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Field Day, 2019
June 22-23, 2019 @ Sheriff's Annex Bldg. Photos courtesy of WA1UTQ and WA3EWK |
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A message from our Field Day Champion, K2DM (copied from his Email on the Reflector on June 25):
First, thank you to those of you who said nice things about our Field Day experience. I truly appreciate it.
From my perspective we had a very successful event. Remembering that my over-arching goal for Field Day was for those of us who participated to have fun. From your comments and from my own observations this goal was achieved. We had a large number of club
members participating in setting up both Friday and Saturday. We had more people actually operate than I can recall during my tenure as FD coordinator. We had a large number of members who stopped by to visit, and we had an able crew who disassembled the stations and antennas in record time. Throughout it all, no one got hurt (phew)! We also had a special 'ladies day' period from 4-6 on Saturday during which a number of XYLs (licensed and not) operated the big station in a relaxed, stress-free environment before heading out for dinner together.
What was especially gratifying for me is that most of the antennas and radios were set up without my involvement. Sub groups of members took on the various tasks, and, when all was said and done we had 6 antennas and 3 stations up and running well in advance of 2:00. I was only personally involved in setting up 1 antenna and 1 station, and that's the way (uh huh, uh huh) I like it. Rookies and experienced members worked side by side and got it all done. What a fantastic job!!!
So, how did we do? Station #1 was active for the entire 24 hours. The ops produced 864 QSOs in conditions that were marginal (especially on Saturday). Station #2 saw less activity, often sitting unused. The ops who used Station #2 made 317 QSOs. A total of 48 people signed our attendance sheet. I will present detailed results at the next club meeting.
Special thanks to my partner in planning and implementation, NP2B, John Ellis.
73,
George K2DM
Webmaster addition: For the presentation wrap-up with the numbers stated above, click here.
First, thank you to those of you who said nice things about our Field Day experience. I truly appreciate it.
From my perspective we had a very successful event. Remembering that my over-arching goal for Field Day was for those of us who participated to have fun. From your comments and from my own observations this goal was achieved. We had a large number of club
members participating in setting up both Friday and Saturday. We had more people actually operate than I can recall during my tenure as FD coordinator. We had a large number of members who stopped by to visit, and we had an able crew who disassembled the stations and antennas in record time. Throughout it all, no one got hurt (phew)! We also had a special 'ladies day' period from 4-6 on Saturday during which a number of XYLs (licensed and not) operated the big station in a relaxed, stress-free environment before heading out for dinner together.
What was especially gratifying for me is that most of the antennas and radios were set up without my involvement. Sub groups of members took on the various tasks, and, when all was said and done we had 6 antennas and 3 stations up and running well in advance of 2:00. I was only personally involved in setting up 1 antenna and 1 station, and that's the way (uh huh, uh huh) I like it. Rookies and experienced members worked side by side and got it all done. What a fantastic job!!!
So, how did we do? Station #1 was active for the entire 24 hours. The ops produced 864 QSOs in conditions that were marginal (especially on Saturday). Station #2 saw less activity, often sitting unused. The ops who used Station #2 made 317 QSOs. A total of 48 people signed our attendance sheet. I will present detailed results at the next club meeting.
Special thanks to my partner in planning and implementation, NP2B, John Ellis.
73,
George K2DM
Webmaster addition: For the presentation wrap-up with the numbers stated above, click here.
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