Several postings have calculated Field Day scores by using 4 points
for each CW QSO and 2 points for each SSB QSO (and then applying a
power mutliplier of 2). The rules say 2 points per CW contact and 1
point per phone contact. It seems that someone's software already
factors the power multiplier into the number of points that it shows
for QSOs.
When it comes to Field Day scores, we have to live with "small is
beautiful" (compared to, say, scores in CQWW)!
Dave, K8JLF dave_hoaglin@abtassoc.com
>From Steve Bolia N8BJQ <sdb@ag9v.ampr.org> Thu Jun 29 02:09:25 1995
From: Steve Bolia N8BJQ <sdb@ag9v.ampr.org> (Steve Bolia N8BJQ)
Subject: fd score
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9506282139.A18695-0100000@ag9v.ampr.org>
N9AG 1A (N9AG, WB8ENR, WB8GEX, W9UI, NR8Z, N8BJQ & W8OK (his 50th
consecutive fD)
band CW SSB
160 0 0
80 177 141
40 632 431
20 43 50
15 0 0
10 0 0
6 2 47
2 3 47
pkt 3
sat 17 12
877 728 = 1605 Q's
Score with bonus pts = 5834
Operation from the Union Literary Institute (just across the border from
Long OH)
We ate well, had fun, and worked on our tans.
Steve, N8BJQ
>From n2ic@drmail.dr.att.com (LondonSM) Wed Jun 28 23:32:31 1995
From: n2ic@drmail.dr.att.com (LondonSM) (LondonSM)
Subject: N2IC FD 1A
Message-ID: <9506281632.ZM2975@dr.att.com>
ARRL FIELD DAY -- 1995
Call: N2IC(/0) QTH: Milliken, CO
Category: 1A
BAND CW QSO CW QSO PTS SSB QSO SSB QSO PTS
160 0 0 0 0
80 65 260 19 38
80N 0 0 0 0
40 282 1128 91 182
40N 0 0 0 0
20 457 1828 288 576
15 286 1144 125 250
15N 0 0 0 0
10 0 0 150 300
10N 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 12 24
222 0 0 0 0
432 0 0 0 0
1.2 0 0 0 0
SAT 0 0 1 2
PKT 1 4 0 0
--------------------------------------------
1091 + 686 = 1777 Total QSO
(4364 CW QSO PTS + 1372 SSB QSO PTS) X 2 POWER MULTIPLIER + 1010 BONUS = 6,746
Operator List: N2IC, AA0NC, KB0EBH, WA3TLF, AA0QS, N0LHW
Equipment Description: TS-940S, IC-737, CushCraft A-4 @ 40 feet, 2 el 40 meter
wire beam @ 40 feet, 80 meter Zepp @ 60 feet
Club Affiliation: No. Colo. Crazy Contesters
>From wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner W7LZP) Thu Jun 29 03:08:52 1995
From: wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner W7LZP) (Bill Turner W7LZP)
Subject: W0AIH FD Results
Message-ID: <199506290209.AA05982@mail.eskimo.com>
At 08:37 AM 6/28/95 CDT, w9sz@prairienet.org wrote:
>
>Not to mention the thrill of getting pileups with 100 watts and low
>dipoles, and having the likes of NP4Z, KL7Y calling YOU!
>
> Zack W9SZ
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Plus of course, the never-to-be-forgotten thrill of W1AW answering my CQ,
but both being class D, zero points... :-(
73, Bill W7LZP
wrt@eskimo.com
>From aa0ob@skypoint.com (greg fields) Thu Jun 29 03:16:00 1995
From: aa0ob@skypoint.com (greg fields) (greg fields)
Subject: W0AIH FD Category
Message-ID: <m0sR9A3-0001dIC@skypoint.com>
Sorry, I left our category out of my posting for W0AIH. We were class 6E.
Transmitters used were Icom 765's and Yaesu 1000D's. Yeah, being in the
little air conditioned building where most of the transmitters were wasn't
quite like the Field Days of past. But, the 20 meter position is in a old
WWII radio hut. It wasn't air conditioned so, it was like ruffing it, hi!
