Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Wayne Burdick]

And to think I was only engaging in a little subtle humor.

W


> On Jun 27, 2022, at 4:05 PM, Fred Jensen  wrote:
> 
> Yes, in the US, 0.1A1 is permitted everywhere and always has been.  One does 
> often hear the term "CW sub-band" in the context of CW only however.  If you 
> study 47CFR97 closely enough, you'll find that it doesn't even mention CW 
> when talking about sub-band allocations, except for 6 and 2.  What we 
> normally think of as the CW portion of 80 m is the "RTTY/Digital" sub-band.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
> 
> Jim Rhodes wrote on 6/27/2022 2:47 PM:
>> Those bands have a CW only band, but otherwise there is no real place that 
>> CW is NOT allowed. So CW the CW segements are all the amateur bands. Let's 
>> keep it that way.
>> 
>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 13:45 Fred Jensen > > wrote:
>> 
>>In the US:
>> 
>>50.000 - 50.100 MHz
>>144.000 - !44.100 MHz
>> 
>>73,
>> 
>>Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
>>Sparks NV DM09dn
>>Washoe County
> 
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Fred Jensen]

Yes, in the US, 0.1A1 is permitted everywhere and always has been.  One 
does often hear the term "CW sub-band" in the context of CW only 
however.  If you study 47CFR97 closely enough, you'll find that it 
doesn't even mention CW when talking about sub-band allocations, except 
for 6 and 2.  What we normally think of as the CW portion of 80 m is the 
"RTTY/Digital" sub-band.


73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

Jim Rhodes wrote on 6/27/2022 2:47 PM:
Those bands have a CW only band, but otherwise there is no real place 
that CW is NOT allowed. So CW the CW segements are all the amateur 
bands. Let's keep it that way.


On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 13:45 Fred Jensen > wrote:


In the US:

50.000 - 50.100 MHz
144.000 - !44.100 MHz

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County




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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Julia Tuttle]

I think most people mean and understand "CW segment" as shorthand for "a
segment that allows CW and does not allow phone" -- where you'd typically
go to operate CW.

On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 5:49 PM Jim Rhodes  wrote:

> Those bands have a CW only band, but otherwise there is no real place that
> CW is NOT allowed. So CW the CW segements are all the amateur bands. Let's
> keep it that way.
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 13:45 Fred Jensen  wrote:
>
> > In the US:
> >
> > 50.000 - 50.100 MHz
> > 144.000 - !44.100 MHz
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> > Sparks NV DM09dn
> > Washoe County
> >
> > Andy Durbin wrote on 6/26/2022 4:51 PM:
> > > "Still, that frenzied fun-house of robotic birdcalls did serve as a
> > convenient marker for the end of each CW segment."
> > >
> > > Which bands have a CW segment?  Did I miss a band plan change?
> > >
> > > Andy, k3wyc
> > >
> >
> >
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Jim Rhodes]

Those bands have a CW only band, but otherwise there is no real place that
CW is NOT allowed. So CW the CW segements are all the amateur bands. Let's
keep it that way.

On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 13:45 Fred Jensen  wrote:

> In the US:
>
> 50.000 - 50.100 MHz
> 144.000 - !44.100 MHz
>
> 73,
>
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
>
> Andy Durbin wrote on 6/26/2022 4:51 PM:
> > "Still, that frenzied fun-house of robotic birdcalls did serve as a
> convenient marker for the end of each CW segment."
> >
> > Which bands have a CW segment?  Did I miss a band plan change?
> >
> > Andy, k3wyc
> >
>
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Fred Jensen]

In the US:

50.000 - 50.100 MHz
144.000 - !44.100 MHz

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

Andy Durbin wrote on 6/26/2022 4:51 PM:

"Still, that frenzied fun-house of robotic birdcalls did serve as a convenient 
marker for the end of each CW segment."

Which bands have a CW segment?  Did I miss a band plan change?

Andy, k3wyc





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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Nate Bargmann]

* On 2022 26 Jun 18:45 -0500, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> (We didn't even consider using FT8. Still, that frenzied fun-house of
> robotic birdcalls did serve as a convenient marker for the end of each
> CW segment.)

On Saturday afternoon I took a cursory listen on the hight bands.  10m
only had a brief burst of voice on 28.405 for the couple minutes I tuned
around that frequency.  Neither CW nor FT8 showed any life.

I then checked 15m and found no SSB nor CW but FT8 was going so the band
was open to some extent.

I see this quite a bit where a seemingly dead band still has FT8 signals
with what are probably good S/N ratios.  I've not opened WSJTX in years
and I am guessing from what I hear and what I see on the P3 display.

I was in and out of the shack as I was putting my antennas back together
the storm tore up a couple of weeks back.

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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day report

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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Nr4c]

I think Reading band/Mode can be done on mains but using radio to control the 
radio is different. 

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...nr4c. bill


> On Jun 26, 2018, at 2:26 PM, 1lasportsman 1lasportsman <1lasports...@cox.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> How would this apply as we had the radio's on generator power?
>> On June 26, 2018 at 1:08 PM Howard Hoyt wrote: > > > Buck, k4ia wrote: > 
>> >>Only the transmitter has to be on battery power. > >>You can run a 
>> computer, air-conditioner and > >>television on a generator or even mains 
>> power. > > This would be correct if the computer was not attached to the 
>> rig. Many people use CAT control which makes logging so much easier, in in 
>> that configuration one has to run both the rig and APC from battery if 
>> claiming battery power status. > Howie - WA4PSC > > 
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[dave]

To quote the FD FAQ:

Q. What equipment at our Field Day site must be operated off of the 
emergency power in order to claim the 100-point per transmitter bonus?
A. You must operate all transmitting and receiving equipment from 
emergency power. If you use a computer for digital modes, and/or to 
control or operate the radio, it also must use emergency power. If the 
computer is used only for logging and is not keying the transmitter, 
it does not need to be emergency powered.



