Field Day 2013

[W3WN]

Look for me from N3SH 3A WPA.

I'll be down in the morning to help setup... and we're going to "demo" my flag pole vertical, before it gets permanently installed at home... but I'll most likely be working the overnight shift.

LMFD has her dance recital tomorrow evening. so there goes prime time. So it goes.

[KG4CGC]

I'm on location at OBX ... not Field Daying.

[WX7P]

I'm on location at OBX ... not Field Daying.

I guess red is big for vehicles in SC.

[KG4CGC]

I guess red is big for vehicles in SC.

OBX is in NC.
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[W3WN]

I'm on location at OBX ... not Field Daying.

What? No 20 meter hamstick?

[wa6mhz]

FB! I got out of having to WORK today, and am all set to head over to the FD Site! Of course, I hafta work TOMMORROW (Sunday) instead, but Sat is the main FD DAY!

I am bringing:
Hallicrafters SR-400, PS for 20M
Kenwood TS-930S as a backup
Icom IC-575H for 10 & 6M

I will be on 20M SSB most of the afternoon, until I get petered out. With my 3 element tribander at 100ft and the SR-400, I should be able to hold a frequency and run a good pileup. The 930S probably has a better RX on it. I will miss the IF Shift and filtering, but the SR-400 is a Classic VINTAGE radio from 1965! Will also do all PAPER logging and then let the folks transcribe it to computer after the fact. I dupe in my head. Takes too long to see that the call gets logged into the computer along with the correct report, etc. Paper logging always works better, just as it did in 1965!

We will have nice WX here in SoCal. Maybe mid 80s. Warm in the afternoon.

OK, time to go load up the Town Car for Field Day!
Listen for WA6BGS Big Green Spider! Loudest signal outta the West Coast!

[Bubba]

Does anyone know if I can participate on Guam. I think I’m region 3, but why would the ARRL exclude a region that they supposedly represent. I keep reading the info pages and can’t quite get a solid conclusion.

[KJ3N]

So, last night (after visiting 2 FD sites here in north DE), I decided to try running the IC-703 on battery. The goal is to see how many sections I could work. Put 22 sections in the log last night.

I'm back at it this morning and what they say about the early bird and the worm is true. Just worked KH6EL on 20m with 10 watts. Took a while to break the small pile-up, but it put a smile on my face this morning.

33 sections out of 76 so far...

[N8YX]

Good job Jim!

If 10 is anything like 11 this morning it should be wide open to the western half of the U.S., courtesy of the Es event that's ongoing due to the line of thunderstorms from WI south.

I haven't done anything thus far with this year's event. Didn't take a radio for yesterday's bike trip and when we got back home both of us were too pooped to contest. May give 10 a brief spin once 'DSG heads to work.

[KJ3N]

If 10 is anything like 11 this morning it should be wide open to the western half of the U.S., courtesy of the Es event that's ongoing due to the line of thunderstorms from WI south.

Well, if you consider working down the East Coast (from here) as "open", then you'd be happy. Doesn't qualify as open in my mind.