[KCDXC] Field Day Results

Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:06:23 -0500

Hi Tom, 

Survived another FD!  I still get amazed that a little signal can go so 
far. What a blast!  SFTARC strung mostly wire dipoles and a R5 
vertical.  We were determined to make it simple and "fun", and it was.

Big shade trees kept it cooler then being in direct sun (perfect for 
dipoles).  We set-up (SSB, CW) on the big wrap-around front-porch of 
the white/green two story Ensor farm house-museum. The GOTA station 
set-up under the trees.

I believe we had about 20 people operating at different times during 
the 24hrs.  With the article in the paper, several members of the 
public came out to see ham-radio in action and the museum.

I did some traveling to FD sites (one) also.  I went to Lee's house-FD 
site.  I figured a little further south and I could qualify for 
"DXpidition status".  It has all the qualifications; desolate (can't 
see any neighbors), hard to get to (miles of rock-road), and tents (1 
each Army issue)!  Of course, the gazebo (FD site) next to the large 
pond, may add a touch of elegance, but we won't mention that in the 
DX-video.  

I was impressed by the number of towers. Lee, you're going to need a 
whole zoo full of monkeys to climb those.  Made about 12 contacts 
(battery power), played freesby, and went on safari to Lee's backyard 
to see the illusive tower-cats.  They like to hide in tall grass.  

The only QRM was a small voice at the end of the Gazebo over-hanging 
the pond, "Uncle Lee, could you get my fishing pole out of the lake?"  
Lee came to the rescue and successfully retrieved the small rod n' 
reel.  

A great time was had by all.

Really enjoyed! Thanks Lee! Thanks All!     

Jim Cessna,
K I 0 K H 
913-345-6589

-----Original Message-----
From: tombaugh [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 5:24 AM
To: kcdxc
Cc: tombaugh
Subject: [KCDXC] Field Day Results

Well, the weekend is over and here's the series of events.
Borrowed a knee key for the weekend and will not be giving it back any 
time
soon.
I had an absolutely great time Mobile CW. I visitted 7 Field Day sites 
and
handed out flyers promoting the July 13th Event at Associated

Heart of America  typical County shelter setting.. pretty decent
participation this year.. seemed like more ops than usual during the 
time
that I visitted.

Tonganoxie.. event stopped for photo OPs at the water tower and 
Tonganoxie
creek.
The Pilot Knob group had a real nice setting and good participation at 
their
field day. I have a small brochure from their club.

Douglas County ARC at Wells Overlook south of Lawrence. Great Hilltop 
site,
with good participation

Johnson County Club at Heritage PK.. Typical County park shelter type
setting

Southside ARC at Raymore Memorial PK shelter type setting but few people
there when I was there maybe 5 or 6.

Blue Springs ARC  surprisingly good turnout (over 25 when I was there) 
at a
residence behind St. Mary's Hospital. Mostly social club with only a 
few HF
Ops.

Raytown ARC most well equipped field day site with plenty of antennas 
and
radios. Steve, Dave and the rest of the club do a nice job getting this
together. Setting has no cover and the sunburn on everyone showed it.

On the trip from site to site I worked Mobile CW. Sending and receiving
wasn't nearly a tough as tuning and hearing folks with 2.4K standard 706
filters ( note to self order new narrow filter)
Overall it was a nice weekend.. I never made it to Cleveland Missouri 
as I'm
pretty sure I know that setting and with a goal of passing out flyers 
for
the July 13th event at Associated, I'm pretty sure all the guys there 
know
when it is.

My CW total was 52 QSO's all Search and Pounce for 104 Points. Mostly 20
Meters with some 40M.
What a BLAST! Looks like I'll have something to do to and from work 
now...

Tom
AE9B

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