If the pc is not connected to the radio it does not need to be on 
emergency power. But if the radio is controlled or keyed by the pc 
then the pc is part of the transmitter and must be on emergency power.


I believe that if the pc is on mains power and you use it to key or 
otherwise control the rig, i.e. run digi, then you should be in the 
commercial power class. If you can't claim the emergency power bonus 
then you must be on commercial power, even if the radios are on 
generators.


73 de dave
ab9ca



On 6/26/18 2:26 PM, 1lasportsman 1lasportsman wrote:

How would this apply as we had the radio's on generator power?

On June 26, 2018 at 1:08 PM Howard Hoyt wrote: > > > Buck, k4ia wrote: > >>Only the transmitter has to be on battery power. > 
>>You can run a computer, air-conditioner and > >>television on a generator or even mains power. > > This would be correct if the 
computer was not attached to the rig. Many people use CAT control which makes logging so much easier, in in that configuration one has to run both the rig 
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[1lasportsman 1lasportsman]

How would this apply as we had the radio's on generator power?
> On June 26, 2018 at 1:08 PM Howard Hoyt wrote: > > > Buck, k4ia wrote: > 
> >>Only the transmitter has to be on battery power. > >>You can run a 
> computer, air-conditioner and > >>television on a generator or even mains 
> power. > > This would be correct if the computer was not attached to the rig. 
> Many people use CAT control which makes logging so much easier, in in that 
> configuration one has to run both the rig and APC from battery if claiming 
> battery power status. > Howie - WA4PSC > > 
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Howard Hoyt]

Buck, k4ia wrote:
Only the transmitter has to be on battery power.  
You can run a computer, air-conditioner and 
television on a generator or even mains power.


This would be correct if the computer was not attached to the rig.  Many people 
use CAT control which makes logging so much easier, in in that configuration 
one has to run both the rig and APC from battery if claiming battery power 
status.
Howie - WA4PSC

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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Buck]

Only the transmitter has to be on battery power.  You can run a 
computer, air-conditioner and television on a generator or even mains 
power.



Buck, k4ia
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On 6/26/2018 11:57 AM, Peter Wollan wrote:

For several years I've been using my K2 to have a QRP station at our club's
FD (Rochester MN - K0Z).  They used to run kilowatts, but have settled on
100 watts, and aren't willing to use less. So, the QRP station is
administratively a separate FD entry (W0LLN), it receives the x5
multiplier, and I get to help set up and take down, to share in the
camaraderie, the food, the portapotty, and all the bonus points I feel I
can justify -- I get the ARRL message from someone else, I claim the info
table and the education, but the elected official never came over to me so
I don't think I can claim that.  Overall, it works well, and there are
always a few people interested in what a simple station looks like.

I stick with S and paper logging -- I don't have enough battery power to
keep a laptop going, and my iPad just won't do it.  Next year maybe my CW
will be up to running, and I'll get a more satisfying score.  But I did get
K6IE, who was at least as loud as anyone else -- QRP to QRP, halfway across
the country.

Peter W0LLN

On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 12:15 AM, Bill Frantz  wrote:


The West Valley Amateur Radio Association returned to Mora Hill above Los
Altos, Ca for field day. We used K6EI for our main call and W6ZZZ for GOTA.
This year we were 14A, QRP, battery and solar panel powered. We had the
luxury of lots of panels, so we were able to have a 120V utility for
running our computers. We also had enough extra power to run our fans etc.,
as the temperatures on Saturday were in the high 90s (c36C or so).

Note, we are not permitted to operate generators at night, so we don't use
them at all.

We were in category 14A with 3 CW stations, 3 SSB stations, and 2 digital
stations on HF. VHF and UHF filled the rest of the transmitter slots. We
had separate triband antennas for CW, SSB, and digital with triband filters
to allow use of all three bands at once. We also had separate wire antennas
for 40M and 80M. GOTA had its own set of antennas. Getting all this set up
took the better part of the daylight on Friday. (Thanks ARRL for the rule
change that permits early setup Friday when it is cooler.)

We minimize interference between stations on the same band by careful
antenna placement, running QRP, using Elecraft and Flex gear, and providing
adequate voltage to the radios. I could see our CW stations on the P3 while
operating digital, but they were just strong CW stations and caused no
interference.

Our networked N1MM logging system lets us cheer every time we pass a QSO
count milepost, as well as providing lots of backup for the logs.

Our GOTA operation was quite popular, with QSOs 150% of last year. Since
we are next to a popular trail in the San Antonio Open Space Preserve, we
get a lot of bicycle visitors. Some know about ham radio and others have
never heard of it.

It appears our main operation QSO count was slightly ahead of last year,
but I haven't seen a full comparison yet.

We got lots of people on the air, with some trying new modes for the first
time. I counted 21 people who actually made it into the group photo.
Everyone had a good time and went home tired.

73 Bill AE6JV


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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Peter Wollan]

For several years I've been using my K2 to have a QRP station at our club's
FD (Rochester MN - K0Z).  They used to run kilowatts, but have settled on
100 watts, and aren't willing to use less. So, the QRP station is
administratively a separate FD entry (W0LLN), it receives the x5
multiplier, and I get to help set up and take down, to share in the
camaraderie, the food, the portapotty, and all the bonus points I feel I
can justify -- I get the ARRL message from someone else, I claim the info
table and the education, but the elected official never came over to me so
I don't think I can claim that.  Overall, it works well, and there are
always a few people interested in what a simple station looks like.

I stick with S and paper logging -- I don't have enough battery power to
keep a laptop going, and my iPad just won't do it.  Next year maybe my CW
will be up to running, and I'll get a more satisfying score.  But I did get
K6IE, who was at least as loud as anyone else -- QRP to QRP, halfway across
the country.

