ARRL Field Day
Call: W4KAZ
Operator(s): W4KAZ
Station: W4KAZ
Class: 1B LP
QTH: nc
Operating Time (hrs): 14
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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160:
80:
40: 191
20: 170 20
15: 49 36
10: 60
6:
2:
222:
432:
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 470 56 0 Total Score = 1,992
Club:
Comments:
Operating solo on battery power(100w, not QRP) from Carolina Beach State Park
campground. FD2018 was a trial run for testing station and antenna ideas before
next month's RSGB IOTA contest, which I will be operating from Cape Lookout
again.
Testing out a dual band (20m/15m) version of N4HA's triangular wire yagi from
June 2018 QST. I made the driven element from ladder line, and the reflectors
of aluminum electric fence wire(discarded radials from a previous project). The
idea was to make the antenna as lightweight as possible, and use fiberglass
push-up masts as supports. It played very well on 20m. I did less well on 15m
but that seemed more due to conditions and time of day.
40m was a simple inverted V, also supported by fiberglass push-up mast. 10m was
a separate V constructed on site as a lark, also using telescoping mast as
support.
Murphy appeared in his usual manner, manifest in a bad feedline on the 40m
antenna install and some low voltage problems, including a cw keyer interface
that decided to become non-functional just before local noon Sunday.
Checklist:
1) Need new keyer interface
2) Need better power cable from battery to rig.
Physical conditions were a mixed bag. The site was perfect, but temps and
humidity were high. Consumed 2.5 gallons of water and 4 quarts of gatorade from
Thursday afternoon through Monday morning. And an apple fritter the size of hub
cap as a reward to nibble on for the ride home. (Wakenbake donuts - highly
recommended, big thumbs up!)
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