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Survey Question
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How was Field day this year?
Posted: Jun 30, 2008
(820 votes, 53 comments)
by VK5LA
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Survey Results
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Fantastic! - I had a great time and learnt a lot!
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19% (157)
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Great! Our radio club had a ball!
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35% (284)
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Now I know what NOT to forget...
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5% (44)
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Pity about the WX
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7% (56)
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Pity about the Propagation
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14% (114)
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Never again!
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10% (86)
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Bar-b-que!
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10% (79)
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Survey Comments
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FD
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I could not attend FD this year, but I had fun the year before last.
Posted by
KB3LAZ
on September 11, 2008
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FD
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FD? What FD? I had to work and the club could hardly get people to help. It was the same people as the past few years except for my wife and I. Made a few contacts from home.....Could do better.
Posted by
N2WEC
on July 23, 2008
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300%++ Increase in score
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This year the President really outdid himself, Ray, WX3A, obtained the new EMA inflatable hospital, which has air conditioning, two towers, Red Cross provided the constant flow of drinks and food. Everyone had a great time and we went from our usual score of 2,000 to over 7,000. Not bad from a small club where only a few members sometimes show up for regular meetings.
Posted by
WA3LWR
on July 20, 2008
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Field Day 2008 as N1EV
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The weather in Connecticut was excellent for Field Day weekend...warm, sunny & humid. Our Field Day is part Contest, part social event but mostly about letting everyone know, we are prepared. Field Day is open to participation at every level and however, you prefer to spend it is just right.
We were very happy to return to our previous site, Veterans Park, in Norwalk Connecticut this year and with our crack setup/tear down team, we got started at exactly 1800 GMT. For logging, we used N3FJP's Field Day Network 2.5 logging program running over shielded Category 5e cable and once again, it performed spectacularly. Two local newspapers did extensive interviews and took photos while the local Cable Television Crew came down with a video camera and their local news personality giving us free press for 45 seconds every 1/2 hour all day Saturday.
The experiment this year was to fly an 80M-inverted V antenna on a large balloon. This experiment had limited results but we learned what to do and what NOT to do next year. We changed the configuration due to wind and ended up with a sloper. The results for the 80M station were down from the previous year.
We filed 3A and were able to maintain a 135 QSO/Hour average rate during the 24 Hour period. 20 Meters was once again our best band working every US section.
We assembled a 6M 4 element quad brand new out of the box, on the spot and put it on a 30' tower attached to the Fire Departments Decontamination Unit, which resulted in 350+ contacts. 6M was hopping the last 3 hours of Field Day.
As for bonus points, we claimed 100% Emergency Power, Media Publicity, Setup in a Public Location, Public Information Table, NTS message to our Section Manager - K1EIC, Five Natural Power QSOs Completed, Full GOTA Bonus, W1AW Field Day Message, Educational Activity, Site Visit by an Elected Official, Site Visit by a Served Agency Official, Youth Participation and Electronically Submitted Field Day Entry.
Thank you to all of you we made contact with and exchanged history with.
Unofficially,
Zig Fekete
N1iCL
Club Member and Amateur Radio Supporter
See http://www.gnarc.org/fd08.htm for our complete Field Day Results. –
Officially,
Ed Ashway
K3EIN
Greater Norwalk Amateur Radio Club
Field Day Rules Counselor
We look forward to next year!
Posted by
N1ICL
on July 20, 2008
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Field Day
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This was the best field day the club has had in years. Just lost our club house, and operated from a FIELD With emergency power. Put up emergency towers and antennas, and gave all a chance to operate. Had a little rain, but we NEED it. The club as a whole want more field days and special event stations now. Looking forward to the next one to have another great weekend. Visit <WWW.KA5B.ORG> for pics of our home made towers. we are proud of them. Roy (W5ROY) president E.N.M.A.R.C.
Posted by
RADIOROY
on July 19, 2008
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6 meter opened up for once
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I worked 6 meter for the first time this field day from our QTH in Irvine, CA. Six meters is a band normally neglected by our club, however, I made over 40 QSL's with some "DX" contacts to the northwest (Idaho, BC, Washington) barefoot using a PAR Omni.
Had a great time all night!
Randy
KG6WCA
Posted by
KG6WCA
on July 18, 2008
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Almost 10X the contacts
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I operated 10m phone last year for my club and did it again this year. Last year my antenna was a home made dipole and I used the hunt and pounce technique. This year I used a G5RV Jr. and sat on 28.385 for most of the time. I made 7 contacts last year and 60 this year. What a blast. Maybe next year I'll bust into the tripple digits.
