[SCCC] W6KA Field Day

[David Hodge]

Paul, N6LL, and I set up on his balcony/patio with his KX3, TH-F6A and my K3. I provided three 27T batteries for power. We ran 5 watts or less.
I brought a 6 meter square loop, a 20 meter half square and a 100' CAT5 twisted pair fed doublet to augment his R5 vertical and 40 meter dipole.
We were active for 16 hours, Paul on voice and me on CW.
20 was the place to be. 15 was never open well for me and on 10 I worked KY4KY in what seemed to be a 5-minute opening.
Conditions were ever changing. With two antennas on 20 I could switch back and forth. Sometimes the half square was better, sometimes the 100' doublet was better. QSB was rampant.
XQ3SK heard me on 20 as he ran FD Qs. When Z21RU fired up around 05Z on 14025 I got him quickly with my own call.
Paul made a bunch of Qs on 2 meter FM and 40 SSB. His wife Janet kept us fed and hydrated.
Attached is our QSO summary and score. 4,095 points: not bad!
Another Field Day for the books.

73,
David N6AN