ARRL Field Day
Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR
Class: 1E LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 9.2
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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160:
80: 24
40: 179
20: 117
15: 38 1
10: 2
6: 2
2:
222:
432:
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 360 3 0 Total Score = 1,446
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
Antennas:
160m/80m trap inverted L (80m-6m)
80m/40m trap dipole at 10m (80m, 40m)
Equipment:
Elecraft K3/100 running 80 watts
Power from 12v lead-acid deep cycle battery
Comments:
Another fun field day effort from the micro-shack in Floyd county. I pulled the
12 volt battery out of my travel trailer and used to power the K3/100. I had
done something like this last year with the K2/100 - but the battery didn't
last more than about 5 hours. Of course, the power/swr circuitry in the K2/100
was acting up, so it may have been problem.
With the K3/100, the battery easily lasted over 9 hours of operation, and could
have gone on for several more. I measured the voltage at the start at 12.6
volts, and at the end it was down to 12.2 volts.
Conditions weren't all that great. Heard only a few signals on 10m at the
start. I had trouble busting the pileups on 15m phone, so I headed to CW and
didn't look back. 20m was short in the afternoon, but 15m wasn't quite wide
open. Only S & P on 15m, but was lucky to run some on 20m.
The 160m/80m inverted L worked well on 6, 10, 15 and 20m. 40m was the big money
band, though -- and the 80/40m dipole seemed to function best there.
Field Day is a pure rate contest -- so a station with few transmitters should
always be on the band(s) with the best rate. 20m was pretty effective and 40m
was great. I managed good runs on both these bands. 80m was disappointing,
though, as there wasn't enough activity to sustain any runs.
I couldn't resist checking out 6m when switching bands. I was able to work a
couple of local Georgia stations there, but didn't hear anyone else. It might
help if I had a real antenna for that band.
In short, lots of fun. This score is my second-best Field Day effort, with the
first being the 1E operation that my brother Ben NJ8J and I did at my QTH in
Stone Mountain in 2013 with 1004 phone contacts for 2008 points. Perhaps next
year, I'll try to work over 500 CW Qs and break that record.
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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