2024 ARRL Field Day & Full Report. 1B portable QRP. Ten Tec Scout 555.
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2024
- It the third weekend in June and it's time for the ARRL Field Day for 2024.
We are out on the GO with some vintage equipment and portable antennas to see if we can operate QRP portable with the classification of 1B.
Follow along with the trials and tribulations of attempting to operate portable outdoors with batteries and temporary antennas . Kind of what the channel is all about.
Comment below and tell us how your Field day went, big or small set up, club or solo or just a few ham buddies. How was the band conditions by you.
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How was field day by you? Give us the stats, where'd you operate and what class? Eq and band reports? Check the description for additional content. Like and subscribe for more! 73
I set up in my backyard with my IC-718 (at 50 watts), a battery, a solar panel, and my home brew 20 meter vertical. I did ok; I logged 32 contacts just operating sporadically Saturday evening and Sunday morning. There was a lot of QRM during the daylight hours, but was better when the sun went down. I did have a non-field day QSO with VK2CPT in Australia! He gave me a 5-8!
Don / W5DON
Great set up. I am also a fan of the 718. Simple transceiver for a FD set up. Great results as well and I agree with you on the band conditions. A buddy of mine netted over a 100 qso on 40m on the overnight. Thanks for watching and 73.
What came first, the battery or the radio? :)
All part of the puzzle😂. Thanks for watching. 73
Was that Mr Softee I heard?
Yes it was. There may have been a quick break for a pit stop for a nice milk shake to cool us down for working the upcoming pile up. Ok maybe there wasn't a pile up but the shake was still tasty 😂 73. Thanks for watching
Would a hamster powered radio via a series of those wheel they run inside of be allowed? Asking for a friend.
Hamster powered? For a ham event? Hmmmm. Interesting 😂. PETA may object. Lol thanks for watching. 73
I'm calling PETA! You are torturing that pig, making him carry all your radio stuff
He's a happy ham pig. Works for points in the contests! Thanks for comment . 73