   Peter W0LLN

On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 12:15 AM, Bill Frantz  wrote:

> The West Valley Amateur Radio Association returned to Mora Hill above Los
> Altos, Ca for field day. We used K6EI for our main call and W6ZZZ for GOTA.
> This year we were 14A, QRP, battery and solar panel powered. We had the
> luxury of lots of panels, so we were able to have a 120V utility for
> running our computers. We also had enough extra power to run our fans etc.,
> as the temperatures on Saturday were in the high 90s (c36C or so).
>
> Note, we are not permitted to operate generators at night, so we don't use
> them at all.
>
> We were in category 14A with 3 CW stations, 3 SSB stations, and 2 digital
> stations on HF. VHF and UHF filled the rest of the transmitter slots. We
> had separate triband antennas for CW, SSB, and digital with triband filters
> to allow use of all three bands at once. We also had separate wire antennas
> for 40M and 80M. GOTA had its own set of antennas. Getting all this set up
> took the better part of the daylight on Friday. (Thanks ARRL for the rule
> change that permits early setup Friday when it is cooler.)
>
> We minimize interference between stations on the same band by careful
> antenna placement, running QRP, using Elecraft and Flex gear, and providing
> adequate voltage to the radios. I could see our CW stations on the P3 while
> operating digital, but they were just strong CW stations and caused no
> interference.
>
> Our networked N1MM logging system lets us cheer every time we pass a QSO
> count milepost, as well as providing lots of backup for the logs.
>
> Our GOTA operation was quite popular, with QSOs 150% of last year. Since
> we are next to a popular trail in the San Antonio Open Space Preserve, we
> get a lot of bicycle visitors. Some know about ham radio and others have
> never heard of it.
>
> It appears our main operation QSO count was slightly ahead of last year,
> but I haven't seen a full comparison yet.
>
> We got lots of people on the air, with some trying new modes for the first
> time. I counted 21 people who actually made it into the group photo.
> Everyone had a good time and went home tired.
>
> 73 Bill AE6JV
>
> 
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Bill Frantz]

The West Valley Amateur Radio Association returned to Mora Hill 
above Los Altos, Ca for field day. We used K6EI for our main 
call and W6ZZZ for GOTA. This year we were 14A, QRP, battery and 
solar panel powered. We had the luxury of lots of panels, so we 
were able to have a 120V utility for running our computers. We 
also had enough extra power to run our fans etc., as the 
temperatures on Saturday were in the high 90s (c36C or so).


Note, we are not permitted to operate generators at night, so we 
don't use them at all.


We were in category 14A with 3 CW stations, 3 SSB stations, and 
2 digital stations on HF. VHF and UHF filled the rest of the 
transmitter slots. We had separate triband antennas for CW, SSB, 
and digital with triband filters to allow use of all three bands 
at once. We also had separate wire antennas for 40M and 80M. 
GOTA had its own set of antennas. Getting all this set up took 
the better part of the daylight on Friday. (Thanks ARRL for the 
rule change that permits early setup Friday when it is cooler.)


We minimize interference between stations on the same band by 
careful antenna placement, running QRP, using Elecraft and Flex 
gear, and providing adequate voltage to the radios. I could see 
our CW stations on the P3 while operating digital, but they were 
just strong CW stations and caused no interference.


Our networked N1MM logging system lets us cheer every time we 
pass a QSO count milepost, as well as providing lots of backup 
for the logs.


Our GOTA operation was quite popular, with QSOs 150% of last 
year. Since we are next to a popular trail in the San Antonio 
Open Space Preserve, we get a lot of bicycle visitors. Some know 
about ham radio and others have never heard of it.


It appears our main operation QSO count was slightly ahead of 
last year, but I haven't seen a full comparison yet.


We got lots of people on the air, with some trying new modes for 
the first time. I counted 21 people who actually made it into 
the group photo. Everyone had a good time and went home tired.


73 Bill AE6JV

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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Dan Presley]

I was part of the W7LT Portland (OR) Amateur Rdaio Club effort again this year, 
and had a blast. We were 4A all qrp at 5 W on a local park that’s on an old 
volcano (Kelley Butte) with elevation and tons of trees. I used my KX3 for 
40,20 and 15 CW coupled to a rhombic/loop antenna copied from the June 2017 
article by WU0I. You can switch the configuration between a rhombic or a full 
loop at the end opposite the feed point (450 ohm line). In the article it’s 
done manually but one of the club guys devised a 24V latching relay we could 
engage /disengage by sending a pulse through the feed line (disconnected!). I 
ended up using it mostly in the rhombic configuration as it loaded better and 
was quieter, and seemed to perform slightly better on 40, my primary band. 
Still I wasn’t too impressed by its’ performance on 40, but I have to say that 
on 20 and 15 it was outstanding! Almost always one call and I had ‘em. 15 
opened very nicely for a big run for me Sunday morning around 9 AM (PDT) and I 
stayed there till the end-worked a ton. Of course the KX3 shone particularly 
with the filtering-I used the APF a lot and guys were blown away how clear it 
was. I also noticed a big difference from last year since I installed the 
roofing filter. I used an amplified speaker system so folks could hear as they 
came in-next year I need to find a small portable mixer so I can use phones but 
still allow others to hear. I had the panadaptor as well which was helpful, but 
I need to learn to use it more effectively in this crowded situation. the other 
thing that was really helpful was the little wooden stand to mount the radio 
and panadaptor from the ‘NOGA’ (North Georgia QRP club) that Marino KE7EMV 
loaned me. All in all I think I did about 2-250 Q’s with only a 3 hour nap, but 
next year I plan to have other operators I’m training on CW to spell 
me.And-there’s another cw station with old gear that I need to switch to 
another KX3 or K3!  My next adventure will be SOTA with the KX2 in Oregon and a 
couple of QRP Foxhounds where I’m the fox-planning to go to some SOTA sites for 
these runs in August. All fun!
Dan Presley  N7CQR
n7...@arrl.net


