[SADXA] ARRL Field Day

[D Dismachek]

 Hey Wes,

yes, I worked about 30 FT8 contacts, in between building a table and chair kit, watching the Tour de France and the golf turney. It was interesting to see how the new FD FT8 works with a kind of fox and hound type of frequency play. I call from my frequency and others answer on their frequency, in essence split mode. Was able to call a station while that station was working someone else and then was worked after the qso ended. 

...Dennis
     On Sunday, June 27, 2021, 02:27:27 PM MST, Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:  
 
 At the last minute I decided to operate FD but with a twist.  Rather than 
shooting for a lot of points, which takes lots of operating time, I set a 
personal goal to work all ARRL sections doing Class D, 150W, SSB, single-op 
Search and Pounce.

This required actually working stations to glean their section or listening to 
them work someone else to do so before working them. Several times I heard 
sections that I needed but they had answered someone else's CQ and didn't "own" 
the frequency.

In the end I worked only 161 Qs, got all sections in the US including AK and Hi 
but missed three VE sections, NL, ONN and PE. It took until the last hour to 
work DE and it was 30 minutes before the end when VE8 popped up with a big 
signal on a nearly dead 15-meter band.

Anyone else participate?

Wes  N7WS
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