That is a familiar call, isn't it Tom. That one and K4Big Fat
Turkey! Didn't hear them this year, either.
Pat, K9JAUAt 05:57 PM 6/23/2013, you wrote:
>Nope, sorry, didn't work you guys this year, although I do seem to remember
>that call from previous field day operations.
>
>73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 6:03 PM
>Subject: Re: Field Day in Mississippi
>
>
> > We were W5PFC.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 4:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: Field Day in Mississippi
> >
> >
> > Mike:
> >
> > What was your club's field day call?
> >
> > I worked a few Mississippi stations on 40 yesterday evening,
> > but the calls
> > didn't sound familiar to me.
> >
> > Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 4:15 PM
> > Subject: Field Day in Mississippi
> >
> >
> >> This year, our club ran 2A from a grassy field that is
> >> owned
> >> by our local Bass Pro shop.
> >>
> >> Since it is located in the middle of a highly populated
> >> retail area, I expected radio reception to be very noisy.
> >> But the location turned out to be one of the most quiet
> >> receiving sites I have encountered in a long time.
> >>
> >> Yesterday, using my TS570, I made 120 CW contacts, mostly
> >> on
> >> 15 and 20 meters. The antenna was a loaded vertical
> >> antenna
> >> that uses a base loading coil, a telescoping whip, and
> >> some
> >> counterpoise radials. This antenna played surprisingly
> >> well,
> >> but I missed the convenience of changing bands on the fly.
> >> To change bands, someone had to go to the antenna itself
> >> and
> >> configure it for the new band.
> >>
> >> When I went back out this morning, I appropriated the
> >> Carolina Windom from the other station that was not being
> >> used. With that antenna, I cleaned house on 10 meter CW,
> >> working every station I heard.
> >>
> >> My wife then worked some 10 meter SSB, and we both worked
> >> some 6 meters. We only made 8 or 10 6 meter contacts, but
> >> again, we caught everything we could hear.
> >>
> >> My total CW count for the weekend was 150, plus about 30
> >> phone contacts.
> >>
> >> The weather was wonderful yesterday, excluding a sudden
> >> wind gust that blew down the food tent.
> >>
> >> Today, however, it was as if somebody had set the oven to
> >> self cleaning mode ... no breeze, no clouds, and enough
> >> hot
> >> sun to melt the polar icecap,, or fry an egg on the
> >> sidewalk.
> >>
> >> Overall, band conditions were much better than they were
> >> last year.
> >>
> >> Plus, all who participated said they had fun.
> >>
> >> Mike Duke, K5XU
> >> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
> >>
> >
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