> On Jun 25, 2018, at 4:40 AM, Rod Hardman  wrote:
> 
> Oakville ARC VE3HB (Ontario, Canada) ran an all KX2 QRP Battery Field Day 
> this year from a a country back yard. Lots of rain but good times. 
> 
> Quite a positive education for all, esp the hardcore CW ops accustomed to 100 
> Watt contest stations. Ended up logging on iPads (Hamlog) syncing to a 
> Raspberry Pi Zero Server - which the Operators found easy in power but the 
> lack of automation proved tedious. (We should have implemented the Piglets) 
> That’s ok, we automated with people!
> 
> Everyone had very good things to say about the KX2. Fantastic experience and 
> the bands were kind to us. 
> 
> Best part was not having to listen to the generators (no end of Field day 
> headache!)
> 
> Rod, VA3ON
> 
> On Jun 24, 2018, at 23:40,  >  > wrote:
> 
> FD was a hoot from the farm here in southside Virginia.  The KX2, an Alpha 
> Delta dipole, and N1MM+ on a $99 Kodak laptop performed flawlessly.  The most 
> amazing thing was 10m!  Since I embarked on my QRP CW adventure 4 years ago I 
> had logged not a single 10m contact. This weekend I bagged 26 Qs on 10m, and 
> as many on 15m.  My total of 212 in 6 hours of operation certainly thrilled 
> me!  I really miss the FD social events of the late 1980's in Greensboro,  
> NC. But when you are trying to bust a pileup with 5-watts who has time for 
> socializing?
> Ken ke4rg
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On 
> Behalf Of Wayne Burdick
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2018 6:30 PM
> To: Elecraft Reflector 
> Cc: k...@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Elecraft] Field Day Report
> 
> A large group gathered for the K6SRA 3A/SCV FD operation in San Jose. Despite 
> temperatures in the mid-90 s and blistering sunshine, we had many visitors, 
> including a lot of curious non-hams. 
> 
> This tends to be a social event with lots of conversation and ad-hoc 
> experimentation with radios and antennas, so I won t be bragging about our 
> claimed Field Day score. Still, a good time was had by all, with vast 
> quantities of water and other liquids consumed to avoid heat stroke.
> 
> Late Saturday afternoon I undertook a brief solo trek to exercise the KX2. I 
> had intended to climb a nearby hill. Given the outrageous temperatures, I 
> settled for a picnic table on the other side of the parking lot, beneath a 
> large oak. 
> 
> Normally I would have tossed a wire into this tree. Instead I used a 
> prototype 2-band, 4  whip, in keeping with the  two QSOs per foot challenge  
> we proposed in a recent Elecraft newsletter. I made 10 QSOs over the course 
> of about 20 minutes (that s 3.00 Q/ft, for those keeping score), ranging from 
> KH6 to the East Coast. 
> 
> Overall, conditions 

Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Howard Hoyt]

Hi all,

Our OCRA (Orange County Radio Amateurs) club ran 9A once again as W4EZ 
this year, trying for a repeat or improvement on our 3rd place national 
effort of last year.  Here was our layout (well, almost):


https://groups.io/g/OCRA-DFMA/photo/39174/1?p=Name,,,20,1,0,0

Installing that many antennas in the requisite 1000 ft circle with 
minimal mutual interference is a real feat, let me tell you! We even had 
a sagging 80M OCF dipole tangle with a beam at one point...


This year we finally achieved our long-term goal of all Elecraft 
transmitters.  Our testing over the last few years agrees with the 
collated test results by K9YC here:


http://audiosystemsgroup.com/TXNoise.pdf

Although a few years old, his results agree with our tests that the K3 
has the lowest in-band phase noise of any we have tested. This has been 
a real problem in past years, with almost all Yaecomwood transmitters we 
tried txing intolerable levels of phase noise like this Kenwood (20M, 
200 KHz spacing) running SSB from last year as recorded in the CW shack:


https://proaudioeng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Kenwood-tx-phase-noise.mp4 



This year we had 7 Elecraft K3s and two KX3s.  The only phase noise 
issues we had were from the one KX3 running FT8 digi, and mostly ~S3-5 
when a beam was pointed towards the digi antenna from ~300 feet away 
with a 30 KHz spacing.  Other than that we were really pleased to have 
finally been almost free from the band-shattering noise experienced in 
previous years.  Kudos to Elecraft for such great Tx performance!


Overall the band condx were OK although not great from central NC, 
although a surprising appearance of 6 and 10 meter propagation helped!  
It is always a challenge contesting QRP and it is difficult to break 
pile-ups, so running as opposed to S is often the best bet.  Of course 
running is not a panacea when QRP, I must have been stomped on a dozen 
times by others who (to give them the benefit of the doubt) didn't hear 
me CQing on channel.


We once again attempted to wireless network N1MM over all 9 stations, 
but it became erratic so logging was done in several networked pods 
instead.  We won't know the total score until the logs are collated.


I would say the biggest challenge we faced is one I heard from other 
groups: it is getting to the point where a lot of heavy lifting (we had 
6 towers) is difficult with a bunch of old fogies.  If large FD efforts 
like W4EZ are to continue youth outreach is not an option.  
Nevertheless, at least this year no one was hurt, except for many a 
branch from lines shot over trees, and many a burger and other 
refreshments were enjoyed as well!


Cheers & 73,

Howie - WA4PSC

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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Rod Hardman]

Oakville ARC VE3HB (Ontario, Canada) ran an all KX2 QRP Battery Field Day this 
year from a a country back yard. Lots of rain but good times. 

Quite a positive education for all, esp the hardcore CW ops accustomed to 100 
Watt contest stations. Ended up logging on iPads (Hamlog) syncing to a 
Raspberry Pi Zero Server - which the Operators found easy in power but the lack 
of automation proved tedious. (We should have implemented the Piglets) That’s 
ok, we automated with people!

