[Elecraft] Field Day Report

[Buck]

Only the transmitter has to be on battery power.  You can run a 
computer, air-conditioner and television on a generator or even mains 
power.


Buck, k4ia
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On 6/26/2018 11:57 AM, Peter Wollan wrote:
> For several years I've been using my K2 to have a QRP station at our club's
> FD (Rochester MN - K0Z).  They used to run kilowatts, but have settled on
> 100 watts, and aren't willing to use less. So, the QRP station is
> administratively a separate FD entry (W0LLN), it receives the x5
> multiplier, and I get to help set up and take down, to share in the
> camaraderie, the food, the portapotty, and all the bonus points I feel I
> can justify -- I get the ARRL message from someone else, I claim the info
> table and the education, but the elected official never came over to me so
> I don't think I can claim that.  Overall, it works well, and there are
> always a few people interested in what a simple station looks like.
> 
> I stick with S&P and paper logging -- I don't have enough battery power to
> keep a laptop going, and my iPad just won't do it.  Next year maybe my CW
> will be up to running, and I'll get a more satisfying score.  But I did get
> K6IE, who was at least as loud as anyone else -- QRP to QRP, halfway across
> the country.
> 
>     Peter W0LLN
> 
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 12:15 AM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:
> 
>> The West Valley Amateur Radio Association returned to Mora Hill above Los
>> Altos, Ca for field day. We used K6EI for our main call and W6ZZZ for GOTA.
>> This year we were 14A, QRP, battery and solar panel powered. We had the
>> luxury of lots of panels, so we were able to have a 120V utility for
>> running our computers. We also had enough extra power to run our fans etc.,
>> as the temperatures on Saturday were in the high 90s (c36C or so).
>>
>> Note, we are not permitted to operate generators at night, so we don't use
>> them at all.
>>
>> We were in category 14A with 3 CW stations, 3 SSB stations, and 2 digital
>> stations on HF. VHF and UHF filled the rest of the transmitter slots. We
>> had separate triband antennas for CW, SSB, and digital with triband filters
>> to allow use of all three bands at once. We also had separate wire antennas
>> for 40M and 80M. GOTA had its own set of antennas. Getting all this set up
>> took the better part of the daylight on Friday. (Thanks ARRL for the rule
>> change that permits early setup Friday when it is cooler.)
>>
>> We minimize interference between stations on the same band by careful
>> antenna placement, running QRP, using Elecraft and Flex gear, and providing
>> adequate voltage to the radios. I could see our CW stations on the P3 while
>> operating digital, but they were just strong CW stations and caused no
>> interference.
>>
>> Our networked N1MM logging system lets us cheer every time we pass a QSO
>> count milepost, as well as providing lots of backup for the logs.
>>
>> Our GOTA operation was quite popular, with QSOs 150% of last year. Since
>> we are next to a popular trail in the San Antonio Open Space Preserve, we
>> get a lot of bicycle visitors. Some know about ham radio and others have
>> never heard of it.
>>
>> It appears our main operation QSO count was slightly ahead of last year,
>> but I haven't seen a full comparison yet.
>>
>> We got lots of people on the air, with some trying new modes for the first
>> time. I counted 21 people who actually made it into the group photo.
>> Everyone had a good time and went home tired.
>>
>> 73 Bill AE6JV
>>
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