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Field Day June 27-28, 2009
Location:
Reservoir Park, Byron
Weather:
Sunny and hot on Saturday, cloudy with a bit of rain on Sunday
Coordinator: Pat Ross, VE3CNX
Bands & Captains:
| Frequency
Band |
Mode |
Captain |
Contacts |
| 15
M |
SSB |
Glenn
Lee VA3ARC |
117 |
| 20
M |
SSB |
Dave
Bohan VE3ELX |
143 |
| 40
M |
SSB |
Pat
Ross VE3CNX |
614 |
| 80
M |
SSB |
Doug
Elliott VA3DAE |
181 |
| 15
/ 20 / 40 M |
CW |
Dave
Steels VE3UZ |
19/114/82 |
Planning Document: Downloadable here
W1AW Message: Copied by Dave Steels, VE3UZ,
transcribed by Kathy Steels VE3GYL, full message here.
Unusual Happenings: Surprise visit by St Johns Emergency
Communications Unit
Scoring: Total points: 4040. Not quite as good as last year, but certainly respectable. Detailed numbers here
Photos & Stories:
(work in progress)
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| Without the generator from St Johns, we'd be powerless to make any contacts. |
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| Ruth was making contacts at the 80 m station until the wee hours, and finally gave up the mic at 02:20 |
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| Ann didn't leave much earlier. Nice to see the ladies who work so hard organizing food for us also got some time on the radio |
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| The bow and arrow approach to getting a line into a tree, seen here setting up for the 80M dipole |
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| ..as compared to a sling shot, which Jay JLO used to land a line just the other side of Chatham. |
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| CW station John Watson EZP, and John Visser MSV |
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| 15 M station Dave Lambert and Glenn Lee ARC, band captain |
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| 20 M station Jay JLO, and Dave Bohan, band captain Dave Lambert had misplaced most of his van, but found it later. |
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| 40 M station Featuring Roger Lonnie on keyboards, and Pat Ross CNX. If all of our stations could make 600+ contacts like this one, we'd be setting records. |
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| 80 M station Doug Elliott DAE and Shirley SMN, with Hielke KGX supervising |
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| Although they weren't part of the contest, the SATERN team put up an information display and demo radio station. Easily the best dressed folks at field day. |
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| a 20M station before it's assembled including critical components such as Becel and a bag of popcorn. |
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| A lot of contented people after the pot luck supper. Gary Rains from London Hydro (just right of center) visited after working with Pat CNX on interference from defective power line insulators. |
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Scoring Details, thanks to
Dave Steels
VE3UZ
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| 1055
Phone QSO points (1055
total
contacts x 1 point each) Contact counts: 15M:117, 20M:143, 40M:614, 80M:181 430 CW QSO points (215 total contacts x 2 points each) Contact counts: 15M: 19, 20M: 114, 40M: 82 ------ 1485 total QSO points x 2 power multiplier (less than 150 watts) ------ 2970 sub total + 100 bonus: public location + 500 bonus: 100% emergency power (100 points per station) + 100 bonus: 11 QSO's with solar power + 100 bonus: W1AW bulletin + 100 bonus: educational activity + 100 bonus: agency visit (Salvation Army) + 50 bonus: submit log via web + 20 bonus: young person QSO (Thanks, Graham Rundle) ------ 4040 Final claimed score |
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| QST QST DE W1AW W1AW W1AW QST QST QDT DE W1AW W1AW W1AW W1AW SPCL CW9 AND PFB CW26 FOLLOW SPCL CW9 AND PFB CW26 FOLLOW QST DE W1AW HR SPCL CW9 FROM ARRL HQ NEWINGTON CT JUNE 26,2009 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS AMATEUR RADIO IS A GREAT HANDS ON ACTIVITY AND ARRL FIELD DAY 2009 IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME HANDS ON FUN. WHETHER YOU ARE PARTICIPATING FROM OVER 1400 CLUBS AND GROUPS THAT HAVE LISTED THEIR OPERATION ON THE ONLINE FIELD DAY SITE LOCATOR OR MAKING CONTACTS FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR SHACK AT HOME, FIELD DAY IS AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE YOUR PERSONAL SKILLS WHILE SHARING YOUR ZEST FOR RADIO NOT ONLY ACROSS THE BANDS BUT TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY. QST DE W1AW WHETHER PURSUING A QUEST TO WORK ALL STATES OR JUST TRYING TO HELP A NEW GENERATION LEARN ABOUT OUR HOBBY, FIELD DAY OFFERS THE CHANCE TO COMBINE A PERSONAL PASSION WITH HANDS ON ACTIVITY. PERHAPS YOUR CLUB SPONSORED AN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY? BUILT AN ANTENNA? WORKED PSK31 FOR THE FIRST TIME? WHETHER RUNNING STATIONS ON 40 CW, SEARCHING FOR NEW CONTACTS ON 75 METER PHONE, OR TRYING RTTY ON 15, PART OF THE FIELD DAY FUN COMES FROM BEING AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE ACTION. QST DE W1AW WHETHER YOU ARE AGE 6 OR AGE 86, TAKE A HANDS ON APPROACH TO THE FUN OF FIELD DAY. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT. GOOD LUCK AND 73 AR QST DE W1AW |
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