Everyone had very good things to say about the KX2. Fantastic experience and 
the bands were kind to us. 

Best part was not having to listen to the generators (no end of Field day 
headache!)

Rod, VA3ON

On Jun 24, 2018, at 23:40,   
wrote:

FD was a hoot from the farm here in southside Virginia.  The KX2, an Alpha 
Delta dipole, and N1MM+ on a $99 Kodak laptop performed flawlessly.  The most 
amazing thing was 10m!  Since I embarked on my QRP CW adventure 4 years ago I 
had logged not a single 10m contact. This weekend I bagged 26 Qs on 10m, and as 
many on 15m.  My total of 212 in 6 hours of operation certainly thrilled me!  I 
really miss the FD social events of the late 1980's in Greensboro,  NC. But 
when you are trying to bust a pileup with 5-watts who has time for socializing?
Ken ke4rg

-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On 
Behalf Of Wayne Burdick
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2018 6:30 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector 
Cc: k...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

A large group gathered for the K6SRA 3A/SCV FD operation in San Jose. Despite 
temperatures in the mid-90 s and blistering sunshine, we had many visitors, 
including a lot of curious non-hams. 

This tends to be a social event with lots of conversation and ad-hoc 
experimentation with radios and antennas, so I won t be bragging about our 
claimed Field Day score. Still, a good time was had by all, with vast 
quantities of water and other liquids consumed to avoid heat stroke.

Late Saturday afternoon I undertook a brief solo trek to exercise the KX2. I 
had intended to climb a nearby hill. Given the outrageous temperatures, I 
settled for a picnic table on the other side of the parking lot, beneath a 
large oak. 

Normally I would have tossed a wire into this tree. Instead I used a prototype 
2-band, 4  whip, in keeping with the  two QSOs per foot challenge  we proposed 
in a recent Elecraft newsletter. I made 10 QSOs over the course of about 20 
minutes (that s 3.00 Q/ft, for those keeping score), ranging from KH6 to the 
East Coast. 

Overall, conditions were not thrilling. 20 meters was pretty much single-hop 
until Saturday evening. 15 m was deceased until this morning when, back at the 
home QTH, I noticed things picking up on this band around the same time as some 
sporadic-E kicking in on 6 m.

Wayne
N6KR

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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[rich hurd WC3T]

Without shame, I am hereby checking in with my 5 SSB QSOs using my barefoot
KX3 and PX3 at our weekend camp on picturesque Lake George.  Hey I broke
some serious pileups to get them.  I deserve some cred. :)

Flying the end fed antenna end from my WonderPole, the owner of the camp
espied me and asked, "Nice pole.  What are you after?"  "Electrons," I
answered with a straight face.  His face broke into a big sunny smile.
Turns out he's not only interested in hamming himself but also runs a
private girl's school and they are heavy into the STEM thing (no "A",
please) and we ended up our f2f by making plans for a Skype session for the
girls for later this year for me to chat about that voodoo that we do.   I
did offer him a GOTA session. Sadly he never made it over.   He was busy
opening cabins and getting his properties ready for the summer.

After I was done and packed up, the nieces and nephews took a page out of
my kids' playbook by chanting "Whiskey Charlie Three Tango" for the rest of
the weekend.  Hey, I've been called worse.

I have lots of notes on what went wrong (the two biggest: CW CW CW is next
on the priority list. And either configure digimodes to run on this laptop
or get a more powerful one) and what went right.   As Ahnold would say,
"I'll be back."

On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 23:40  wrote:

> FD was a hoot from the farm here in southside Virginia.  The KX2, an Alpha
> Delta dipole, and N1MM+ on a $99 Kodak laptop performed flawlessly.  The
> most amazing thing was 10m!  Since I embarked on my QRP CW adventure 4
> years ago I had logged not a single 10m contact. This weekend I bagged 26
> Qs on 10m, and as many on 15m.  My total of 212 in 6 hours of operation
> certainly thrilled me!  I really miss the FD social events of the late
> 1980's in Greensboro,  NC. But when you are trying to bust a pileup with
> 5-watts who has time for socializing?
> Ken ke4rg
>
> -Original Message-
> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net 
> On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2018 6:30 PM
> To: Elecraft Reflector 
> Cc: k...@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Elecraft] Field Day Report
>
> A large group gathered for the K6SRA 3A/SCV FD operation in San Jose.
> Despite temperatures in the mid-90 s and blistering sunshine, we had many
> visitors, including a lot of curious non-hams.
>
> This tends to be a social event with lots of conversation and ad-hoc
> experimentation with radios and antennas, so I won t be bragging about our
> claimed Field Day score. Still, a good time was had by all, with vast
> quantities of water and other liquids consumed to avoid heat stroke.
>
> Late Saturday afternoon I undertook a brief solo trek to exercise the KX2.
> I had intended to climb a nearby hill. Given the outrageous temperatures, I
> settled for a picnic table on the other side of the parking lot, beneath a
> large oak.
>
> Normally I would have tossed a wire into this tree. Instead I used a
> prototype 2-band, 4  whip, in keeping with the  two QSOs per foot
> challenge  we proposed in a recent Elecraft newsletter. I made 10 QSOs over
> the course of about 20 minutes (that s 3.00 Q/ft, for those keeping score),
> ranging from KH6 to the East Coast.
>
> Overall, conditions were not thrilling. 20 meters was pretty much
> single-hop until Saturday evening. 15 m was deceased until this morning
> when, back at the home QTH, I noticed things picking up on this band around
> the same time as some sporadic-E kicking in on 6 m.
>
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[ktalbott]

FD was a hoot from the farm here in southside Virginia.  The KX2, an Alpha 
Delta dipole, and N1MM+ on a $99 Kodak laptop performed flawlessly.  The most 
amazing thing was 10m!  Since I embarked on my QRP CW adventure 4 years ago I 
had logged not a single 10m contact. This weekend I bagged 26 Qs on 10m, and as 
many on 15m.  My total of 212 in 6 hours of operation certainly thrilled me!  I 
really miss the FD social events of the late 1980's in Greensboro,  NC. But 
when you are trying to bust a pileup with 5-watts who has time for socializing?
Ken ke4rg

-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On 
Behalf Of Wayne Burdick
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2018 6:30 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector 
Cc: k...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

A large group gathered for the K6SRA 3A/SCV FD operation in San Jose. Despite 
temperatures in the mid-90 s and blistering sunshine, we had many visitors, 
including a lot of curious non-hams. 

