[Elecraft] Optimized Field-Day mini log and dupe sheets

VR2BrettGraham vr2bg at harts.org.hk
Sat Jun 25 04:45:26 EDT 2005


NZ0R added:

>You only have to report callsigns on each band. So if you really want to
>compact it, drop "time" and "exchg", don't mix bands on one page, and record
>only callsigns. IOW, a well-designed dupe sheet is sufficient.

That technique proved problematic not too long after WPX
got interesting in the late 70s.  A serious FD effort that
might make >1k QSOs on a band/mode could easily be
done on that old A3-sized ARRL dupe sheet, but it all got
messy after WD.  Worked great as long as you remember
not to swat mosquitos that land on the "log", no matter
how tempting - that gets even messier.  ;^)

Everybody have fun on FD.  We don't have anything like
it out here, so as I tune the bands hoping to work a KH6
or W6 if I'm really lucky, the last weekend of June usually
means a time to reflect on memories of FDs past.  I think
it was '77 (last FD before 2x1s were introduced?) that FD
for me was at Seattle's Space Needle.  Anybody try /pm
there with a KX1 yet?  The 80m inverted-vee & 40m full
sloper we had strung from the very top would be fun with
_any_ rig if it were possible to do something like that again!

73, VR2BrettGraham



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