[SADXA] ARRL Field Day

[Wes]

Hi John,

Nice to hear from you.  In 2001, I made 1040 Qs running from home in class 1E. :-)

The year before I operated from my RV on battery power in a campground in 
Custer, SD and made 192 Qs for the top score in that category in SD.

I was younger then :-)

Wes


On 6/27/2021 6:42 PM, n7wbjohn wrote:
> 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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