This tends to be a social event with lots of conversation and ad-hoc 
experimentation with radios and antennas, so I won t be bragging about our 
claimed Field Day score. Still, a good time was had by all, with vast 
quantities of water and other liquids consumed to avoid heat stroke.

Late Saturday afternoon I undertook a brief solo trek to exercise the KX2. I 
had intended to climb a nearby hill. Given the outrageous temperatures, I 
settled for a picnic table on the other side of the parking lot, beneath a 
large oak. 

Normally I would have tossed a wire into this tree. Instead I used a prototype 
2-band, 4  whip, in keeping with the  two QSOs per foot challenge  we proposed 
in a recent Elecraft newsletter. I made 10 QSOs over the course of about 20 
minutes (that s 3.00 Q/ft, for those keeping score), ranging from KH6 to the 
East Coast. 

Overall, conditions were not thrilling. 20 meters was pretty much single-hop 
until Saturday evening. 15 m was deceased until this morning when, back at the 
home QTH, I noticed things picking up on this band around the same time as some 
sporadic-E kicking in on 6 m.

Wayne
N6KR

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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Al Lorona]

NR6TT/7, situated 1500 feet above Flaming Gorge in extreme northeastern Utah at 
7700 feet, was plagued not primarily by the thunderstorm QRN, dead band 
conditions, or the incredible windstorm on Saturday night that undid a tautline 
hitch and knocked down our antenna, but by curious passers-by intrigued by the 
dipole hanging from two pine trees precariously close to the cliff's edge-- 
including the teacher from Spain touring the western states and who had 
bicycled up to the rim and who presented a wonderful opportunity to practice my 
Spanish; a ham we worked who lived ten miles away and just couldn't resist 
driving up to see what our operation looked like and then wanted to tell us 
about every trail, canyon, creek, overlook, lake, lightning-damaged tree and 
moose-viewing site within a ten mile radius of where we were; and the guy 
wearing a ten-gallon hat who almost made me jump out of my socks when he 
sneaked up behind me and suddenly shouted, "WHO YOU TALKING TO?!"  All combi
 ned, we spent a good four hours of our Field Day talking to these and 
others... time well spent, we thought, showing (as the W1AW Field Day message 
said) that amateur radio is "alive and well".

NR6TT/7
Al W6LX and 12-year-old Blaise
Elecraft K2 and homebrew W7EL Optimized (2.4 W)
Dipole antenna at 1500 feet effective height
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Tom Francis, W1TEF]

On 6/24/2018 6:46 PM, Buck wrote:
The 40 Mtr CW station for the mighty Rappahannock Valley ARC (K4TS 6A 
VA) achieved a new club record of 1,000 QSOs (not including dupes) by 
12:30 Eastern Sunday morning.  OPs were K4IA, K4GMH and N2FW.
That is the best feeling when your club and ops reach that magic 1,000 
Qs.  W4DFG - Dutch Fork Amateur Radio Group did it last year - that was 
a real giggle when it happened. Congratulations!!
The star of the show was the K3s.  It held off the phase noise from 
other Xcvrs, RFI, tuner-uppers, CQers, QRM, QRN, FakeNews, Russian 
interference, the Loch Ness monster, Thor's hammer and anything else 
that came near the wire.
What? That's it?  No Black Hole Quantum Foam phase noise? No Alien 
Invaders hovering over the field? No little old ladies complaining about 
the strange signals being received in their bridgework and hair curlers?


Man, you had it good.


Wow, what a rig.  Thank you Elecraft.

PS - The best shower of the year is the one after Field Day.

Indeed.

Tom, W1TEF

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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Bill Johnson]

:-), especially the shower.  You guys probably stunk!  Lots of exercise on the 
paddles. :-)

73,
Bill
K9YEQ

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-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net  On 
Behalf Of Buck
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2018 5:47 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

The 40 Mtr CW station for the mighty Rappahannock Valley ARC (K4TS 6A
VA) achieved a new club record of 1,000 QSOs (not including dupes) by
12:30 Eastern Sunday morning.  OPs were K4IA, K4GMH and N2FW.

The star of the show was the K3s.  It held off the phase noise from other 
Xcvrs, RFI, tuner-uppers, CQers, QRM, QRN, FakeNews, Russian interference, the 
Loch Ness monster, Thor's hammer and anything else that came near the wire.

Wow, what a rig.  Thank you Elecraft.

PS - The best shower of the year is the one after Field Day.

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k4ia, Buck
K3# 101
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Wayne Burdick]

> On Jun 24, 2018, at 3:46 PM, Buck  wrote:
> 
> The 40 Mtr CW station for the mighty Rappahannock Valley ARC (K4TS 6A VA) 
> achieved a new club record of 1,000 QSOs (not including dupes) by 12:30 
> Eastern Sunday morning.  OPs were K4IA, K4GMH and N2FW.

Congrats to all.


> The star of the show was the K3sWow, what a rig.  Thank you Elecraft.

Our pleasure.


> 
> PS - The best shower of the year is the one after Field Day.

TMI :)

Wayne


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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Bill Conkling]

At K4RC, I made 8 on 80 m PSK31 and about 21 on RTTY on 20 and 40 M.  I only 
worked about an hour or so at times when the Phone station was between 
operators.

