[Elecraft] ARRL Field Day

[Scotty Long]

Our club was running 5A with SSB and CW stations on 20m at the same time... Bad choice...
73/Scotty/NU0SK1-4 #3206K2 I hope to build one as soon as I save up enough lunch money...HI HI.. 

> From: raysills3 at verizon.net
> To: nu0s at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ARRL Field Day
> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:27:44 -0400
> 
> Hi Scotty:
> 
> With two stations.... you guys should have set rules:  no operating - 
> in- the same band at the same time.  One station, say, on 20 and the  
> other on 15 during daylight, then one on 80 and one on 20 or 40 at  
> night.
> 
> In my case, I was solo.... 1B battery.... so it didn't matter.  :)
> 
> 73 de Ray
> K2ULR
> KX3 #211
> 
> 
> On Jun 24, 2013, at 12:12 PM, Scotty Long wrote:
> 
> > ARRL Field Day...
> > Well I had a good time talking with friends and family that was  
> > about it. The heat on Saturday here in Nebraska was terrible the  
> > measured temp inside my tent was 104+ F with 90+++% humidity. But  
> > hey that's what is says in the course description "Other than  
> > favorable conditions". I had the Elecraft K1 all set up and tried to  
> > call Polar Bear Kens furry hide WA8REI on 20m CW as he finished a  
> > QSO with no joy Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.  I was all set to run then the front  
> > end of K1 was overloaded by our 20m phone station running a beam at  
> > about 40 feet. Every time they called CQ field day I just could not  
> > do anything.  I switched to my back up rig the Yaesu FT817... The  
> > AGC cut the audio on this rig as well but at least I was able to do  
> > some quick search and pounce work between the phone stations  
> > transmissions.  I think I worked 17 total contacts Wow... Just for  
> > information the phone ssb station was running a Drake TR7 100+ watts  
> > into a 20m beam 40ft. I had the K1 or FT817 into a Buddipole v
> > ertical antenna at close to maximum separation ARRL field day  
> > rules... all station properly grounded... I shut down late afternoon  
> > and departed the area for cold air and drink... P.S. we all run band  
> > pass filters but we were on the same band...
> > 73/Scotty/NU0S/Field Day K0KKV/Nebraska  		 	   		
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