Yup, 100 plus hours in the air conditioning just didn't seem like Field
Day!
73
Greg AA0OB
>From LBMQ58B@prodigy.com (DOUG KLEIN) Thu Jun 29 01:37:11 1995
From: LBMQ58B@prodigy.com (DOUG KLEIN) (DOUG KLEIN)
Subject: FD Score (And IFDC score) W8TK 1b-2ops
Message-ID: <013.08095253.LBMQ58B@prodigy.com>
-- [ From: Doug Klein * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] --
ARRL FIELD DAY -- 1995
Call: W8TK Section : OH (Delaware County) (nr
KU8E)
Category: 1B - 2 Ops. (Multi
Single
for IFDC)
BAND CW QSO CW QSO PTS SSB QSO SSB QSO PTS
160 0 0 0 0
80 453 1812 0 0
80N 0 0 0 0
40 462 1848 0 0
40N 0 0 0 0
20 463 1852 0 0
15 9 36 0 0
15N 0 0 0 0
10 0 0 0 0
10N 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 0
2 8 32 31 62
222 0 0 0 0
432 0 0 0 0
1.2 0 0 0 0
SAT 3 12 1 2
PKT 17 68 0 0
--------------------------------------------
1415 + 32 = 1447 Total QSO
(5660 CW QSO PTS + 64 SSB QSO PTS) X 2 POWER MULTIPLIER + 820 BONUS =
6,544
Operator List: _W8TK & WD8AUB____________________
Equipment Description:
FT-1000; double extended zepp for 40, tuned on 80 and 15. Dipoles on
20 and 10 at 25'. NO BEAMS! WHO NEEDS THEM! Solar power for the
natural
power bonus.
Comments:
Best conditions can remember on 80 meters. And, 20 was great, too.
First time
we ever have worked out most number of qsos on 20 meters. This score
was 400
points better than our best ever in 1993.
This is a multi-single entry in the Internet Field Day Competition. 24
hours
of "expert" operator time if you can classify either Tom or me as an
expert.
5,724 raw qso points before bonuses X 74 Sections = 423,576.
73 de Doug WD8AUB LBMQ58B@PRODIGY.COM
>From ronklein@ix.netcom.com (Ron Klein) Thu Jun 29 04:51:44 1995
From: ronklein@ix.netcom.com (Ron Klein) (Ron Klein)
Subject: Lightning....yawn
Message-ID: <199506290351.UAA06459@ix2.ix.netcom.com>
Paul, W4/G4BKI said...
>Sorry. After all the traffic on lightning I thought I would
>put in my two-penny worth......
>Personally, I have never been pursuaded by the argument that you
>should ground ANYTHING for lightning protection. Why attach a nice
>healthy fat ground to a tower to ATTRACT the lightning? This
i>sn't lightning protection - this is lightning ATTRACTION!
>See the case of the guy who had his tower hit every time a storm
>came by..... saving his nieghbours from being hit!!!!!!!!!
>For this reason, I consider anybody who spends time and money
>on all this PolyPhaser garbage as wasting their time and money....
>completely!
The reason for grounding the tower is not to ATTRACT, but to cause a
discharge of the potential that is induced by certain storm conditions -
BEFORE it reaches breakdown potential and creates what is call
LIGHTNING.
It has been observed to work on my own installation. Arcs occur going UP
from the tower to the clouds. Thus, the potential never becomes great
enough to breakdown causing a lightning bolt.
I spent some time professionally on development of a transportable metal
complex which contained sensitive electronic equipment. Lightning was a
big issue and a significant system requirement from the Customer's point
of view.
The several experts engaged by the customer all had some variations in
their detailed views, but the consensus was that the ground system and
lightning rods were the proper approach for the reasons described above.
If you look at the large number of broadcast towers, and other objects,
you will note that they generally are protected with well-grounded
lightning rod systems. Rarely do they take a hit.... that verifies the
theory from my point of view.
