7wt
Expedition Leader
I bet ya I could get it with my HT providing someone in there actually listens to 2M. I am only about fifteen minutes away from the station.
What are you preping for field day?
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I bet ya I could get it with my HT providing someone in there actually listens to 2M. I am only about fifteen minutes away from the station.
DaveInDenver
Middle Income Semi-Redneck
No luck busting any pile-ups today, but only had time to work about 2 hours mostly on 17m and 20m. I was operating 1B QRP /P SSB from our neighborhood park until the thunderboomers rolled in and I had to head home. I had lots of S8 and higher RX but just couldn't break through (for example K6AA and K6RH in L.A. said a few times that stations were S9+20). I had a contact or two as I rolled down, but they just didn't hold up against stronger stations. Back at it tomorrow from a different QTH with hopefully a lot less incident QRM.
FWIW, I have a FT-817ND w/ an Inrad 2KHz SSB (it is very narrow and sharp) filter that I was powering with a SLA battery through my Elecraft T1 ATU into a St. Louis Vertical. I develop a solid 5W with the SSB gain at max of 100 and this is generally alright normally, but this was the first time I tried this setup in a major contest. I know, I know, CW for QRP in contests. Working on it. Also need to finish my mic conditioner that should be good for +6dB even with the stock dynamic Yeasu mic (which sounds very good, just not a lot of punch).
FWIW, I have a FT-817ND w/ an Inrad 2KHz SSB (it is very narrow and sharp) filter that I was powering with a SLA battery through my Elecraft T1 ATU into a St. Louis Vertical. I develop a solid 5W with the SSB gain at max of 100 and this is generally alright normally, but this was the first time I tried this setup in a major contest. I know, I know, CW for QRP in contests. Working on it. Also need to finish my mic conditioner that should be good for +6dB even with the stock dynamic Yeasu mic (which sounds very good, just not a lot of punch).
SilverBullet
Explorer
I did not get to work any this year... bummed.
gary in ohio
Explorer
Was active the whole weekend, had a good time, 3A Ohio.... Lots of nice transportable antenna systems, Good emcomm type system configurations.
Fun was had by all.
Fun was had by all.
xtatik
Explorer
I got em' on 20m as well.
taugust
Adventurer
I think I worked you on 40M yesterday. W6JUL, Julian, CA CERT group. My first active field day and it was fun.
Deltarat
Observer
W6DOJ Preliminary FD Contact Nmbers
Three of us up in the Sierra's having a great time on FD. Our location is off the grid so all op's are on emergency power. Murphy visited a few times so some of our operations were cut short, but still lots of fun.
FD Score Summary Sheet
Start Date : 2010-06-26
CallSign Used : W6DOJ
Operator(s) : K6ON, K6XN, K6YN
Station : W6DOJ
Operator Category : MULTI-OP
Band : ALL
Power : HIGH
Mode : ALL
Default Exchange : 3E SV
Gridsquare : CM99
ARRL Section : SV
Club/Team : CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RADIO CLUB
Opr Time : ~16 hrs
Software : WRITELOG
ROUGH NUMBERS (STILL CORRECTING MINOR LOGGING ERRORS)
Band QSOs
1.8 -- 8
3.5 -- 71
7 -- 605
14 -- 355
21 -- 34
28 -- 2
50 -- 12
144 -- 2
Total -- 1089
Rigs : two Icom IC-751As, one Kenwood TS-820S, two Yaesu FT-736Rs plus amps and tuners
Antennas : KLM KT34 HF Tribander + Wire loops in the pine trees plus VHF and UHF yagis
73 de K6ON
Three of us up in the Sierra's having a great time on FD. Our location is off the grid so all op's are on emergency power. Murphy visited a few times so some of our operations were cut short, but still lots of fun.
FD Score Summary Sheet
Start Date : 2010-06-26
CallSign Used : W6DOJ
Operator(s) : K6ON, K6XN, K6YN
Station : W6DOJ
Operator Category : MULTI-OP
Band : ALL
Power : HIGH
Mode : ALL
Default Exchange : 3E SV
Gridsquare : CM99
ARRL Section : SV
Club/Team : CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RADIO CLUB
Opr Time : ~16 hrs
Software : WRITELOG
ROUGH NUMBERS (STILL CORRECTING MINOR LOGGING ERRORS)
Band QSOs
1.8 -- 8
3.5 -- 71
7 -- 605
14 -- 355
21 -- 34
28 -- 2
50 -- 12
144 -- 2
Total -- 1089
Rigs : two Icom IC-751As, one Kenwood TS-820S, two Yaesu FT-736Rs plus amps and tuners
Antennas : KLM KT34 HF Tribander + Wire loops in the pine trees plus VHF and UHF yagis
73 de K6ON
xtatik
Explorer
My office and antenna this past weekend.
There are more pix and commentary here:
http://www.oausa.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=2095
There are more pix and commentary here:
http://www.oausa.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=2095
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gary in ohio
Explorer
Here is a couple of shots of our field day site. We had a nice sign out of the state highway. Had a few more non-participants show up this year.
Here is one of the SSB stations, We ran 3A, with 2 on SSB and one station on CW.
Another SSB station
and the CW stations, Nice tentec rig.
The SSB antennas were dipoles or verticals mounted on fiberglass mast. Taks about 15 minutes to put up an antennas support and only takes a couple of people to put it up.
The CWstation had a couple short towers (1 and 2 sections) with wire antennas.
Had a good time but was done and packed up by 3pm (EST) and heading home.
Here is one of the SSB stations, We ran 3A, with 2 on SSB and one station on CW.
Another SSB station
and the CW stations, Nice tentec rig.
The SSB antennas were dipoles or verticals mounted on fiberglass mast. Taks about 15 minutes to put up an antennas support and only takes a couple of people to put it up.
The CWstation had a couple short towers (1 and 2 sections) with wire antennas.
Had a good time but was done and packed up by 3pm (EST) and heading home.
xtatik
Explorer
Gary, that balanced line fed rigid dipole.......what band?
gary in ohio
Explorer
Thats a 20m dipole. Its not very rigid, just some PVC with wire inside the tube. The mast was a painters pole.. The whole thing bounced around a bit in the breeze. Worked well.