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2012 Field Day Review K8UNS

2012 Field Day Review K8UNS. Ford Amateur Radio League Livonia Amateur Radio Club David Treharne September 13, 2012. Livonia Fire Station Field Day Site. Total Score. QSO Points: 4,836 Bonus Points: 1,390 Total: 6,226 points 2011: QSO Points: 5,452 Bonus Points: 1,350

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2012 Field Day Review K8UNS

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  1. 2012 Field Day ReviewK8UNS Ford Amateur Radio League Livonia Amateur Radio Club David Treharne September 13, 2012

  2. Livonia Fire Station Field Day Site

  3. Total Score • QSO Points: 4,836 • Bonus Points: 1,390 • Total: 6,226 points 2011: • QSO Points: 5,452 • Bonus Points: 1,350 • Total: 6,902 points

  4. Final Tally

  5. Bonus Points

  6. Sections Worked Only Missed Newfoundland and Manitoba.

  7. Rate of Contacts Per Hour Started out very slow. Worked dupes the first hour. No early morning operators working 80m phone. Two 10m contacts the whole weekend!

  8. Summary of What went Right and Wrong Right • Great food, lunch, dinner, breakfast, and lunch again • High wire antennas: Fire tower is nice. • Plenty of time for set up, since we started on Friday. • Fast tear down. • Great weather • Porta Potty • Participation by Kids Wrong • R7 Antenna ferrite in pieces • Network set up: Needed to try it out beforehand. Did get it going before 2pm! • Digital station: Had many problems making contacts • Bad propagation given the time in the sunspot cycle • Operators: Need more operators when running 4A.

  9. Next Year • We will have a new location. Fire tower and land being turned into a retirement community. • New location to set up tents, find ways to put up antennas. • Doris and Taz promise to be away on vacation. Need help with food for next year, as they did a great job organizing. • Consider putting up fewer antennas. There is now an antenna multiplexer for HF that can run 3 stations from 1 multiband antenna and bandpass filters. We could run SSB, CW, and Digital (or 2nd SSB) from a single antenna. • Need to work on tents: Civitan tent is old, Fire station blow up tent may not be available. Need to have capability of staying out of the rain, and staying relatively cool in the heat of the day.

  10. File Location • All Field Day reports are located at: • http://www.k8utt.org/2012_Field_Day.htm

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