FYBO 2001

Freeze Your Butt Off 2001

Ken N3FZX Jon KD3FG

We operated at the home of Ken, N3FZX, and Patty, KB3CTO, in Bowie, Maryland. Ken and I managed to get on the air by 12:30 local time (there was no way we were getting up too early on a Saturday!). We alternated between Search & Pounce and calling CQ and were pretty successful with both. There were some great QRP signals out there! Our wool caps are off to those stations running under 1 watt.

The Log:

           Freeze Your Butt Off
           QRP Winter Field Day

           Date: February 3, 2001
           QTH:  N3FZX & KB3CTO
           Call: N3FZX
           Rigs: Elecraft K2, 40m TAC-1 (battery power)
           Ants: 135ft OCF Dipole, 40m Portable Dipole

           Exchange:  RST MD [Jon|Ken] 5W [Temp]

 #    UTC   Freq    Call         Report            Info Sent    Notes
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 1  17:23  14.061  AK7Y   559 AZ Greg   1W 50f    559 Jon 39f      SPC
 2  17:26  14.062  N9AW   559 WI Jerry  5W 20f    559 Jon 39f      SPC
 3  17:43  28.060  K6XX   579 CA Bob    5W 60f    599 Jon 38f      SPC
 4  17:46  28.061  N5IW   559 TX Dave   5W 41f    559 Jon 38f      SPC
 5  17:53  28.060  K5BOT  559 TX Ed     1W 58f    559 Jon 37f
 6  18:23  21.060  WQ0RP  559 MN Pat    5W 40f    559 Jon 40f      SPC
 7  18:34  14.058  N8KV   559 MI John   5W 15f    559 Jon 36f      SPC
 8  18:40  14.061  AB5XQ  559 AR Bill   5W 45f    559 Jon 36f  cq, SPC
 9  18:47  14.061  K7TQ   559 ID Randy  5W 35f    559 Jon 38f  cq, SPC
10  18:50  14.061  W5TV   559 TX Doc    5W 56f    559 Jon 38f  cq
11  18:53  14.061  VA6RF  339 AB Earl   2W 70f    339 Jon 37f  cq, SPC
12  18:58  14.061  KA9TXE 559 IL Terry  5W 55f    559 Jon 38f  cq, SPC
13  19:00  14.061  KB9LCK 579 IL Chris  900mW 40f 559 Jon 37f  cq
14  19:04  14.061  N9NE   589 WI Todd   5W 30f    599 Jon 38f  cq, SPC
15  19:06  14.061  WV9N   559 OH Randy  5W 35f    559 Jon 38f  cq
16  19:10  14.061  K8JV   579 MI Dave   5W 25f    559 Jon 38f  cq
17  21:37  14.060  W9XU   559 WI Lon    5W 45f    559 Ken 34f
18  21:40  14.062  WA8ZBT 559 TX Dennis 5W 72f    559 Ken 34f
19  21:48  14.063  AF4PP  559 GA Chuck  2W 53f    559 Ken 33f  cq, SPC
20  21:51  14.063  NQ4RP  559 GA John   5W 47f    559 Ken 33f  cq
21  21:54  14.063  AF4PS  559 FL Mac    3W 66f    559 Ken 33f  cq, SPC
22  22:01  14.063  N0MF   559 IA Mike   3W 70f    559 Ken 33f  cq, SPC
23  22:08  14.063  N3ZPQ  599 OH Frank  4W 31f    559 Ken 32f  cq
24  22:42   7.040  N9NE   579 WI Todd   5W 18f    599 Ken 28f
25  22:45   7.040  WK2G   589 NJ Mell   5W 32f    559 Ken 28f      SPC
26  22:55   7.041  W3EEK  599 PA Carl   5W 23f    599 Ken 28f  cq, SPC
27  22:57   7.041  AA2NL  599 NJ Rich   4W 70f    599 Ken 28f  cq
28  23:00   7.041  AA2YV  569 NY Bill   5W 68f    599 Ken 27f  cq, SPC
29  23:05   7.041  N3XRV  559 PA Chris  900mW 75f 559 Ken 27f
30  23:35   7.041  WQ0RP  559 MN Mert   5W 47f    559 Ken 26f
31  23:42   7.042  W9XU   559 WI Lon    5W 40f    559 Ken 26f
32  23:46   7.041  WD3P   559 MI Larry  2W 20f    559 Jon 26f
33  01:45   7.043  K4ADI  559 SC Frank  5W 55f    559 Ken 25f      SPC

cq  = Called CQ
SPC = Unique S/P/C for that band

Claimed Score = (33 QSOs) x (18 SPCs) x (2 Alt Pwr) x (5 low temp)
              = 5,940

   Band   QSOs   SPC
   ----   ----   ---
    40     10      4
    20     19     11
    15      1      1
    10      3      2
          ----   ---
           33     18

Interesting stats:
-- 17 stations replied to our CQs
-- Ken was at the helm for 16 QSOs, Jon had 17 QSOs
-- Both stations worked with power < 1W are named Chris