Posted by
ERIC
on July 17, 2008
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Field Day
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Our Club K3ARS had a good time, we operated from a field with good public exposure on a generator. We were located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. One storm blew in during the evening. I did learn a lot and enjoyed making the contacts in many locations. Next year I am bringing a more comfortable chair and more bug spray.
I will be back,
73's
Richard K3JB
Posted by
K3JB
on July 14, 2008
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"It seems to me that a rather large number of respondents chose 'Never Again'. As someone who has enjoyed FD for years I'm curious as to why you didn't enjoy it. What was it about FD that turned you off?"
Some clubs want their members to come down to their site and help--help put up and take down the equipment, that is. When it comes down to operating and logging, only the priviledged few are 'allowed' to do that.
No, it isn't every club, but there are some, and that is a major part of it. You may be gullible once, but not twice!
Posted by
K1CJS
on July 14, 2008
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Why bother logging/reporting
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There are so many different 'rules' and regulations, I find it a waste of time to even try to log to submit and enter that 'contest'. I operate as a relaxing hobby, and if I'm asked to verify a contact, I usually do. As far as submitting for a score--forget it!
Posted by
K1CJS
on July 14, 2008
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fun field day
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I operated field day useing my kenwood ts-120s and a cut dipole for 20 meter the band was crowded but we made 300 contacts and had a great time even with the thunder storms
always fun to operate
Austin KI4RIG
Posted by
KI4RIG
on July 13, 2008
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Great Time
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Excellent day, really enjoyed it and we had great results as a club. We ran 1A, and think we had our best year ever, despite a really poor start on Saturday - think we had less than four dozen contacts late in afternoon on Saturday, then it opened up and things became really exciting.
I actually learnt something on this post!! "Learnt" is a word. I went to Oxford to look it up, and was surprised.
learn
• verb (past and past part. learned or chiefly Brit. learnt) 1 acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) through study or experience or by being taught. 2 become aware of by information or from observation. 3 memorize. 4 archaic or informal teach.
What is the difference between 'learnt' and 'learned'?
These are alternative forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb learn. Learnt is more common in British English, and learned in American English. There are a number of verbs of this type (burn, dream, kneel, lean, leap, spell, spill, spoil etc.). They are all irregular verbs, and this is a part of their irregularity.
Posted by
VE3RAW
on July 12, 2008
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Field day
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I said Never again in 1965, and by gosh I kept my word too.
Posted by
W0DLR
on July 12, 2008
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Dumb rules
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I ran field day as a 1a, in the back yard. I look at field day as a party day, not as a contest or a test of any sort. I would like to see field day go back to a test of a clubs intention, not as a party. The big question in what is field day? Is it a contest and then change the name to a contest to “field day contest” If it is about PR then lets change the rules to reflect that as well? If it is about emergency communications then let’s change the rules to make it so. As it stands now it is NOT a PR event, it is NOT an emergency communications event, and it’s NOT much of a contest. I think it’s up to us, as a group to come up with a better name or change it to reflect what we want it to be. This could be a great PR event, it could be a great test of our emergency communication skills or it could be a good contest.
Ron
N9KWW aka nnn0vag
Posted by
N9KWW
on July 12, 2008
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Re: Class "D"
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On June 30, 2008, K8WZS wrote:
"I ran across some hams REFUSING to LOG me because they were also a class "D"!! That's really DUMB!! My logging program was a bit irritating because it TOO wished for me to NOT log another class "D" -- I IGNORED that and hit the enter button!! As for the ARRL RULE about Class "D" stations NOT being able to LOG another Class "D" ---- I IGNORED that DUMB rule and logged them ALL!!"
From http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-all.html...
"7. Disqualification and Penalties:
7.1 If the claimed score of a participant is reduced by 2% or more, the entry may be disqualified. Score reduction does not include correction of arithmetic errors."
By claiming points between you and other Class D stations (at home on commercial power), you run the risk of your entry being disqualified. Like it or not, that's how it is.
Bryan WA7PRC
http://www.geocities.com/bswadener/fd2008/
Posted by
WA7PRC
on July 11, 2008
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Bears in the Woods
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Ran 2B from the national forest just south of Rocky Mtn National Park. We were at 8500' and had incredible WX.
