[SADXA] ARRL Field Day

[n7wbjohn]

great job Wes! - that's a lot of contacts -

down here on the border, down Mexico way in DM51bi, not more than 15 or so
all FT8, all on 6m - ladder line slim jim or 5 elm yagi. Band was pretty
active Saturday - most stations to the east. Excuse is only operated for a
couple hours - still get calls and emails for stations wanting this grid.

I was afraid to download and install the latest ? ver. 2.4 ? ... might not
go on my FT-897D and Win. Vista computer!!

73 and good DX  all de John n7WB

On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 5:25 PM D Dismachek via SADXA <sadxa at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

>  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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