[SCCC] N6MI Field Day report

[Marty Woll]

Hi, Glenn.

Thanks for your comments.  Scott was actually there for one of our
record-setting Field Day operations back in the day.  He's in the
tower-trailer group shot on Wayne's Web site.  Those operations took place
around Castro Peak in the Santa Monica Mountains.

I agree that Scott's write-up was fun and informative.  He and I did an
impromptu luncheon talk on portable contesting, including Field Day and the
ARRL VHF Contest, at the 2014 ARRL Southwestern Division Convention in San
Diego.  That presentation was totally unscripted but turned out to be a lot
of fun.  (Who could have foreseen that?  Well, anyone who knows Scott!)

I had the pleasure of having the N6MI van and its owner up on Frazier during
a June VHF Contest as part of our multi-op team.  With the excellent support
of "Over's Rovers"  (N6NB et al.), we were in the top three nationally and
the only top score west of the Mississippi.

Everybody stay well and try to stay cool.  I sure hope we can get back to
seeing one another in person soon.

73,

Marty N6VI



-----Original Message-----
From: SCCC [mailto:sccc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Rattmann
Sent: Friday, July 9, 2021 3:26 PM
To: bovitz at bovitz.com
Cc: sccc at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [SCCC] N6MI Field Day report

Absolutely outstanding, Scott!  Good job by all.  Love the detailed 
listing on the antennas-- Bravo!

If you can remember to do it, when you are scheduled at any club to 
show the video and speak, you might post to SCCC reflector the name 
of club/venue/contact info so SCCC members might try to attend if 
convenient for them.

BTW, you may not know, but SCCC team won FD 2A nationally, back  in 
late 70s or early 80s, I believe from Frazier Peak  using several 
tower-trailer rigs.  Unfortunately I could not 
participate  personally.  Terry, N6CW from San Diego was there and 
the team used his callsign.  Their operation even  made the QST 
cover-shot for the writeup!   I can't pull my magazine from storage 
boxes at the moment, but N6NB and N6VI were probably co-leaders of 
the team, since they were supplying tower-trailers and lots of 
equipment.  Perhaps Wayne, Marty or other participants will comment 
on this brief post about that operation.

73,
Glenn K6NA

At 09:15 AM 7/7/2021, you wrote:
>Here is the N6MI team Field Day 2021 report.
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>Frazier Peak (8,013 feet), DM04ms, Class 2A, Santa Barbara Section.
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>Daytime temperatures in the 70s. But it was cold at night.
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>The team included K6VCR, N7DA, NB6E, N6MI, K1BTW, Broden Weeks (a youth!),
>plus our GOTA operator/chef/lumberjack (KN6OGP).
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>We used an inverted vee on 80 meters (106 CW, 56 FT8, 28 LSB contacts), a
>two element yagi on 40 meters at 50 feet (401 CW, 787 LSB contacts), a
three
>element yagi on 20 meters at 60 feet (790 CW, 7 FT8, and 145 USB contacts),
>a three element yagi on 15 meters at 25 feet before it blew over (14 CW, 1
>USB), a three element yagi on 10 meters at 20 feet (not used), a 6 meter
>loop (not used), and a 6 element yagi on 2 meters at 8 feet (1 CW and 1 FM
>contact).
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>At our GOTA station, KN6OGP used a spider beam at about 20 feet to make 22
>USB contacts, mostly on 15 meters. With the patient coaching of N7DA, these
>were KN6OGP's first contacts on the ham bands.
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>What about next year? We should have assigned an operator to VHF. Duh.
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>K1BTW and Broden Weeks (BNinja Productions) produced a documentary of the
>2021 Field Day operation for presentation to local club. Let me know (off
>line) if your club needs a speaker on "Field Day in the mountains."
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>Thank you for the contacts.
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>73,
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>J. Scott Bovitz
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>N6MI
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