Last year K3RA produced a video about the joint PVRC/Howard County Field Day
operation.  They set up a whole line of temporary towers that is several
hundred feet long, oriented north and south.  Beams on these towers will all
be pointed west, and consequently be in each other's nulls, theoretically.
Same for dipoles strung between them.  They also use a lot of extra filters
on the transceivers, especially because many of the stations are running a
kilowatt.  

I didn't count all of the transmitter/frequency combinations.  I think that
they are required to have all of them running simultaneously during some
part of the contest, but they don't run 160 in the daytime, for instance.
But on 80 through 10 there were at times 3 stations per band: one CW, one
digital and one SSB.  They were also on 6, 2 and higher bands.  There was
also a Get On The Air station, although I didn't run across them.  In recent
years W3AO has made around 9,000 QSO's, but the Field Day QSO total record
was set by a New England club at one time in the past.  
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of tom behler
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 7:29 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Field Day
> 
>     Lloyd:
> 
> I have a question which has interested me for years.
> 
> How in the world can W3AO run 25 alpha?  We worked them a number of times
> as
> usual this Field Day, and I am amazed at what they seem able to do.
> 
> Regarding our club's Field Day operation, we made a total of 730 contacts.
> I made 323 CW contacts with my 20-meter set-up, and the rest were phone
> contacts spread throughout the bands.  We ran a 3A operation, and had an
> absolute blast.
> 
> I am still in recovery mode this evening, but am already thinking about
> next
> year's Field Day, and what improvements we can make to have even better
> results.
> 
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 11:14 AM
> Subject: Re: Field Day
> 
> 
> I won't be out at an FD station.  Potomac Valley Radio Club will be
> running
> W3AO with 26 transmitters from Howard County, Maryland.  I won't attempt
> to
> run a 40-meter roundtable today, but plan to be on 20 tomorrow on 14258 at
> 2000Z, if anyone cares to drop in.  I hope to work at least some of you on
> Field Day with my 1D fixed station.
> 73,
> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
> Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:BLIND-
> [log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of tom behler
> > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 8:12 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Field Day
> >
> > Hi, folks.
> >
> > In case anyone is interested, here's the info on the Field Day operation
> > in
> > which I will be participating this year.
> >
> > I will be part of the Big Rapids Area Amateur Radio Club field day
> effort.
> > We believe we will be operating 3A., and we will be using the call N8OE.
> > We
> > will be doing our Field Day in the parking lot of the local school
> > district
> > Superintendent's office.
> >
> > I will primarily be running 20 meter CW, but I may do some phone as
> well.
> > I
> > will be operating out of the RV, with my TS480 and screw-driver antenna
> on
> > the back of the RV.
> >
> > In addition to my 20 meter station, we will have a 40-meter station, and
> > another to work other bands as we can.
> >
> > Would love to work anyone who is willing to try!!!!!!
> > 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI