[Elecraft] Field Day

[Michael Groeschner]

Hi Gang,

	I just thought I would report what I felt were excellant results from =
our Field Day in Stamford Ct. First, you have to understand that the =
members of our club don't like to operate, they just want to stand =
around chatting and drinking beer and eating donuts. Having this going =
on behind you when you do operate is distracting to say the least.

	I had planned to grab the extra hundred points by using my K2 on a =
battery that was solar charged. We were only a 2A designation so I was =
waiting while the 2 stations were being used. All of a sudden I realise =
that nobody is operating the radios. I ask why. We had a generator that =
stopped working(something about fried field coils). So, I said "this is =
a good time to get the QRP contacts. I set the radio to 5 watts and had =
the 5 contacts on ssb in about 4 minutes. Soooooo, I just kept going. I =
guess I had over a hundred contacts(did not count them up, miight have =
been more) this is very good for me, and they were all search and =
pounce. There were only a couple of stations that I tried for that I =
could not get to. One was a 6 station, which is pushing from here in CT. =
I forget what the other was. I was on a 40-80 meter trapped dipole that =
was up 30 feet. All contacts were on 40, 80 and 15 meters. This morning =
I was told that I probably had half the points for the club.

	So, I might have changed the way we do Field Day in the future. We =
certainly are considering going to battery power and QRP will be =
discussed for sure. I guess we need another K2 for next year's Field =
Day.

	I hope that all enjoyed themselves as much as I did.

Mike,
KB1DXC
K2 - S/N 02097