…bc  mr4c

> On Jul 1, 2016, at 6:22 PM, Bill Frantz  wrote:
> 
> Out of curiosity, what digital modes did people use to make contacts at Field 
> Day. Our operation got good results from PSK31 and RTTY, but did not try 
> other modes.
> 
> 73 Bill AE6JV
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Bill Frantz]

Out of curiosity, what digital modes did people use to make 
contacts at Field Day. Our operation got good results from PSK31 
and RTTY, but did not try other modes.


73 Bill AE6JV

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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Bill Frantz]

The West Valley Amateur Radio Association (using K6EI) had a 
"normal" field day. We operated 12A QRP battery. We had CW, 
Phone, digital stations on bands from 80M to 23cm. We had 4 
towers with Yagis and wire antennas for the lower frequency bands.


I don't have information about our CW, SSB, or GOTA contacts, 
but our HF digital numbers were down from last year while our 
VHF and above numbers were up.


We probably had 20-30 people operating. We do have an open door 
policy for operators since our goal is to have as much fun as 
possible rather than to get the highest score possible and the 
more the merrier.


73 Bill AE6JV

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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[a45wg]

Morgan,
Very interesting report regarding your FD activities.

I have - although I do not use any more a Moxton Rectangle called a 
“Cobweb” after Steve Cobb who designed and built it. 

My experiences over the past 10 years with it has been

Positive points

a) It Works
b) Tunes well
c) Simple - to Install and Repair 
d) Low Weight yielding great survivability
e) Relatively Omni directional

Give it a go - I am 100% sure it will work for you.

regards

Tim - A45WG

> On 28 Jun 2016, at 19:25, Morgan Bailey  wrote:
> 
> The Kaw Valley ARC in Topeka, Kansas has been doing field day for many
> years. It has run hot and cold. With the sun spot cycle heading in to the
> dumpster, 40 and 80 and possibly 160 will be the money bands for operation.
> This year my son, NS0R and I, NJ8M, worked, planned, built antennas and our
> club bought a set of band pass filters for 20 15 and 10. These were the new
> DX Engineering ones. They used a Triplexer and associated filters for the
> tribander. 2 dipoles one for 80 and one for 40 were set up for the club
> phone stations. They ran 2 stations there. Their radios are Icom 7000s.
> Most of our phone ops are not used to non arm chair copy and had GREAT
> difficulty listening through the QRM.
> 
> This year we had a goal of 3000 qso's. bummer that we did not quite make
> it, 2701. Well there is always next year.
> 
> The CW station that we operated was with one K3 and a K3S. Simple 6btv, 20
> meter half square and 3 element 40 meter vertical array. With those
> antennas we were able to work 1600 cw Qs and about 200 ssb Qs. The K3/S
> performed well. No hitch or glitch. We had fun, now back to the drawing
> board for next years antennas.  We are thinking about moxon for 20 meters
> and keeping the 40 meter array and then putting up a 53 ft vertical with a
> 9:1 unun to a remote latching relay tuner for 80 and etc instead of the
> 6btv.
> 
> We have not wanted to get into the tower stuff but the phone guys, AKA, the
> rest of the club, put up the tower for ssb and made less then 300 Qs on 20,
> it is just a waste.
> 
> We have found out that simpler antennas are best.
> 
> I Was wondering if any one has much experience with a moxon beam antenna?
> 
> Very 73,
> 
> Morgan Bailey NJ8M
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Kevin - K4VD]

Nice! I really enjoy hearing about good results with a minimal setup. I was
real pleased with how well the KX3 setup up, ran and then packed away. I
didn't know what to expect but was kept quite busy. It is all about being
on the air. Hope you enjoy the KX2 and the K1 continues to get a workout.

Kev


On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Jim Guffey  wrote:

> I have been a Ham for 25 years but this is the first year I have seriously
> participated in field day. I had a blast! I had some family obligations so
> I was only on the air for 10 hours.
>
>
> My setup was very small. I just bought a K1 a few months ago and I was a
> little skeptical about how many contacts I would make with the bands being
> in bad shape and how crowed it was. But I tell you I had no trouble making
> contacts. If I could hear them I could work them. I made 110 contacts, 54
> sections, 37 states and the Bahamas.
>
>
> My set up was the Elecraft K1 with 20 and 40 meters, a LNR Precision
> EF-10/20/40 MKII EndFedz Antenna sloped with the high end at 22' and a 6ah
> battery.
>
>
> I have order a KX2 that should be here Friday but I am keeping the K1. CW
> is just too much fun.
>
>
> Next year I am going to set up in the woods somewhere and I want to double
> my number of contacts.
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day report

[Michael Babineau]

VA3OVQ had an all-Elecraft 2A-Battery operation with a K2/10 and a couple of 
KX3s (on 20m and the free-be VHF station on 6m). 
We also had one of our members bring along his Winlink/Winmor Setup to send 
some emails (bonus points), which also used a KX3. 

What impressed me was how well the Elecraft Rigs handled the heat without any 
issues.  On Saturday 
it was in the high 90s F and on Sunday well over 100 degrees F. The K2 was 
literally hot to the touch in spite of 
being in the shade, but we had no problems.

Collectively we drank 24 litres (a bit over 6 US gallons) of water and made 
something in the order of 200 QSOs, so I figure that works out to about 
8 QSOs / litre ;-) 

Michael VE3WMB 
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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day report

[Phil Wheeler]

Nice report, Wayne:-)

Re "I did discover a couple of minor firmware 
bugs, in keeping with long Field Day tradition.": 
I guess DDT won't get rid of those!


Phil W7OX

On 6/27/16 9:19 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:

Hi all,

This year my son and I once again joined the K6SRA effort at Almaden 
Quicksilver park in San Jose. This is a well-organized, large 3A operation, 
with lots of radios, big batteries, solar panels, and no shortage of unhealthy 
snacks.

