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2011 ARRL Field Day - June 25th and 26th
BARC held a very successful Field Day operation once again at the Betasso Preserve. WØDK ran as a Class 2A station and made 1741 QSOs during the 24 hour allotted time period. 1434 QSOs were made on SSB, 10 on PSK-31 and 297 on CW. The claimed QSO points were 4096 and the bonus points claimed were 1290 for a total of 5386 points. This is a very respectable score for a 2A low power entry.
Many thanks to Allen Bishop, KØARK our Field day chairperson who organized a fine effort and provided the use of his FT-950, his generator, mobile 60-foot telescoping tower and 3 Element SteppIR beam. Everything worked to perfection and we emitted an excellent signal on all bands on every mode. Key SSB ops were Dan Oetting NØBAF and our newsletter editor Mike Stutzer, KDØFDJ with lots of help from many other ops. Our CW stalwarths were Ken Rawlings, NV5Y and Tom Walsh, W2CO.
Our VHF/UHF "Guru", Don Nelson, NØYE set up his IC-706 rig and 6-meter beam and we logged over 200 SSB QSO's on the "Magic Band" alone.
Jim Andrews mentored the GOTA station which was on the air as KH6HTV and some new hams and some possible hams made 32 QSO's there including all of our PSK-31 Digital entries.
Packet messages were sent from the site via 2M by BCARES AEC Dale Scott, KAØQPV to the WØIA packet BBS where NTS Traffic Manager, Ed Schlicting, KBØTVH picked them up and relayed them to the addressees.
Field Day food was exceptional with the fine cooking of chef Gary Carroll, WØQN and once again, the addition of a very generous donation to our FD food budget for a sumptuous steak fry by "Mr. Anonymous".
Field Day Results
Field Day Articles
ARRL contest articles (including field days) are posted on the ARRL Contest Soapbox page.
- In the Event dropdown, select the desired contest (e.g., 2011 ARRL Field Day).
- For Call sign, enter WØDK.
- Click Search.
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