About 1AM Sunday, Warren bursts into the tent (waking me up) to warn me that he heard a bear while operating. Must have been close as he was wearing cans. We listened for a while thru the tent - all was quiet. I drifted back to sleep, and Warren discovered his "bear" - me snoring!
Plenty of banjos, beer, bourbon, and CW kept us happy, and the K2 did a great job on a battery with solar charger.
Posted by
KG0EW
on July 9, 2008
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Now to upgrade and learn CW
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My second FD with my Elmer (N8XE) - this year with the Madison County (OH) radio club. When Jason (N8XE) made 5W contact with a Hawaii station on his home built KX1 and a portable Buddipole antenna it made me more determined to learn CW and upgrade to General.
Greg S
N8KRS
(Columbus)
Posted by
N8KRS
on July 8, 2008
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Wasn't planning on it... but...
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I did get on the air. Heck, it was Sunday, and I didn't realize it was still going to be going on. Been licensed almost 20 years but brand new to HF. I got on SSB and made 22 contacts. Got on CW, made only one - that was tough. didn't find too many people going slow. But I had a great time operating 1E, 5 watts, and contacted around 13 states. Gonna make big plans for next year. Definitely will involve higher elevations. Can't wait!
Posted by
K8DJW
on July 8, 2008
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"Never Again" Respondents
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It seems to me that a rather large number of respondents chose 'Never Again'. As someone who has enjoyed FD for years I'm curious as to why you didn't enjoy it. What was it about FD that turned you off?
Posted by
WB9QVR
on July 8, 2008
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WA7PRC (Class 2E)
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None of the survey answers applies to me:
"Fantastic! - I had a great time and learnt a lot!" It was good but I didn't learn anything new (have done FD /many/ times).
"Great! Our radio club had a ball!" I didn't join a club for FD... and had even more fun.
"Now I know what NOT to forget." Since we were operating from home, we didn't forget anything.
"Pity about the WX." The weather was FB here.
"Pity about the Propagation." Propagation was OK, except 10m seemed d-e-a-d whenever I checked.
"Never again!" Again, of course!
"Bar-b-que!" No BBQ.
I operated 2E (2 xmtrs at home on emergency power) with my longtime friend Evan N7MCG. Evan used my TS130S on fone, and I used my TS120S on CW... 137 fone QSOs, 315 CW QSOs... 1734 points.
Power was supplied by 4 x Group27 wet cells in parallel (320Ah). Sufficient power was NOT an issue. Antennas: 80m cage inverted vee, 40/15m dipole, half-wavelength 20m vertical, Cushcraft A3S 20-15-10m yagi at 30'.
20m was the most productive band for fone, 40m was hot on CW. Evan was happy to have the RigBlaster Pro + DVK working -- his voice wasn't hoarse by the end of FD! I had a blast on CW!
vy 73 es gud dx,
Bryan WA7PRC
Posted by
WA7PRC
on July 5, 2008
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Never again!
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That is what I said in '93. I kept my word..
Posted by
N4CQR
on July 5, 2008
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Learnt everything but english
Posted by
WT0A
on July 5, 2008
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10 and 6 meters!!!
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Had a BLAST running '1E' backyard patio-portable on Sunday with an FT-450AT, a 6m square loop, and an IMAX-2000 vertical (for 10m)!
10 and 6 meters were wide open all day Sunday (at least from this location)!!! Worked a few new grids on 6 too. CW and SSB both bands.
Gotta love 'Field Day', even if you are a 'casual operator'.
Posted by
W8KQE
on July 4, 2008
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W7RIN 1B AZ QRP
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My friend Jim (W7LM) and I operated 1B AZ, 5W from a mountain range about 5 miles north of the Mexican border. The elevation was 7300'(a good omen). We were put off the air during an evening thunderstorm and waited it out inside my pick-up. We had a nightime visit from a koatamundi who woke us up when we should have been operating! We made around 234 contacts operating very casually. 230 CW + 4 SSB
Another great Field Day in the books. I try to make it every year.
'73, Thomas - AC7A
Posted by
AC7A
on July 3, 2008
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Had a blast!
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I, too, thought "learnt" was not a word. I looked it up at reference.dictionary.com, and sure enough, it's there! I would have used "learned".
To K8WZS, operating class "D" defeats the purpose of Field Day. You're supposed to operate under the same conditions as if a tornado wiped out your city (or similar disaster)! The ARRL doesn't recognize class-D to class-D contacts to encourage more hams to get out and operate in tents, at EOCs, etc.
