unfortunately I didn't work anything on field day.  Usually I just spin 
around and give a contact to the loudest stations I can hear...I did spin 
around the bands once or twice and heard lots of big loud stations. 
However, I had to replace my vehicle's alternator and that took up most of 
saturday...then I was pretty wiped saturday night, and was busy this morning 
again...so all and all, I heard a few stations but didn't work any.
I usually go out to our club station at least for the barbecue, but I didn't 
get out there either lol.

sounds like it was a pretty good year for it though with all of the bands 
being open to one extent or other.

Is it just me, or has 6 meters been open allot more this year than last or 
the last couple?  maybe it's simply because I am paying attention to it 
now...but it seems like it has been open every other day lately.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 12:37 PM
Subject: Field Day


>I worked 1D on 40 and 20 SSB from the Chicago area.  Forty was very
> noisy last night but there was a lot of activity.  Likewise, 20 was
> good up until eleven o-clock Central daylight.  Ten was open this
> morning but I worked the only two stations I could hear - both in
> Florida.  Perhaps it was a sneak band opening that no one had yet 
> discovered!
> This morning there was way less forty meter activity than I
> expected.  There was a fair amount of atmospheric noise but signal
> strengths were low and the numbers were less than I would have
> expected.  But overall it was a good event.  I worked perhaps fifty
> stations in three hours or so over the course of Field Day.
> I don't recall working anyone from the list, but perhaps some of you
> folks using club calls.
> Pat, K9JAU