[NCC] W2FU - 1B IA

[Jeffrey Ach]

Field day again at the Iowa "farm" is always really fun.  Better results
this year, I got the antenna up pretty good, nearly 60', with a $6 dollar
slingshot and a $17 dollar fishing setup from Walmart.  Operated about 18
hours, had to take time to copy the FD message (twice) during the "event"
and a storm front going through at about 1am nudged me into shutting down
for the night.

 

The equipment rental place in Waterloo (about 50 minutes away) didn't have
the 2000i I had reserved, so they "gave" me a 3000is.  Really nice
generator, but I had to use the tractor bucket to get it out of the Subaru
and into place.  Running totally on the ECON mode, it only used maybe 2 gal
max for the entire time.

 

The noise stayed low during the day, and only really used the Beverages on
80.  Evening on 40 also as the storm approached.  Last year I needed the
Beverages on the higher bands too, but getting the antenna up in the air
maybe made a big difference.

 

Band   Mode  QSOs     Pts

   3.5  CW     140     280

   3.5  LSB      5       5

     7  CW     364     728

     7  LSB      3       3

    14  CW     294     588

    14  USB     15      15

    21  CW     115     230

    21  USB      2       2

Total  Both   938    1851

 

100W mult x2 =  3,702

Natural Power = 100

FD Bulletin = 100

100% emergency Power = 100

On-Line submission = 50

 

Total 4052

1 op, one tx

 

Radio and key - K3 - old Vectronics tuner and 1971 Brown Bros. Paddle

Computer - Dell XPS 13, N1MM and GH Everyware (running the Beverage switch)

Antenna - 80 meter OCF inverted V in a tree, 2 ~ 200' Beverage - SE and SW

Generator - Honda 3000is (way too big, had to use the tractor and loader to
get it out of the car)

Natural Power QSOs (5) made from old ATV battery charged with a 15W solar
panel. 

 

Don't know how many more years we will keep our place here, but looking
forward to next year..I will have to add satellite capability!