For those intrepid contesters who are brave enough to face the boredom of a
mid-70's solar flux, and the always lovely July QRN on the low bands, please
look for me at VP5NC in the IARU 'Test. I will be operating SO/mixed mode
with decent antennas & 500 watts. Would appreciate the Q's, especially if
you're casual operating...
73, Will Roberts AA4NC / VP5NC
>From rmarosko@bcm.tmc.edu (Ron Marosko) Mon Jun 27 13:17:38 1994
From: rmarosko@bcm.tmc.edu (Ron Marosko) (Ron Marosko)
Subject: Prelim FD results: K5DX 3A STX
Message-ID: <rmarosko.314.000C4BA0@bcm.tmc.edu>
First cut score for K5DX (+KB5NFN), 3A STX, ~15,000, including bonuses, etc.
Still have to combine the logs and such, but getting there. A SV1 called our
20CW station, and asked "What is this Field Day?".
73,
Ron NFN
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>From Charlie Ocker <Ocker@KD5PJ.dseg.ti.com> Mon Jun 27 21:28:17 1994
From: Charlie Ocker <Ocker@KD5PJ.dseg.ti.com> (Charlie Ocker)
Subject: FD results, N5JS, 1A NTX
Message-ID: <2981737697-8806410@KD5PJ>
A last-minute effort by a non-club, organized by N5JS and W5BJ (both of
whom you could say "know how to operate ssb but don't contest" was held
in the City of Sachse City Hall. It was a good site in that it was AIR
CONDITIONED and had a REAL RESTROOM and a kitchenette. Power for the
rigs provided via 3200 kW generator. I joined the group only because my
regular team had to cancel due to work commitments.
HF rig was a TS-940S. No novice station. VHF station was 2M fm and
packet only. No satellite station
Antennas were a Mosely Classic 33 at 36' and a 285' per leg VEE beam
(apex approx. 70 degs, aimed NE). Room for the VEE beam provided by the
Sachse Cemetary, which is adjacent to the city hall. Apex of the VEE
beam about 2' below the tribander, which detuned it BADLY, and the ends
were between 15' and 20' off the ground held up by poles lashed to the
cemetary fence.
Operators were AA5BP, W5BJ, N5JS, and KD5PJ.
First pass results:
Band CW SSB/phone
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80 6 0 (S9 noise level... what else is new?)
40 57 266
20 268 297
15 40 84
10 0 50
Packet 10
2M fm 10
Total 381 707
Estimated points (with bonuses) := 3,538
Highlights that I recall was the fantastic short skip. AR and MS
stations were loud here. Another was the performance of the VEE beam.
It was as good or better than the tribander in it's favored direction.
Shortly after the contest started, we parked the tribander NW and left
it there. Main disappointment was my 40 cw performance. As I was the
only cw op and the only op who knew how to use the logging software, I
ended up pretty bushed around 3:00 am Sunday. I recall from FD's past
that 40 cw starts cooking around midnight. I don't think it was the
antenna, as our 40 ssb results are respectable. Perhaps I didn't have
the tuner adjusted right... who knows. I only remember being dead
tired.
Everyone who participated had a good time. Probably best of all was the
POSITIVE contest exposure to the non-contesters, especially N5JS who for
the last umpteen years has limited his operating to 2m repeaters and
such. The NA logging software did as much to generate enthusiasm as
anything, especially when they started watching the rate meter and had
competitions among themselves to see who could get the highest last 10
rate numbers.
73,
Charlie KD5PJ ocker@kd5pj.dseg.ti.com
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