The W7VW field day event for the second year was held just outside the Klamath Falls airport.? Although very dusty and hot the site offers the space to erect several antennas and the proximity?to the city.? It turns out that this year was actually the best.? ?Band conditions were a little improved over last year but the thing that made the effort outstanding was the participation.? Except for the GOTA station and the single QSO that Al completed on 2 meters all the Q's were done by either CW or Digital using FT8.? And for the first year since I have been involved the club trailer was never shut down.? At about 10 pm on Saturday the "night shift" took over and ran the unit until morning.? This effort shows up in the total score of 2472 which is much improved over last year of about 1600.
Unfortunately, we failed?to keep a sign-in sheet for all of the participants that helped with the setup, teardown, and operation.? The following list is from memory so if I have failed to mention someone please let me know and, after offering a full apology for missing you as a participant, I will sign you up to keep track of the list of participants next year.? Regardless of whether you are on the list or not, I would like to thank everyone who participated and helped out with the operation.
Lisa
Johnson K7NSP
Al
White W7KHD
Bob
Edgar AG7FR
Jeff
Eastburn KJ7IRV
Dale
Severns KJ7RGW
Jim
English WO7V
David
Bell N2RSN
Chuck
Huckabay KJ7KWR
Dennie
Dunkinsun WA7YPR
Jimmy
Huckabay KC7WJ
Charles
Boening K7AKT
Kevin
Joo KJ7LLE
Eric
Munson W6HIH
Sydney
Fowler KB7GAB
Brandon
Fowler AE7BF
For the second year in a row Lisa Johnson, K7NSP was our safety officer.??
With the addition of a pair of "egg beater" antennas for the club trailer, this year we tried very hard to complete at least one QSO by using a Satellite.? ?After a lot of work, we were able to hear a couple but were never able to actually complete a QSO.? Oh well, we learned a lot and there is always next year.?
Some of the notable QSOs were some DX in New Zealand.? We also worked at the ARRL headquarters station W1AW on CW.?
Another thing different this year is that there were actually 2 active operating positions in the club trailer.? The night shift composed of Jeff, Bobby, and Dale was running FT8 on both of them on 80M and 40M.? In the morning we switched to run on 40m and 20m.? As much as you might think of 20m as being the money band most of the Q's were completed on 40m.
The FT8 mode is very easy to operate, but you have to pay attention to what is going on.? That being said it is entirely possible for a single operator to run two radios on two bands simultaneously.? In fact, this is exactly what was being done for the last 12 hours of the operation.
The setup on Friday was a little disappointing due to the poor performance of the R-7 antenna on the tower.? Early Saturday morning it was determined that the coax feed on the tower was bad.? ?We will be replacing both of these in the near future.?
So for those of you that would like to see a little more detail the following is the summary sheet by the field day entry submission to the ARRL.
Summary:
Entry received at: 2021-06-28 05:27:06
Call Used: W7VW? ? ?GOTA Station Call: N2RSN? ? ?ARRL/RAC Section: OR? ? ?Class: 5A
Participants: 15? ? ?Club/Group Name: Klamath Basin Amateur Radio Association
Power Source(s): Generator
Power Multiplier: 2X
Preliminary Total Score: 2,472
Bonus Points:
? 100% emergency power? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 500
? Public location? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?100
? W1AW Field Day message? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 100 - Documented by bulliten.txt
? Site visit by invited served agency? ? ? ? ? ? ?100
? Educational activity? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 100
? Safety officer? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 100 - Documented by 06272100.PDF
? Social media? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 100
? GOTA Station? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?40
? Entry submitted via web? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 50
Total bonus points? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1,190
Score Summary: (Cabrillo log/dupe sheet file: W7VW_fd_2021.log)
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? CW? Digital? Phone? Total
? ?Total QSOs? ? ?56? ? 249? ? ? 31
?Total Points? ? 112? ? 498? ? ? 31? ? 641? ?Claimed Score = (QSO points x power mult) = 1,282
Submitted by: Jim English, WO7V?
Band/Mode QSO Breakdown:
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?CW? ? ? ? ? Digital? ? ? Phone
? ? ? ? ? ? QSOs Pwr(W)? QSOs Pwr(W)? QSOs Pwr(W)
? ? ? 160m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ?80m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?55? ?100? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ?40m? ? 13? ?100? ? 144? ?100? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ?20m? ? 35? ?100? ? ?48? ?100? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ?15m? ? ?8? ?100? ? ? 2? ?100? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ?10m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? 6m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? 2m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?1? ?100
? ? ? ?222? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ?432? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ?Other? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
?Satellite? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? GOTA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 30? ?100
? ? ?TOTAL? ? 56? ? ? ? ? 249? ? ? ? ? ?31
GOTA Bonus: GOTA Coach - Double Bonus Points
Name/Call? ? ? ? ? ? ? QSOs? Bonus Points
Sydney Fowler, KB7GAB? ?30? ? ? ? 40
