[PVRCNC] AA4NC FD

[Mike Barts]

Call Used: AA4NC     ARRL/RAC Section: NC     Class:  3A

Participants: 6     Club/Group Name: Still No Will FD Group

Power Source(s): Generator, Battery, Solar

Power Multiplier: 2X

Bonus Points:
100% Emergency power                            300
Natural power QSOs completed                100
Submitted via the Web                               50
Total Bonus Points                                     450

Score Summary:
                       CW     Digital  Phone  Total
 Total QSOs   1981      0        1568
 Total Points   3962      0        1568      5530   Claimed Score = 11,060


Band/Mode QSO Breakdown:
               CW                         Digital              Phone
               QSOs   Pwr(W)  QSOs Pwr(W)    QSOs Pwr(W)
      160m
       80m  239    100                                        72    100
       40m  440    100                                      350    100
       20m  696    100                                      350    100
       15m  354    100                                      420    100
       10m  223    100                                      236    100
        6m   29      100                                      140    100
        2m
      1.25
     Other
 Satellite
      GOTA
     TOTAL 1981                            0                    1568

Last year, in a classic example of poor decision making, Will, AA4NC,
agreed to let us use his call for Field Day despite his unavailability to
attend the festivities. As Will is well known, we were peppered with "Hi
Will"s throughout the weekend. As such, we entered last year as the No Will
Field Day Group, a double entendre  if there ever was one. The expected
deluge of OO notices amazingly did not appear despite our best (worst?)
efforts.

Apparently Will's memory is failing, so when June rolled around again he
agreed, again, to let our core of curmudgeons confuse the masses with our
characteristically un-Will like style of operating under the auspices of
his callsign. Again, Will was unable to attend, so this year we dubbed our
operation the Still No Will Field Day Group, maintaining our double
entendre.

Besides the core of N3ND, W4KAZ, N4YDU and N4GU, we added new Not Wills
N9NB and W4BBT to the roster. We also upped out game from 2A in 2016 to 3A
in 2017 and added batteries and solar charging in addition to generator
power.

In what is becoming a FD tradition (twice makes a tradition, right?), just
before the opening bell, we toasted our SK comrade and FD op/cook W0UCE
with his favorite beverage. Chef Archy, we miss your food almost as we miss
you.

Q's were logged, fun was had. No one got hurt. Nothing got broken. All the
requirements for a successful Field Day operation.


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