We had many drop-bys of hams and non-hams. Lots of excellent PR. At one point I had three 
9 or 10 year olds kicking the tires on my KX2, seeing their names in CW and arguing over 
who would get to log the next contact. Oh, and lots of questions, like "what is a 
radio signal?"

Did I mention it was hot? Must have been close to 100 F at midday.

After working towards the K6SRA total for awhile, I unplugged the KX2 from the 
group's Yagi, plugged in a 4'-long 20 meter whip, and headed out for some /PM 
(pedestrian mobile) operation. I had a gent with me who was very skeptical of 
what could be done with a hand-held radio, whip, and trailing counterpoise wire.

While standing under a tree, we switched to 20 meters and started tuning 
around. Using the radio like an HT, running 10 watts (internal battery), we 
worked several stations in SSB, RTTY, and CW modes. Best DX while handheld was 
Massachusetts and Hawaii. This all happened over the course of about 3 minutes.

I did discover a couple of minor firmware bugs, in keeping with long Field Day 
tradition.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


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RE: [Elecraft] Field Day report

[Jim Sheldon]

I second this one.  It took me a minute to figure this one out.  I did put the 
4.7pf cap in right, but the interpretationi of the
outer edge pads threw me at first, and I almost put it in pins 2 and 3 rather 
than 1 and 3.  That's the only really ambiguous thing
I found in the otherwise EXCELLENT manual.  I got mine #4338 done in time for 
Field Day, and it performed admirably.  Too bad there
was so much noise due to thunderstorms on 160 meters.  I heard a few mostly 
East coast stations, but even with a super good inverted
L antenna up 80 feet or so, they weren't workable QRP.  80 meters was a 
different story, and with the K2, I worked everyone I
called, using the same inverted L.  Had about a page (30) 80 meter contacts.

Jim Sheldon, W0EB
K2# 4338

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert McGwier
 Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:02 AM
 To: Elecraft Mail
 Subject: [Elecraft] Field Day report
 The other gotcha for me is reading what to do with the
 4.7 pf on the back edge stuck in as a hole filler where
 a three pin jumper goes.  I would change the instruction
 manual to read:  If looking from at the RF board from
 the front panel side, then left pin is 1 and right pin 3,
 solder the capacitor into holes 1 and 3.  I put it in the
 pins near the OUTER EDGE, misinterpreting the instructions.

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Re: [Elecraft] Field Day report

[David Katinsky]

I'm pretty sure I've made the same mistake during my build process. Thanks
for the tip!


-- 

It takes brains. It's not like forward, where you can get away with
scoring and not play defense... On defense you have to be thinking.
---Chris Chelios

David M. Katinsky
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N2RDT


 From: Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:02:29 +
 To: Elecraft Mail Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
 Subject: [Elecraft] Field Day report
 
 The other gotcha for me is reading what to do with the
 4.7 pf on the back edge stuck in as a hole filler where
 a three pin jumper goes.  I would change the instruction
 manual to read:  If looking from at the RF board from
 the front panel side, then left pin is 1 and right pin 3,
 solder the capacitor into holes 1 and 3.  I put it in the
 pins near the OUTER EDGE, misinterpreting the instructions.

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RE: [Elecraft] Field Day report

[Robert McGwier]

1500  QSO's   sorry ;-)

Bob

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I hope many of you who did Field Day worked us at W2GD. 
We had Elecraft K2's on the 2A and a IC-703 on the
GOTA station (N4HY).  We had a Steppir Beam on 10-20 
(15 meters surprised us with a nice opening and accounted
for 1/7 of our QSO's).  We had a Steppir Vertical on
the GOTA station to aid in the isolation (vertical vs
horizontal) and it did help.  Along with wire beams
on 80/75 and 40 meters, we did very well with
just under 15 QSO's and several hundred in bonus points. The
K2 was excellent.   SSB stinks as a QRP mode on FD and we
had only 141 QSO's inclusive of the 100 we did on GOTA
(N4HY).


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RE: [Elecraft] Field Day report

[Robert McGwier]

Naaa, the thanks all go to you guys at Elecraft.  This is one
great kit and radio.  I love the size and plan on using two
of them at the 160 meter contest season during Winter at W2GD
(we won Multi-Multi CQ WW this past year).  The way we use them,
the simplicity and lack of extras is a plus. I don't intend
to give away secrets here but these radios will be of great
benefit to the way we use them.  The strong signal handling
along with the squeal proofing from being on the same frequency
(diodes off the toroidal transformer) as well as the high IP3,
etc. will make this radio one superior performer on 160.

I am also building the W0UN/W8JI small vertical array at that
site and we should be able to hear with the best of them
at the end of it.  The site is on the Jersey coast in Tuckerton
and we are so close to the water that during a Nor'easter
last year the bottom of the tower used for the wire BEAMS
on 160 was under two feet of water!

Thanks for allowing us to have real pride on this side of the
Pacific again.  The really truly great thing you have done is
to raise the bar and FORCED the other manufacturers to pay
attention to these minor details!!  Your customer service and
the adminstration of this exploder are just tops.  It is a pleasure doing
business with you, Eric, and the rest of the Elecraft company.


Bob
N4HY


-Original Message-
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Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 2:35 PM
To: Robert McGwier
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Field Day report


Thanks for the report, Bob. You can bet that I'll be updating the K2 
manual to incorporate your suggestions.

I did a KX1 FD here -- details soon.

73,
Wayne



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RE: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Jim Brown]

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:16:52 -0400, Jerry wrote:

I was wondering what kind of antenna you were running?

The CW stations used all dipoles, average height about 30-35 ft. The phone 
station had 
a dipole for 80 and 40, and a monster Delta beam for 20/15/10. The SSB station 
made 
786 contacts, while the two CW stations did 1072 and 1037 respectively.  We 
worked 
three ZL's on 40 cw, as well as Hawaii. The west coast was off the end of our 
80 meter 
dipole, but we still managed a bunch of Q's from the west coast. 

Jim K9YC


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