In order to operate class-D, you should either be operating just for fun (which is what I did) or if you want to turn in your score and have it count, the ARRL should require that you prove you have a physical limitation that would preclude you going out in nature like everyone else. As for me, I didn't keep a log, I just had fun!
-KR4WM
Posted by
KR4WM
on July 2, 2008
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Six meters was great on Sunday
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I was blown away by the six meter opening Sunday am. Being the GOTA station coach, my young people, and newbies had a ball!! It was like shooting fish in a barrel.The first timers were really impressed. We used an Icom 706 mkII G on a home brew ground plane at twenty five feet. We experienced only fair conditions on the rest of the bands using a G5RV Jr at 35 feet with LDG tuner.Overall our club,LARA (Lighthouse Amateur Radio Alliance) 3A SFL, Special call,W4J experienced a fantastic,fun and food filled weekend. Lee K4LJP aka Local Junk Peddler. 73
Posted by
K4LJP
on July 2, 2008
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Six meters was great on Sunday
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I was blown away by the six meter opening Sunday am. Being the GOTA station coach, my young people, and newbies had a ball!! It was like shooting fish in a barrel.The first timers were really impressed. We used an Icom 706 mkII G on a home brew ground plane at twenty five feet. We experienced only fair conditions on the rest of the bands using a G5RV Jr at 35 feet with LDG tuner.Overall our club,LARA (Lighthouse Amateur Radio Alliance) 3A SFL, Special call,W4J experienced a fantastic,fun and food filled weekend. Lee K4LJP aka Local Junk Peddler. 73
Posted by
K4LJP
on July 2, 2008
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Field Day in the Forest
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Had fun this year, it actually felt like field day with our site being in the state forest !!
There was plenty of great food(K3GOY's signature hot wings were awesome!), plenty of BS'ing around the camp fire, plenty of beer and .......combined with "playing radio"..., what more could a ham ask for !!!
We had a blast !!!
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KB3MMX Chuck
(W3BD, the "BIG DOG" field day crew)
Posted by
KB3MMX
on July 2, 2008
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Fun FUN
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Our club, W9OU, had a great time! We even had a 40 meter balloon suspended verticle that worked out well when the wind died down. I had the most fun operating PSK 31 and showing others how well the mode works even under heavy QRN/QRM.
I will do it again for sure!!!
Posted by
K9FON
on July 1, 2008
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Fabulous
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This was the first time in ages that I was in a contest as a QRO big gun. It was so nice to hold a frequency and run contacts. I did spend some time on low power CW doing a hunt and pounce, and that was fairly productive, but it's more fun to run pileups!
Posted by
K0RGR
on July 1, 2008
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36 Years going to F/D
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Still enjoy** 4A>>>EMA.
6 Towers** a lot of work,but still Fun!!!
Ed W1FBI
Posted by
W1FBI
on July 1, 2008
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N3MMH (2A W3BD "The Big Dog")
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We also had a blast.
A fellow operator calculated 4.92 contacts per beer!
We had alot of beer . . .
Cheers & 73
N3MMH
Posted by
N3MMH
on July 1, 2008
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N3MMH (2A W3BD "The Big Dog")
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We also had a blast.
A fellow operator calculated 4.92 contacts per beer!
We had alot of beer . . .
Cheers & 73
N3MMH
Posted by
N3MMH
on July 1, 2008
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I absolutely loved it 1 Echo - NNY
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My first year and I absolutely loved it. I operated One Echo - NNY and made over 100 contacts meeting wonderful people through out the USA and Canada. Most stations I worked were on 20, 40, 80 meters and one 2 meter contact with W1NVT the wonderful people of the RANV club in Vermont across Lake Champlain about 20 miles. A learning experience to be sure. Combining a wet cell battery and a gel cell battery no recharging was needed they complimented each other like a charged capacitor in a power supply holding the voltage up.
Posted by
K2XC
on July 1, 2008
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W8UM/W8PGW Thanks You All
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I only made a couple of hundred Q's this year, but my clubs W8UM (The University of Michigan ARC) and W8PGW (the ARROW Communications Association) had a great time and did just about as well as last year, when we had some REAL contesters show up and operate, giving a real boost to the fun and our score.
