Robert Casey wrote:

Keith Hosman KC8TCQ wrote:

I went up and worked with the Fulton County club(K8BXQ) for Field Day.

Man I think I got bit by the DX bug, worked 20 meters all the time I was
operating, until about 4:30 (EDT) AM this morning(Sunday). Worked a few
alaska stations, a few stations in the Virgin Islands, tried to work a
Hawaii station but he was working a huge pileup.

For some reason I had trouble getting heard when responding to CQs.
Might have been
too much QRM. Was running about 50 watts into a multiband vertical.


We went through 2 radios for 20m before we finally got one that worked
decently, 100W into a tribander at 70 ft? that was mounted to the bucket
of a cherry picker.

Adam KB8MDF had a cool idea to build a 160m loop, and then split part of
it off for 40m, last I talked to him saturday night when he left to get
some sleep he and Dave had around 100 contacts on 40 and I can't recall
how many on 160.

The only station we really had any problems working was the Hawaii, the
rest came back pretty fast, amazingly the Fiji station came back after
only one call.

73 de Keith
--
KC8TCQ

Know thyself. If you need
help, call the C.I.A.

N2EY wrote:

In article , Dave Heil
writes:

N2EY wrote:

Yep, it really was a blast. Excellent wx, good conditions, no major
foulups.

Now to recopy the logs and get the final score.

73 de Jim, N2EY

1B EPA

It was pleasant days and a chilly night for the Marshall County WV ARES
bunch, atop the hill at Grandview Park overlooking the burg of
Moundsville. I'm not sure of the final tally yet but it should be in
the neighborhood of 26 to 27 k points. The CW duo was good for about
950 QSOs. We didn't manage a WAS on CW though--missed Alaska and
Hawaii.

Excellent!

I worked you guys on CW. What were you running?

Same rig/antenna as the last two years from here on the hill--FT-1000MP
"Field and Stream", Johnson Matchbox and 200 foot skywire fed with open
wire. It seems I'm never the guy to work you on FD. N8NN was the op
you worked.

My math skills are showing in the comments above. Score should read
"2.6 to 2.7 k points".

We were one of those stations which should not have been running 5A. In
the middle of the night, we had only two stations running. We would have
been better candidates for 3A.

Members of a local Boy Scout troop visited and were given an overview of
amateur radio by the county EC. They then visited all of the stations
in operation. They spent the most time and showed the most interest at
the CW tent. The ancient mode users had the only station doing computer
logging (TR).

The old ops using the old mode were responsible for about 2000 of the
points and that from a single station.

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil wrote in message ...
N2EY wrote:

Yep, it really was a blast. Excellent wx, good conditions, no major foulups.

Now to recopy the logs and get the final score.

73 de Jim, N2EY

1B EPA

It was pleasant days and a chilly night

Froze me butt off I did even before sundown too. Better than the
alternative though.

for the Marshall County WV ARES
bunch, atop the hill at Grandview Park overlooking the burg of
Moundsville. I'm not sure of the final tally yet but it should be in
the neighborhood of 26 to 27 k points. The CW duo was good for about
950 QSOs. We didn't manage a WAS on CW though--missed Alaska and
Hawaii.

This year was a sort of "shakedown cruise" for us'ns. Unfamiliar
little FT-847 xcvr (MP? Not!), untried antennas, untried team, etc. so
we just sorta dabbled at it for the jollies and educations. We were on
the air for only 10-11 hours out of the 24 but still managed to garner
over S&P 400 Qs. And that included some SSB ops too by golly.

Most memorable scene:

Late Sunday morning I'm milking 40 ssb at a great rate. Handed the mic
and chair to Jim. I wish I'd taken a photo of the look on his face.
But he sallied forth and kept the rate going. Yes he did. I asked him
when it was that he last operatd phone in a contest. "Six meters AM
days
.. . . "

Worked KP4, KP2 and that ZF1 9A station. That one was a bit of a jolt.
They must have had a real blast.

