[3830] ARRL FD W4KFC(N3QE) 1E QRP

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                    ARRL Field Day - 2020

Call: W4KFC
Operator(s): N3QE
Station: N3QE

Class: 1E QRP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 16

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Dig Qs
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  160:                   
   80:  317              
   40:  371            16
   20:  184            12
   15:                   
   10:                   
    6:                   
    2:                   
  222:                   
  432:                   
  903:                   
  1.2:                   
  2.3:                   
  3.4:                   
  5.7:                   
  10G:                   
  24G:                   
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Total:  872     0      28  Total Score = 9,350

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Proud to activate Vic's call for this field day! Had many CW chats with ham who
knew Vic well and I let them know about the Clark Memorial Amateur Radio Club!

No I was not using Vic's "CQ FD W4KFC" code wheel but if you want to
see a picture of Vic's invention - and read his exact CQ message around the
edge! - you can see it here: https://www.pvrc.org/images/w4kfc_code_wheel.jpg

Would usually operate from W3AO, camping out overnight on site, but this time I
had the luxury from operating from home! Because the most productive single band
CW radios at W3AO make above 2000 QSO's for more than 8000 points, I made my
personal goal 8000 points.

But I was going to do it different: QRP with 5x multiplier.

Rig and computer powered by solar-charged battery. Fortunately the rig only
takes 1.2A on receive and the computer, an Intel NUC, runs just fine on 12V. (I
had owned the NUC for years thinking it needed 19V but some research showed that
it was specced for 12V all along!)

Started out on digital too see how much I could push FT4. Quickly figured out
that bozos not using field day exchange absolutely ruined the rate. Shouldn't
have even tried digital, should've stuck to CW all the way.

Took me a while to find my groove on Saturday afternoon operating QRP in FD for
the first time. Was able to do some running on 40 and 80 by going to the
periphery of the band

100 bonus points - 100% Emergency Power
100 bonus points - Alternate power
100 bonus points - W1AW Bulletin. Copied the 10AM CW bulletin. The first time
I'd copied a field day bulletin since I was a teenager.
50 bonus points - Web submission

And 5x multiplier on the QSO points - all QRP, all solar-charged battery!


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