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. But the icing on the
cake was Christian 3D2EA in Fiji, wow that amazed me, Shelby WA8FVT was
on the mic for this contact, but it effected me just the same.

I am forever hooked, and now have even more incentive to upgrade come
hell or high water heheh.

73 de Keith

--
KC8TCQ

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

Keith Hosman KC8TCQ wrote:

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

Fulton County PA?


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. But the icing on the
cake was Christian 3D2EA in Fiji, wow that amazed me, Shelby WA8FVT was
on the mic for this contact, but it effected me just the same.

Tis very cool. FD is what really got me started. Sounds like you are in
with a good group that is encourageing you to operate.


I am forever hooked, and now have even more incentive to upgrade come
hell or high water heheh.


There ya go!

- Mike KB3EIA -

Mike Coslo wrote:

Keith Hosman KC8TCQ wrote:

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

Fulton County PA?

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. But the icing on the
cake was Christian 3D2EA in Fiji, wow that amazed me, Shelby WA8FVT was
on the mic for this contact, but it effected me just the same.

Tis very cool. FD is what really got me started. Sounds like you are in
with a good group that is encourageing you to operate.

I am forever hooked, and now have even more incentive to upgrade come
hell or high water heheh.

There ya go!

- Mike KB3EIA -


Fulton County Ohio

73 de Keith
--
KC8TCQ

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

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

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.

W8CAL - 5A WV

Dave K8MN

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?

73 de Jim, N2EY

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 ...

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:

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 -

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