Photos from the Communications Academy

This is something of a test post; I posted some of these pictures to AR15.com's Ham Radio forum, and they came out tiny. I want to see how they look here.

This was the winning entry in the Communications Box contest. It was a club entry, from the Shoreline, WA, ARES team. They have three similar rigs. They are in a large Pelican case, with wheels and a pull-out handle like a carry-on bag. There is a metal plate at the top to attach a magnetic mount antenna to. The plentiful storage space, enough room for cabling as well as the ever-critical doughnuts, is of particular interest.
They were at another event on Sunday, so the only pic I got was with the cell phone.





Here are several photos of another entry, which I had erroneously identified as second place winner. (They were still there Sunday when I had my camera with me.) This install is in two cases, one rolling underseat bag, and a hard-sided golf club case.
The radio gear is in the suitcase, and everything else in the golf club case. "Everything else" includes a folding chair and table, first aid kit, emergency gear, cables and guy line for the antenna, and, oh yes, the antenna, with it's tripod and mast!




Left is a shot of (most of) the antenna, note the baking pan used for a ground plane. Below is a closer shot of the golf club case. (I suspect the reason they didn't win was the fact that the two cases are so big.)























Here are a couple of shots of the actual second place entry, missed first by a whole tenth of a point! First, a cell phone pic of it ready to "roll." You can barely see the antenna mounts built into the case.


















And another shot of it ready to "Grab and go."