The Atlanta Radio Club had a unique and fun two-for-one event on Saturday, September 11, at Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Brookhaven, GA 30319. 

That day was the first day of the ARRL September ARRL VHF contest. (See a description here) The club set up a variety of radios and antennas to operate on:
​Bands:

• 6 meters
• 2 meters

 Modes:

• FM
• AM
• FT8

It was a fun event. We had 8 club members there and 8 visitors (licensed and unlicensed). Contacts were made over VHF on 2m using FT8 digital mode. FT8 isn’t usually used on 2m but the aim of the ARRL VHF contest, which was the same weekend, was to give everyone a reason to experiment on 6m and above. One visitor built a 2m antenna that he was able to take home. Everyone had a good time.
We had a station set up with several antennas, including an unusual large rectangular antenna, called a Moxon (see the picture below), suspended from a tree limb. We operated on 2m, 6m and, just to demo HF, 20m. Jeff, W4JEW, bought his radio and antenna and made several contacts using FT8 on 2m.
We packed up around sundown and headed to a nearby restaurant/ watering hole for dinner. The event was a lot of fun.

Photo credit: John Talipsky, N3ACK, ARC President