Ran the 590 from home on battery power, 5 watts CW and all S and P.

   Finished with 125 QSO's, 66 sections, and 1 DX.  The DX was Finland 
on 20 meters.

I couldn't work the Hawaii station I heard on 15, or the Czech station 
who was calling CQ FD on 20, but  all in all, I was pleased with the 
results.   Did work W1AW/3 on 160 and 80 meters.

The radio, Writelog software, and Winkeyer all worked without a hitch. 
Maybe I'll play a bit in the Canada Day contest July 1.

73, Steve KW3A

On 6/29/2014 5:21 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> 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
>
>
>