[HBQRP] FW: [IC703] Field Day

[Steve Sellmeyer]

An HBQRP Field Day for next year sounds like fun. Plenty of time to plan for 
it too.

A few of us gathered here in Lincoln at a local park on Sat. afternoon and 
had a good time.
40,20,15 and 6 meters were in operation from time to time with a mix of cw 
and phone. 2 FT-817's, 1 K-1, HW-9 and a PRC-74.
1 G5RV, 2 various loops for 20, a PAC 12 and a 3 band trap vertical rounded 
out the antenna setup.
Operators were WB0QQT, N0XY, K0NG, KGOGY, KF6WHK, N0DEX, KG0LD. A few others 
stopped by to visit but not operate.
We started setting up around noon and and operated to about 7:30 PM. 
Contacts were not the most numerous but we really didn't have a competetive 
spirit as we just wanted to have some fun which we certainly did.

And the best part for me was ...............NO CHIGGARS !!!!!     Thank you 
Deep Woods OFF !!!

Dar.....I'll see if I can get you some pictures to post.

Steve/WB0QQT........the chiggar free ham !

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Piatt, Darwin" <dpiatt at fnni.com>
To: <hbqrp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 9:13 AM
Subject: [HBQRP] FW: [IC703] Field Day


> OK, check out this guy’s Field Day report, only IC-703’s and batteries.
> I’m thinking we should start planning to operate next year as a club and 
> have fun like these guys.
> Start thinking of a great place to gather all the QRP nuts and we will 
> discuss it.
> With a whole year to plan, we ought to be able to put together something.
> 73’s and see you all on the 8th of July at the Pizza place..  Bring solder 
> paste shooter and heat guns ☺
>
>
> Darwin W.  Piatt Jr. (Dar) W9HZC
>
> ________________________________________
> From: IC703 at yahoogroups.com [mailto:IC703 at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Brian Riley
> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 8:10 PM
> To: IC703 at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [IC703] Field Day
>
> We, The Northern Vermont QRP Society ( N1QS ) ran a 2A Field Day
> setup. We had a 703 (non-plus) and no filter on an A3S tribander. 2
> FT817s one on 6 meters to an A3S-50 and one on 2/440 on a vertical.
> The second HF station had a 703+ with 250 Hz filter to a pair of 88
> foot doublets one with East-West lobes and the other with NE-SW lobes
> ladder-line fed to tuners with an A-B switch for the coax to the 703.
>
> Each 703 had its own solar charged 75 AH gelcel. We started at 12.4
> volts and after 1 hours warm-up and 24 hours operating the 703
> voltage readout was 12.2 volts in receive and 12.1 volts key down.
> We could easily have done 48 maybe even 72 hours operation.
>
> This is the second year we have used 703s across the board for the HF
> stations and we are very happy with their performance. We made 634
> QSOs (250+ CW). Twice what we made last year, and half again more
> than our previous best effort. About the only time found myself
> maybe wishing I had some more selectivity in the receiver was about
> 1600z Sunday when 20 meter phone suddenly got extremely crowded. But
> in the end it didn't much matter ... we had worked most of those
> stations already anyway.
>
> This is NWVT and we were at 1600 feet ASL on the western slope of
> Mount Mansfield, the air temp got to about 80F, but unlike much of
> the Eastern US that was poured on were were in direct sunshine with
> few clouds and it got hot. The cases of the 703s seemed almost too
> hot to touch at times in the afternoon. However we had no apparent
> ill effects from the heat. No malfunctions of any kind. Saturday
> evening, Sunday early morning the clear weather radiated the heat
> back off and we had to put on long sleeve shirts to operate as the
> temps dropped into the low 50's. The 703s stayed only slightly warm
> to the touch.
>
> ---
> cheers ... 73 de brian riley, n1bq
>


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