Figger a demonstrated 40 per hour station potential here and we gwan
go after you guys for *serious* next year so heads up Heil.

Did anybody around here work Burke?


W8CAL - 5A WV

Dave K8MN

w3rv

(Brian Kelly) wrote in message om...
Dave Heil wrote in message ...
N2EY wrote:

Froze me butt off I did even before sundown too. Better than the
alternative though.

roger roger!!

for the Marshall County WV ARES
bunch, atop the hill at Grandview Park overlooking the burg of
Moundsville. I'm not sure of the final tally yet but it should be in
the neighborhood of 26 to 27 k points. The CW duo was good for about
950 QSOs. We didn't manage a WAS on CW though--missed Alaska and
Hawaii.

This year was a sort of "shakedown cruise" for us'ns. Unfamiliar
little FT-847 xcvr (MP? Not!), untried antennas, untried team, etc. so
we just sorta dabbled at it for the jollies and educations. We were on
the air for only 10-11 hours out of the 24 but still managed to garner
over S&P 400 Qs. And that included some SSB ops too by golly.

Iron Man style. No computer, not even a memory keyer. Paper
log'n'dupe.

Most memorable scene:

Late Sunday morning I'm milking 40 ssb at a great rate. Handed the mic
and chair to Jim. I wish I'd taken a photo of the look on his face.
But he sallied forth and kept the rate going. Yes he did.

Points is points, and I knew it was a setup anyway when I saw the
camera.

I asked him
when it was that he last operatd phone in a contest. "Six meters AM
days . . . "

Ya misunderstood - I meant "last time on Field Day". Which was 6 meter
AM - 1968 or thereabouts. Ol' Lafayette HA-460 and five elements at 50
feet at WA3CCP. Bacton Hill, PA - not far from where we were,
actually.

I've done 'phone SS since then.

And ya saw my SSB rate....

Worked KP4, KP2 and that ZF1 9A station. That one was a bit of a jolt.
They must have had a real blast.

Some serious setups out there. Saw a report of 1093 CW QSOs *just on
40 meters* by one of the 3A groups. K2/100 and a dipole IIRC. Yeah, we
worked 'em.

---

Didja like my QSK/CQ trick?

Figger a demonstrated 40 per hour station potential here and we gwan
go after you guys for *serious* next year so heads up Heil.

lessee...computer, some minor antenna work, a few odds'n'ends.....

Did anybody around here work Burke?

Burke who?

73 de Jim, N2EY

w3rv

1B EPA

that call just rolls off the bug and cuts through the Donald Duck
noises like a knife...

Dave Heil wrote in message ...

Same rig/antenna as the last two years from here on the hill--FT-1000MP
"Field and Stream", Johnson Matchbox and 200 foot skywire fed with open
wire. It seems I'm never the guy to work you on FD. N8NN was the op
you worked.

You would have recognized our call.

My math skills are showing in the comments above. Score should read
"2.6 to 2.7 k points".

do the math again! I've done better than that single-handed.

We were one of those stations which should not have been running 5A. In
the middle of the night, we had only two stations running. We would have
been better candidates for 3A.

Been there, done that! Also had the situation where 2-3 ops in the CW
tent made more points for a 4A + GOTA station than all the rest of the
effort combined.

Members of a local Boy Scout troop visited and were given an overview of
amateur radio by the county EC. They then visited all of the stations
in operation. They spent the most time and showed the most interest at
the CW tent.

That's typical. Did you see my post where the middle-school teacher
recounted how young people today react to Morse when properly
presented? I'll repost it if you like.

The ancient mode users had the only station doing computer
logging (TR).

Which ancient mode you talking about? Reginald A. Fessenden was on AM
in 1900 and later, and working 2 way transatlantic AM by 1906. AT&T
hsd SSB was on LF for the transatlantic telephone by 1927, and hams
were on HF SSB by the early 1930s.

The old ops using the old mode were responsible for about 2000 of the
points and that from a single station.

