[Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Jerry]

Jim,

Wow, you did great during field day.  My K2 was set up as a QRP 5 watt CW
only rig.  I only made 403 QSOs, but we had to shut down early because of a
thunder storm.  My antenna was a center fed dipole.  I was wondering what
kind of antenna you were running?

QRP during field day is a real challenge.  To make 100 or 200 contacts is a
piece of cake.  After that you have to cope with the dupes.  QRP power is a
challenge tying to overcome the 100 watt stations with the big antennas.

I wish other ORP Field Day K2 Stations would post their field day results
and antenna used.  I am sure other QRP stations running wire antennas
doubled, tripled, or quadrupled my score.

I was W4NLX 5A SFL and if you had a QSO with that station on CW it was with
me.

73's Jerry, KC4YDP  

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Brown
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:44 AM
To: Elecraft List
Subject: [Elecraft] Field Day Report

One of the two CW rigs at K9OR was my K2/100 with KAT100. That rig made 1072
QSO's. We ran 100 watts for all of the contest, with the exception of the
time it took to make the five QRP QSO's needed to qualify for the
"alternative power" bonus. To do this, we simply disconnected the rig from
the 12 v supply running from our generator, connected it to our solar
panel/battery, and dropped the power to 4 watts. I was able to make the 5
required alternative power QRP QSO's in less than 5 minutes!  
Jim K9YC


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