I've done field day form my own shack in the past, it's not fun. I like the
whole experience of friends, food and a little radio at a site.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: Murphy Lives in Mississippi
> Tom:
> Good food, good company, and some excellent adult beverages is the
> absolute
> key to any successful field day operation.
> The radios, computers and antennas all come in down the list, especially
> from that third absolute necesity hi hi.
> However, what is field day if you don't have to trouble shoot
> something...the whole point is to make sure all your equipment is working
> and operational and able to get on the air and make contacts...you
> obviously
> got that part right so all and all, it was totally successful.
> And, nice to hear you were actually in the field, using a portible station
> rather than most of these crazy contesters that sit in their home shack
> and
> rack up the points.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
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> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 3:21 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Murphy Lives in Mississippi
>
>> Mike:
>>
>> You need to know that Murphy paid us a Field Day visit here in Michigan
>> as
>> well.
>>
>> Right before Field day, a developing family medical situation with my
>> wife's
>> mother, and the need to help a family friend with another problem cauased
>> some delays, and I didn't get out to the RV until approximately 3 p.m.
>>
>> Then, I discovered a computer glitch with the N3FJP logging software that
>> took about an hour to troubleshoot. The glitch involved a windows
>> handling
>> exception com port error that was ultimately fixed for the most part, but
>> unexpectedly re-appeared a number of times throughout the rest of the
>> Field
>> Day operating period. I think the com port error stemmed from the fact
>> that
>> I had set up the N3FJP FD logging software at home with my TS590 since
>> that
>> was most convenient at the time in light of the visit of our grand-kids
>> last
>> week. The logging software seemed to perform flawlessly Friday evening,
>> but
>> that obviously was not the case later on.
>>
>> A ham friend and his family also stayed with us at the camper, and, since
>> he
>> had helped me put up my DXCC antenna, I wanted to allow everyone to make
>> some contacts as well.
>>
>> The bottom line is that I got 223 contacts in the log. They were mainly
>> CW
>> on 20 and 40 meters, with a scattering of phone contacts as well. I did
>> use
>> N8OE, our local club call, if any list memember happened to hear it.
>>
>> As you said, the bands were also not in the greatest shape, with 40 being
>> especially noisy due to thunderstorm QRN.
>>
>> In summary, the Field Day effort was not a bust, but was a bit of a
>> disappointment. However, we had good company, and lots of good food, so
>> it
>> wasn't all bad either.
>>
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Duke, K5XU [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 9:44 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Murphy Lives in Mississippi
>>
>> Hi, Tom.
>>
>> We wound up as a 2A operation, rather than the 3A we had planned. Even
>> at
>> 2A, both stations were idle too many times due to lack of operators.
>>
>> I was running my Kenwood TS570, and a G5RV that was only up about 30 feet
>> in
>> the center.
>>
>> I only made 90 CW contacts before I left for the night. Those were all on
>> 15
>> and 40 meters.
>>
>> The bands are nothing to write home about, as I'm sure you know.
>>
>> I'm going back out at about 7:00 tomorrow morning.
>>
>> --
>> Mike Duke, K5XU
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