If all the rigs ran low power and you made 950 CW QSOs, that's 3800
points right there.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Dave Heil wrote:

N2EY wrote:

Yep, it really was a blast. Excellent wx, good conditions, no major foulups.

Now to recopy the logs and get the final score.

73 de Jim, N2EY

1B EPA


It was pleasant days and a chilly night for the Marshall County WV ARES
bunch, atop the hill at Grandview Park overlooking the burg of
Moundsville. I'm not sure of the final tally yet but it should be in
the neighborhood of 26 to 27 k points. The CW duo was good for about
950 QSOs. We didn't manage a WAS on CW though--missed Alaska and
Hawaii.


It was cool enough to see our breath in the middle of the night. We got
some pizza, and one of the ops brought chili to warm us up. What a
combination.

- Mike KB3EIA -

Dave Heil wrote:

N2EY wrote:

In article , Dave Heil
writes:


N2EY wrote:

Yep, it really was a blast. Excellent wx, good conditions, no major

foulups.

Now to recopy the logs and get the final score.

73 de Jim, N2EY

1B EPA

It was pleasant days and a chilly night for the Marshall County WV ARES
bunch, atop the hill at Grandview Park overlooking the burg of
Moundsville. I'm not sure of the final tally yet but it should be in
the neighborhood of 26 to 27 k points. The CW duo was good for about
950 QSOs. We didn't manage a WAS on CW though--missed Alaska and
Hawaii.

Excellent!

I worked you guys on CW. What were you running?


Same rig/antenna as the last two years from here on the hill--FT-1000MP
"Field and Stream", Johnson Matchbox and 200 foot skywire fed with open
wire. It seems I'm never the guy to work you on FD. N8NN was the op
you worked.

My math skills are showing in the comments above. Score should read
"2.6 to 2.7 k points".

Okay, I was in awe there for a moment. But that's still okay.


We were one of those stations which should not have been running 5A. In
the middle of the night, we had only two stations running. We would have
been better candidates for 3A.

Members of a local Boy Scout troop visited and were given an overview of
amateur radio by the county EC. They then visited all of the stations
in operation. They spent the most time and showed the most interest at
the CW tent. The ancient mode users had the only station doing computer
logging (TR).

The old ops using the old mode were responsible for about 2000 of the
points and that from a single station.


We were not certain how many CW ops were coming out. Fortunately, we
had a CW op for about 75 percent of the time. The final tally was pretty
close between CW and Phone. The GOTA station probably tipped things in
favor of the Non-voice modes. I'll know in a little bit when I add up
the scores.

I had one of those pucker string moments when I had computer trouble
after the event. But I got it fixed, and am doing newsgroup to relax
before diving into the scores again.

I think we were around 3500 points altogether. WE were running 2a plus
the GOTA.

- Mike KB3EIA -

Brian Kelly wrote:

Dave Heil wrote in message ...

N2EY wrote:

Yep, it really was a blast. Excellent wx, good conditions, no major foulups.

Now to recopy the logs and get the final score.

73 de Jim, N2EY

1B EPA

It was pleasant days and a chilly night


Froze me butt off I did even before sundown too. Better than the
alternative though.


for the Marshall County WV ARES
bunch, atop the hill at Grandview Park overlooking the burg of
Moundsville. I'm not sure of the final tally yet but it should be in
the neighborhood of 26 to 27 k points. The CW duo was good for about
950 QSOs. We didn't manage a WAS on CW though--missed Alaska and
Hawaii.


This year was a sort of "shakedown cruise" for us'ns. Unfamiliar
little FT-847 xcvr (MP? Not!), untried antennas, untried team, etc. so
we just sorta dabbled at it for the jollies and educations. We were on
the air for only 10-11 hours out of the 24 but still managed to garner
over S&P 400 Qs. And that included some SSB ops too by golly.

Gotta train those new operators! We had some new ops, and they aren't as
fast as some of the OT'ers, but so what. They will be one day.