--
Ron Klein - W0OSK
-----------------
ronklein@ix.netcom.com
>From becker@shell.portal.com (Tony and Celia Becker) Thu Jun 29 01:56:03 1995
From: becker@shell.portal.com (Tony and Celia Becker) (Tony and Celia Becker)
Subject: Internet Field Day Challenge (was Inflated Field Day scores)
Message-ID: <199506290358.UAA05173@nova>
Someone wrote:
>When it comes to Field Day scores, we have to live with "small is
>beautiful" (compared to, say, scores in CQWW)!
Ah, but not if you make your entry in the Internet Field Day Challenge,
where you get to MULTIPLY your score by the number of sections worked!
Its all legal, and you may win a nice certificate, or even one of the
Plaques for first place in Multi-Single and Multi-Multi. If you were in
Class A or B with only 1 or 2 transmitters, you automatically qualify. If
you had more than 2 transmitters you still qualify unless the extra operator
hours needed to operate the extra transmitters were performed by Experts.
This is your mid week reminder to get your entry in by Sunday's deadline
and, in case you misplaced it, a repost of the Rules.
INTERNET FIELD DAY CHALLENGE (IFDC) IFDC is a new, separate contest within
the ARRL FD event for expert contesters who either mentor new contesters or
just show them how it's done. You can join in your local clubs existing
Field Day operation or go all out with your favorite multi-op buddies.
SS-type multiplier scoring, no bonus points, and limited expert operator
time / entry categories make this a more challenging contest for the expert.
All other ARRL Field Day Rules apply. You must submit a regular ARRL entry
in Class A or Class B including the 5W battery-powered option.
No limit to the number of transmitters including Novice Stations nor any
limit on hours for New Operators. Any number of Expert Operators (who have
won any major contest award) may operate one or two transmitters up to 27
hours (24 if you setup before the contest) each in increments of 15 minutes
minimum. Enter as Multi-Single or Multi-Two respectively. Time used by
experts coaching or assisting (not-operating) does not count.
Packet spotting OK. Work each station for scoring credit on each band/mode
but multipliers count once each only. Multiply the regular ARRL Field Day
score, less any bonus points, by the IFDC multiplier which is the number of
ARRL and RAC sections plus NWT/Yukon worked. A Clean Sweep is 77 sections,
for which there is a separate award. E-mail a summary sheet, showing the
number of sections worked and separate lists of new operators and expert
operators, with expert operating times identified, number of transmitters
and their power levels, including any novice station to AE0M, Tony Becker,
becker@shell.portal.com by midnight, PDT, Sunday, July 2, 1994. Full rules
available at the same address.
A summary of results will be posted on the internet cq-contest email
reflector and a full report will appear in the next issue of the National
Contest Journal.
A nifty plaque will be awarded to the top scorers in M/S and M/2 classes.
Certificates will be sent to the top-scoring group in each section. A
personalized souvenir broom and dustpan (about 6" x 8") will be sent to each
group reporting a clean sweep, subject to receiving $5 to cover costs by
U.S. mail with a copy of the summary sheet to Celia Becker, N0BBS, 3273 B
Rocky Water Lane, San Jose, CA 95148. Allow 6 weeks for delivery.
IFDC was developed in consultation with W6QHS and WN4KKN.
AE0M, Tony Becker - becker@shell.portal.com - Silicon Valley, U.S.A.
>From kn5hose@acca.nmsu.edu (kn5hose) Thu Jun 29 04:59:21 1995
From: kn5hose@acca.nmsu.edu (kn5hose) (kn5hose)
Subject: SENDING WPX LOGS
Message-ID: <199506290359.VAA29987@acca.nmsu.edu>
>
> Im trying to send my wpx cw log to N8BJQ electronicaly but my mail program
> says the file is to large to insert.
> Obviously my Netmanage Mail V3.11b is not powerfull enough.
> Is there another way to send this file to SDB@AG9V.AMPR.ORG ?
> I have full access to internet facilities...
> JOSE
> CT1BOH@TELEPAC.PT
>
>
>
If it helps, send it to me, maybe 1/2 at a time. Then N8BJQ can piece it
together. Or perhaps, send him 1/2 or 1/3 at a time. Good Luck and HURRY!
73 de Steve KN5H
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