[CTSARA] Field Day Results

[Jon Perelstein]

Field Day point results

It looks like a total of 6700 points this year, versus 7702 last year,
versus 11334 in 2014.

Of the 6700 points this year, 4910 were from actual QSOs and 1790 were
bonus points for things like Media Publicity, copying the ARRL Field Day
message, Youth Participation, and GOTA bonus for each GOTA participant who
ran up a string of 20 QSOs.

Last year, of the 7702 points, 5912 was actual QSOs and 1790 were bonus
points (the 1790 both years was pure coincidence - there were a number of
differences in the individual components that made up the 1790).

In 2014, of the 11334 points, 9764 was actual QSOs and 1570 was bonus
points.

Looking at our CW QSOs, we had only 434 CW QSOs versus 879 last year versus
1041 in 2014.  The difference is mostly attributable to the fact that we
had only one CW operator this year (Andy N2CN) versus as many as three ops
in previous years.  Andy's output per hour this year was better than any of
the other operators we've had in the last two years but there was a limit
to his operating time.

Looking at phone QSOs, we had 1250 on HF (not including GOTA) versus 960
last year versus 2463 in 2014.  Our phone tents were active the entire 24
hours with good operators and they did better than last year.  The
difference with 2014 is that propagation this year was bad - really really
bad.  Both 10 and 15 were dead - in 2014 we had over 400 QSOs on 10 and 15
versus nothing this year.  Even 20, 40, and 75 were relatively dead this
year, with the result that a lot of Sunday's operations was spent
desperately trying to find stations we we had not already worked.

Looking at digital - we had 130 QSOs this year versus 12 last year and 91
in 2014.  We reserve digital for times when a tent is empty, and we just
didn't have that much empty tent time.

Looking at GOTA, we had only 67 QSOs versus 214 last year and 132 in 2014.
We put more GOTA participants on the air this year, than last year, but we
did not get very many QSOs per person.  We are just going to have to figure
out a way to get more QSOs from each from GOTA participant.  We're thinking
of locking them in the GOTA tent until they deliver.  No food, no bathroom,
no going home until they've given us 20 each.

Given conditions, it was a damned good performance.  It will be interesting
to see what happens with the other clubs in New England.

73
Jon, WB2RYV