The mast for the tribander would only freewheel, so it was turned by pulling it around with a rope, plus it was only about 14' off the ground. I built several dipoles and a 2 element 40m inverted vee beam on site. The 40m inv-vee beam was a couple of S-units above the 40m ground plane until they evened out around 5P Saturday, and by 8P the vertical was an S-unit better, a condition which persisted until about 9AM the next morning - radiation angles explain it. 40m went so long that by 8:30P I could only hear the gulf coast and the farthest tip of Maine - seemed more like 20m than 40.
Sunday morning I worked a Hawaiian station on 40m CW and he was LOUD. A few kHz down was a VK3 working a pileup ... in Field Day mode. What a hoot! It rained a LOT this year, but ... we didn't let it get us down much at all.
Hope everyone else had at least half as much fun. Best 73 de kt8k - Tim
Posted by
KT8K
on June 30, 2008
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Learned a lot.
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This year I wanted to keep it primitive. I ran on batteries only. I learned a lot about what to expect when you operate off batteries. I tried to be as quick and as clear as possible and really minimize my transmit time. I listened more often than usual and selected my contacts with care, with the intent of being able to reach them with a good signal. It was a challenge, but a good one. I charged the two batteries twice each over the two day period. Care and preparation of the antennas gave a big boost to the success. Operating from my own yard saved gasoline and expenses.
Posted by
AI2IA
on June 30, 2008
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Great Fun !
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W7FTX was on the air from Western Montana during field day weekend. We didn't get as many contacts as we had hoped for, due to our main generator quitting at about 10 pm saturday night. We hit the sack and managed to get back on the air sunday morning with reduced power off of a 750 watt spare generator. We had great food, good weather and got to see a bear up close. We ended up with 216 good contacts mostly on 40 meters (76%). 20 meters was not good here except into KH6 land. Everyone that wanted to contest did, and that was good. I can't wait till next year, let do it twice a year...73, Alan
Posted by
KE4NU
on June 30, 2008
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Great Fun !
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W7FTX was on the air from Western Montana during field day weekend. We didn't get as many contacts as we had hoped for, due to our main generator quitting at about 10 pm saturday night. We hit the sack and managed to get back on the air sunday morning with reduced power off of a 750 watt spare generator. We had great food, good weather and got to see a bear up close. We ended up with 216 good contacts mostly on 40 meters (76%). 20 meters was not good here except into KH6 land. Everyone that wanted to contest did, and that was good. I can't wait till next year, let do it twice a year...73, Alan
Posted by
KE4NU
on June 30, 2008
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Great Fun !
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W7FTX was on the air from Western Montana during field day weekend. We didn't get as many contacts as we had hoped for, due to our main generator quitting at about 10 pm saturday night. We hit the sack and managed to get back on the air sunday morning with reduced power off of a 750 watt spare generator. We had great food, good weather and got to see a bear up close. We ended up with 216 good contacts mostly on 40 meters (76%). 20 meters was not good here except into KH6 land. Everyone that wanted to contest did, and that was good. I can't wait till next year, let do it twice a year...73, Alan
Posted by
KE4NU
on June 30, 2008
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Class "D"
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I had a BLAST ! I DID hear some LIDS that had no clue as to what was going on --one fella thought he was checking into a NET !! BOINK !! I logged MORE class "D" stations this year than in the past -- and I ran across some hams REFUSING to LOG me because they were also a class "D" !! That's really DUMB !! My logging program was a bit irritating because it TOO wished for me to NOT log another class "D" -- I IGNORED that and hit the enter button !! As for the ARRL RULE about Class "D" stations NOT being able to LOG another Class "D" ---- I IGNORED that DUMB rule and logged them ALL !! With the PRICE of gas TODAY many of us stayed home !! FIELD DAY ...it's about COMMUNICATING and I really think that someone in an Emergency Situation would certainly appreciate a few FELLOW hams at HOME helping them in their DIRE need !! If you ARE an ARRL member --call your HQ and tell them this DUMB rule has to be scrapped before NEXT YEARS' FD event!! Then LETS ALL show off our ham radio skills , be it at the club event,with ham pals or just by yourself AT HOME !! tnx es 73
Posted by
K8WZS
on June 30, 2008
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Fantastic:-)
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Learnt? Give me a break...
Joined a new club this past year. This was my first Field day with the Clark County, IN, radio club, W9WWI. I had a blast:-)
Ran hundreds of contacts on 20m, ran scores of contacts on 6 meters. Enjoyed some great camp cooking thanks to Dan, KB4CF. And even managed to teach contesting techniques to a few new ops:-)
What fun!
