[PPRAANet] Winter Field Day 2023

[LD Steiner]

Hello PPRAA,

I'd like to send a huge "thank you" to everyone who participated in 
Winter Field Day 2023 over the past weekend. We had a lot of fun, 
learned a lot of lessons, and did not suffer even a single instance of 
frostbite!

Our stations performed well even when coated in ice, and we proved our 
communications capability with all regions of the US and Canada 
throughout the weekend. A few preliminary photos are available at 
https://w0xld.com/2023-01-wfd/ .

Special thanks go to David/AD0QD for coordinating our location with 
Northrop Grumman, to Ken/K0KWH for providing the shelter and 
wood-burning stove, Dick/W5UDM for coordinating the portable toilet, and 
a gigantic cast of PPRAA team members who provided stations, antennas, 
feedlines, power, furniture, food, drinks, mentorship, camaraderie, and 
outright fun! You make field day a successful activity for all. Thank 
you again!

Here is a summary of statistics from the weekend. Good job to all our 
operators and other contributors!

  * Total contacts: 774 (with duplicates removed)
      o 4 digital
      o 770 SSB
  * Stations: 2
      o Yaesu FT-DX10 with EFHW and 20-6m Hexbeam antennas (Ken/K0KWH)
      o Yaesu FT-991A with G5RV antenna (Derek/K0ATV and LD/W0XLD)
  * Power: solar, battery, generator backup
  * Logging: Cloudlog over WiFi
  * Bands/modes worked:
      o 80m LSB: 22
      o 80m JS8: 1
      o 40m LSB: 190
      o 40m JS8: 3
      o 20m USB: 349
      o 15m USB: 154
      o 10m USB: 55
  * Time on the air: 22 out of 24 hours
  * States worked: 48 out of 50 (missed Alaska and New Mexico)
  * Provinces worked: 7 + "NT"/"TER" (Northern Territories)
  * Sections worked: 77 out of 85 + 1 DX
  * Operators:
      o Ken/K0KWH: 327
      o Derek/K0ATV: 291
      o LD/W0XLD: 53
      o Jim/KN4UDV: 39
      o Kyle/KD0TRD: 18
      o Cory/WD0JKZ: 10
      o Richard/AC0HW: 8
      o David/AD0QD: 6
      o David/KF0JXD: 6
      o Anthony/KE0LQK: 5
      o Dick/W5UDM: 4
      o Dave/N0DMP: 4
      o Rick/KE0GVU: 2
      o Richard/KF0KTU: 1

A few operators logged without including their call signs, so "thank 
you" to those as well. Those log entries are included in Ken's and 
Derek's totals. It was great to see so many hitting that PTT and putting 
PPRAA/AF0S on the air!

73,

LD / W0XLD