Most memorable scene:

Late Sunday morning I'm milking 40 ssb at a great rate. Handed the mic
and chair to Jim. I wish I'd taken a photo of the look on his face.
But he sallied forth and kept the rate going. Yes he did. I asked him
when it was that he last operatd phone in a contest. "Six meters AM
days

HAR! I hope you got a picture of Jim with a mic in his hands!



Worked KP4, KP2 and that ZF1 9A station. That one was a bit of a jolt.
They must have had a real blast.

Figger a demonstrated 40 per hour station potential here and we gwan
go after you guys for *serious* next year so heads up Heil.

Did anybody around here work Burke?


- Mike KB3EIA -

It was pleasant days and a chilly night

Froze me butt off I did even before sundown too. Better than the
alternative though.

Boy it was cold ...went down to 45 here and the 2 sweatshirts didn't cut it.
Went out in the parking lot at sunrise to sort of regain some heat
......reptillian ????

Take care ...73 Tom KI3R Belle Vernon Pa ...

(N2EY) wrote in message . com...
(Brian Kelly) wrote in message om...
Dave Heil wrote in message ...
N2EY wrote:

Froze me butt off I did even before sundown too. Better than the
alternative though.

roger roger!!

for the Marshall County WV ARES
bunch, atop the hill at Grandview Park overlooking the burg of
Moundsville. I'm not sure of the final tally yet but it should be in
the neighborhood of 26 to 27 k points. The CW duo was good for about
950 QSOs. We didn't manage a WAS on CW though--missed Alaska and
Hawaii.

This year was a sort of "shakedown cruise" for us'ns. Unfamiliar
little FT-847 xcvr (MP? Not!), untried antennas, untried team, etc. so
we just sorta dabbled at it for the jollies and educations. We were on
the air for only 10-11 hours out of the 24 but still managed to garner
over S&P 400 Qs. And that included some SSB ops too by golly.

Iron Man style. No computer, not even a memory keyer. Paper
log'n'dupe.

Pure 1960 contesting. Whatta pair of Luddites we is . .

Most memorable scene:

Late Sunday morning I'm milking 40 ssb at a great rate. Handed the mic
and chair to Jim. I wish I'd taken a photo of the look on his face.
But he sallied forth and kept the rate going. Yes he did.

Points is points, and I knew it was a setup anyway when I saw the
camera.

I asked him
when it was that he last operatd phone in a contest. "Six meters AM
days . . . "

Ya misunderstood - I meant "last time on Field Day". Which was 6 meter
AM - 1968 or thereabouts. Ol' Lafayette HA-460 and five elements at 50
feet at WA3CCP. Bacton Hill, PA - not far from where we were,
actually.

I've done 'phone SS since then.

And ya saw my SSB rate....

Yeah, now your goal for next year is 400 phone Qs. I'll help you
uncurl from your fetal position after it's over.

Worked KP4, KP2 and that ZF1 9A station. That one was a bit of a jolt.
They must have had a real blast.

Some serious setups out there. Saw a report of 1093 CW QSOs *just on
40 meters* by one of the 3A groups. K2/100 and a dipole IIRC. Yeah, we
worked 'em.

---

Didja like my QSK/CQ trick?

It's older 'n dirt, don't do it in real contests.

Figger a demonstrated 40 per hour station potential here and we gwan
go after you guys for *serious* next year so heads up Heil.

lessee...computer, some minor antenna work, a few odds'n'ends.....

Did anybody around here work Burke?

Burke who?

Thought so. Based on other threads around here he apparently spent the
weekend working the Put . . ah, never mind . .

73 de Jim, N2EY

w3rv

1B EPA

that call just rolls off the bug and cuts through the Donald Duck
noises like a knife...

Sure does. I spent around the first quarter century of my career in
hamdom bumbling along with one of the lousiest callsigns ever issued.
So I put a lot of thought into what constituted a really punchy
callsign when the opportunity to came up grab one in 1977 or so. I'm
just now coming up on the breakeven point.

w3rv/3
Radio Free Royersford PA