoyed an
awesome steak and grilled kielbasi, watermelon and other treats. We
all put away prodigious amounts of water and soda trying to keep
hydrated.

It's a lot of fun, although as you can imagine, putting up a station
of that magnitude is a lot of work. I'm usually exhausted by the time
we're finished. Thank goodness for the guys that come out to help
setup and tear down. We have several who like to do that, but don't
care for operating. They're every bit as important as the operators.

I generally run home and get a couple hours sleep around 4 am Sunday
morning, then another nap in the afternoon after teardown. Then I
feel "jetlagged" for the next couple days.