Field Day 2001
Location: Washington Monument State Park (Middletown, Maryland)
Date: June 23-24, 2001
Shelter: Youth Group Shelter #1
2001 attendees: l-r WA3SOR, WA3KLK, WA3PYU, WA3OFC,
K3MZ, N3IC, K3AN, KG4NXZ; not shown N2AW, N3PLB, WA3LTJ, KB8PEX, K1LKY,
WA3IRQ, Sam, Joel
Frank operates while Mike manages (left); Bill QSO's
by himself (right)
Wes and Frank handle the VHF/UHF station, antennas hoisted high above the
mountaintop
Mike handles ATV; Frank arranges feedlines; and Paul's fancy solar panel
juices up the nicad's for our natural power QSO's
Drew orchestrates all Field Day activity, then is
dwarfed by the view at the top of the Washington Monument
Lee and Joel collect wood for Robert to chop (left)
so that our cooks, Joel and Sam, can prepare a mighty feast (right)
We went with two transmitters plus the VHF/UHF station, scoring 6378 plus 900 bonus points. A new high, again! QSO breakdown:
80 cw - 168
40 cw - 393
20 cw - 275
15 cw - 79
10 cw - 6
6 cw - 3
2 cw - 1
80 ssb - 196
40 ssb - 424
20 ssb - 382
15 ssb - 152
10 ssb - 106
6 phone - 63
146 phone - 13
432 phone - 3
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---Results from December 2001 QST---
We scored 24th out of 421 non-battery / non-commercial power entries in the 2A category. We scored 32nd out of the total 503 entries in the 2A category (the largest category). With a new high in points, we had the highest score in Maryland once again.
Entries ahead of us in 3-land are:
Duh... There are none!
We carried 3-land!
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