73
Dan
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Posted by
K9ZF
on June 30, 2008
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Had a great time.. Ran 1E out by the pool....even a few contacts made while IN the pool...Should have signed \MM!!!!
Posted by
N0FPE
on June 30, 2008
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Great Time
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This year we did our field day 2260 feet above sea level and had a great time we made 324 contacts use all home brew antennas
one was a g5rv and the other Windom both 135 feet. the weather was awesome the food was hhmm delish and the beer was cold.
Great time was had by my brother and myself.
Nrl
Posted by
W3NRL
on June 30, 2008
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Sorry For The Dupe
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Sorry for the dupe :-)
Posted by
KG6WLS
on June 30, 2008
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1 Delta Station
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I was a 1 Delta this year. Too much going on around the house hold this weekend. However, I did find some time to get a couple dozen contacts in and give out a few points. I did it the paper and pencil way. No computer for logging.
Posted by
KG6WLS
on June 30, 2008
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1 Delta Station
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I was a 1 Delta this year. Too much going on around the house hold this weekend. However, I did find some time to get a couple dozen contacts in and give out a few points. I did it the paper and pencil way. No computer for logging.
Posted by
KG6WLS
on June 30, 2008
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first field day
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It was great. My first few HF contacts ever, on 40m and 80m. I just wish I could have done more, or maybe tried CW
Posted by
KD8GRC
on June 30, 2008
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Fun Field Day
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This was my first year operating Field Day from my home, as a 1D station, and first year operating alone. I had 127 stations total. It was fun! I worked 20 meters and was glad to hear that it was still alive with stations into the wee hours of the morning on Sunday. I stayed up late and racked up the points. Thanks to everyone who worked KR4GT. See ya next year!
Posted by
KR4GT
on June 30, 2008
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Field Day 08
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I heard so very little in my area.A little 6m and 40m but that's about all.And being a QRP operator,i didn't have a contact.
N7MYW
Posted by
N7MYW
on June 30, 2008
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Missing Answer
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This Poll is missing an important response.... for those like me who did not participate at all. Partly, I forgot about Field Day, but mostly I was just too busy with a recent house-hold move that I just wasn't able to take part at all this year.
Posted by
K7AAT
on June 30, 2008
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Echo: 10 was great Sunday (& 15 & 6)
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A group of us coordinated our SE MN FD event for Rochester & Olmsted county this year. This was a major coordination over prior years and knowing propagation has been poor particularly from the upper midwest (eg, last year we heard zero stations on 10m) we decided to try both good antennas and 4 700-1KW amps, 2 stations on CW, 2 on SSB plus a digital & also VHF station. We did the pre-setup option to have all on the air at 1pm Saturday. Unfortunately the weather that had backed up all week hit us Saturday varying between pouring rain every 45 mins, then sunshine, then high winds. So with antenna problems and getting our tribander up later in the morning only at 35 vs 55 ft due to the winds we really were not the full 5A much, plus despite filtering and far spaced antennas we did have considerable cross band overloads.
However we already had a great turnout, considerable training/mentoring, good food & comraderie for one of our largest club events of the year. Note many have been pulled into planning our Aug 8 Dakota & DX/contest/ARES Hamfest, so we were happy to get so many out for FD. But Sunday was the icing on the cake: sunny skies and first 15m wide open followed by both a 6m opening and 2/min 10m SSB QSOs from 1-land to AZ. We wanted to go past 1pm!! Our digital station set a new contact record running 20m most of the night off just a vertical dipole & we manned both CW stations through most of event as well. We plan to have a "post mortem" to take notes for next years event after the holiday, but I call it a safe & great exercise overall, many thanks to those who helped and those who were patient to work some of our newer ops that we hope will upgrade to general soon. 73s de the W0SA group.
Posted by
K0VH
on June 30, 2008
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10 was great on Sunday
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Positives: Sporadic E propagation was very good on Sunday. From FN02, the Midwest and New England were booming in. Plenty of stations to work.
Negatives: Rain, ran out of beer, trying to run a dupe sheet WITHOUT a PC (paper and pen)
Still, fun as always.
John KB2HSH
Posted by
KB2HSH
on June 30, 2008
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10 was great on Sunday
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Positives: Sporadic E propagation was very good on Sunday. From FN02, the Midwest and New England were booming in. Plenty of stations to work.
Negatives: Rain, ran out of beer, trying to run a dupe sheet WITHOUT a PC (paper and pen)
Still, fun as always.
John KB2HSH
Posted by
KB2HSH
on June 30, 2008
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