[K3PZN-List] Fw: [QRP-L] K1SWL FD unofficial results

[Curt Milton]

Just one of the postings on FD from a different kinda operation by some 'well known' ops up north.  These guys op from the woods with very little stuff -- and make it work by putting wire high into the trees.  

I had hoped to play with my yellow box (PFR-3 + nice new W5JH paddle) hooked to W3JJH's solar stuff -- but i had to impersonate a CW op as we were desparate not having N3SB or N3WM at the rig this year.  

As we never ran out of people to work, and worked all but a handful of sections - FD shows ham radio is not extinct yet.  

73 curt

PS - i wonder if John made us some solar QSO's with his setup ?  

PS - i need to work my way out of the other John's doghouse in my QSY to 15m during the last half hour when my rate dropped on 20m ... but I saw he jumped onto 40m -- Andy's network is so nice!  

--- On Mon, 6/29/09, Seabury Lyon <sslyon at megalink.net> wrote:

> From: Seabury Lyon <sslyon at megalink.net>
> Subject: [QRP-L] K1SWL FD unofficial results
> To: "QRP-L RELECTOR -" <QRP-L at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 9:51 AM
> As Dave points out, comradrie and
> food were our prime focus, so no 24  
> hr ordeal imposed here!
> Dave turned out to be a formidable operator despite his
> long hiatus  
> and having to run the heavy MFJ paddles upside down. (he's
> a lefty)
> The mosquitos were also formidable due to days of raining
> & new  
> hatches. Even the OFF didn't keep them at bay. We hit the
> ONLY 24hr  
> break in the weather, with only a couple of showers to
> further  
> suppress a non-existent fire hazard.
> 
> We ran an ATS-2 most of the time, with an 817 taking over
> for 15m up.   
> Power by W1PID's big L.A. battery and two big solar panels.
> The "88"  
> performed very well as always, and we could work almost
> anything we  
> could hear. We also had a vertical c.f.  "44" 
> for 20m up, which  
> didn't perform nearly as well for some reason. Both were
> fed w/ 450  
> ohm line and Z-matches. No FD sigs on 6m heard at all. A
> great time of  
> it all around... looking forward to the next one!
> 
> BTW: "Hapless Dinks" was excerpted from a banner headline
> on W1PID's   
> "The Weakly Stranded" reporting on the occasion of K1SWL's
> antenna  
> raising two years ago:  "Hapless Dink Felled By
> Sinker". The incident  
> is way too much to relate here, but the headline sort of
> stuck...
> 72
> seab
> -------
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: "k1swl at earthlink.net"
> <k1swl at earthlink.net>
> Date: June 29, 2009 8:37:06 AM EDT
> To: "qrp-l list" <QRP-L at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [QRP-L] K1SWL FD unofficial results
> Reply-To: k1swl at earthlink.net
> 
> gang-
> 
> What a long strange trip it's been, indeed!
> 
> Seab Lyon- AA1MY- and Jim Cluett-W1PID- dragged me kicking
> and screaming
> into my first Field Day venture in years. We used a
> secluded meadow  
> near my
> home to operate from.  We were treated to frequent
> turkey sightings and
> wonderful firefly displays at night.
> 
> The ' Hapless Dinks' operated 1B (NH)  on 40, 20 and
> 15M CW, with one of
> Seab's trademark 88-footers up a good 60 feet. Coverage was
> E-W and we  
> had
> little trouble working the West coast, especially on
> 20M.  We came up  
> just
> short of 300 QSOs- not bad considering our easygoing
> attitudes.  There  
> were
> no mishaps (discounting the coffee mug I toppled into
> 'battery central')
> and no stinkin' rain- a roaring success by any measure!
> 
> 73- Dave Benson, K1SWL
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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