I would have loved to give 10 a try, but as I stated earlier, I simply
didn't want to risk it, given my antenna situation.
And, I agree; 40 actually wasn't in bad shape through the entire contest.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 6:49 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Field Day Report From KB8TYJ
Tom, I think 40 was better than 20 this field day anyway, it was here anyway
all except maybe the first 3 hours. Other than that I think 40 was better
than 20 from what I saw. What shocked me was that 10 was open yesterday
afternoon. I was completely shocked over that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 3:05 PM
Subject: Field Day Report From KB8TYJ
> Hello, all.
>
>
>
> Well, in spite of my antenna issue as described earlier, it was a good
> field day here.
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>
>
> I did a 1B operation.
>
>
>
> Was probably on for about 9 hours from yesterday afternoon through late
> yesterday evening, and then did another roughly 5 hours today.
>
>
>
> Due to my antenna situation, I was limited to 40 meters, which meant that
> today was quite a bit slower than yesterday, due to an increasing number
> of
> dupes. I did a combination of S and P, and C Q ing, but definitely more c
> q
> ing when all was said and done.
>
>
>
> Anyway, I ultimately put 372 qsos in the log. 332 of them were CW, and 40
> were phone.
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>
>
> All and all, it was a lot of fun, even though I was disappointed that I
> could not operate on other bands.
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>
>
> I actually did try 15 meters, but I was having trouble with my Winkeyer on
> that band. . As soon as I would try to transmit, I lost the port
> connection
> to the winkeyer, which to me is a sure sign of RF getting into the system.
> So, I didn't risk 15 meters or other bands.
>
>
>
> Now, my next task is to see if I can do something different with my Alpha
> Delta DXCC out here at the RV camp site. The antenna works great on 40
> meters, but seems basically unusable on the higher bands-I think because
> of
> the fact of the folded dipole configuration that I described the other
> day.
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>
>
> Will be interested to seee how others did with FD.
>
>
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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