Field Day 2004

     
  Ken and Patty (N3FZX & KB3CTO) hosted Field Day this year!  

The Operation as N3FZX 1E MDC

  As 1E MDC, we operated one transmitter at a time as an emergency powered, home operation in the Maryland/DC section.

We used an Icom 706mkIIG for SSB (voice) at about 50 watts and an Elecraft K2 on CW (Morse code) at about 10 watts.

 
     

N3FZX in action

Ken operates as Jon logs the contacts. Once again, we used logging software from N8KLX and it worked out pretty well.

Wild fire on the barbie!

Ken and Allan do the manly dance around the fire...
Allan gets an eye full of smoke!
But you can see the solar panel catching the last bit of sun in the background...

Late night operating

It got pretty chilly this year. (It deffinately helped with reducing the bug problem.) We operated until ~2am, hit the sack, and resumed operating at ~9:30am sunday.
     

The Score

   Band   CW      Digital   Phone
          QSOs    QSOs      QSOs
   160 M
    80 M                     54
    40 M   20                36
    20 M    5      3         40
    15 M                     20
    10 M                      2
   -----   --     --         --
   Total   25      3        152   ==> 180 Contacts


 Total QSO points:  208
 Power Multiplier:   x2
                    ===
 Claimed Score:     416

 Bonus Points Claimed
  100% emergency power          = 100 pts
  W1AW Field Day message        = 100 pts
  Natural Power QSOs completed  = 100 pts    (5 Solar)

Total Claimed Score:  716
Much better than last year!