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aj4tf

2018 Field Day

What are your Elecraft plans for Field Day? I'll be on the air at W4UA
(High Point, NC) with K3S # 10669 and K2 # 7006. The other two stations
will be some other "Y" gear...

73 de AJ4TF

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K7TV

Re: 2018 Field Day

I plan to participate using my K3, mostly on 40m, as part of the W7MOT team.
We do class 2A, and the other station uses a brand K rig.
73,
Erik K7TV

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Subject: [Elecraft] 2018 Field Day

What are your Elecraft plans for Field Day? I'll be on the air at W4UA
(High Point, NC) with K3S # 10669 and K2 # 7006. The other two stations
will be some other "Y" gear...

73 de AJ4TF

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Charlie T, K3ICH

Re: 2018 Field Day

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I'll be sitting out under a big pine tree in our yard with a couple portable
antennas, a radio and a big car battery.

Or, was that a rhetorical question?

73, Charlie k3ICH

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Subject: [Elecraft] 2018 Field Day

What are your Elecraft plans for Field Day? I'll be on the air at W4UA
(High Point, NC) with K3S # 10669 and K2 # 7006. The other two stations
will be some other "Y" gear...

73 de AJ4TF

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Michael Blake

Re: 2018 Field Day

Charlie, I am really racking them up thus far. One CW and one FT8 on 6M with my K3s.

Michael Blake
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> On Jun 9, 2018, at 2:17 PM, Charlie T <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I'll be sitting out under a big pine tree in our yard with a couple portable
> antennas, a radio and a big car battery.
>
> Or, was that a rhetorical question?
>
> 73, Charlie k3ICH
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On
> Behalf Of aj4tf
> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2018 12:49 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Elecraft] 2018 Field Day
>
> What are your Elecraft plans for Field Day? I'll be on the air at W4UA
> (High Point, NC) with K3S # 10669 and K2 # 7006. The other two stations
> will be some other "Y" gear...
>
> 73 de AJ4TF
>
>
>
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KE8G-2

Re: 2018 Field Day

In reply to this post by aj4tf

Not sure what KK5W (Houston, TX area) will be this year; usually 8A or 9A,
but all the stations will be K3s or K3S’s. I brought down my spare K3 from
Ohio and it will be a CW station, as I do NOT own any microphones!!

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Field Day, see you on the bands.

73 de Jim - KE8G

On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 11:49 AM aj4tf <[hidden email]> wrote:

> What are your Elecraft plans for Field Day? I'll be on the air at W4UA
> (High Point, NC) with K3S # 10669 and K2 # 7006. The other two stations
> will be some other "Y" gear...
>
> 73 de AJ4TF
>
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rich hurd WC3T

Re: 2018 Field Day

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That's our family camping weekend. :) I will be 1B as long as the
battery lasts, then 1A. Will try SSB QRP but will probably fall back to
some other mode depending on results. My first FD so my expectations are
low. :)

On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 14:20 Michael Blake <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Charlie, I am really racking them up thus far. One CW and one FT8 on 6M
> with my K3s.
>
> Michael Blake
> [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 9, 2018, at 2:17 PM, Charlie T <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > I'll be sitting out under a big pine tree in our yard with a couple
> portable
> > antennas, a radio and a big car battery.
> >
> > Or, was that a rhetorical question?
> >
> > 73, Charlie k3ICH
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
> On
> > Behalf Of aj4tf
> > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2018 12:49 PM
> > To: [hidden email]
> > Subject: [Elecraft] 2018 Field Day
> >
> > What are your Elecraft plans for Field Day? I'll be on the air at W4UA
> > (High Point, NC) with K3S # 10669 and K2 # 7006. The other two stations
> > will be some other "Y" gear...
> >
> > 73 de AJ4TF
> >
> >
> >
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Tox

Re: 2018 Field Day

If I'm not still wrapping up projects in the garage, I hope to be learning
how to drive the kx3 I bought for Field Day last year :)

Ad6yt

On Sat, Jun 9, 2018, 11:32 AM rich hurd WC3T <[hidden email]> wrote:

> That's our family camping weekend. :) I will be 1B as long as the
> battery lasts, then 1A. Will try SSB QRP but will probably fall back to
> some other mode depending on results. My first FD so my expectations are
> low. :)
>
> On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 14:20 Michael Blake <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Charlie, I am really racking them up thus far. One CW and one FT8 on 6M
> > with my K3s.
> >
> > Michael Blake
> > [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Jun 9, 2018, at 2:17 PM, Charlie T <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'll be sitting out under a big pine tree in our yard with a couple
> > portable
> > > antennas, a radio and a big car battery.
> > >
> > > Or, was that a rhetorical question?
> > >
> > > 73, Charlie k3ICH
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [hidden email] <
> [hidden email]>
> > On
> > > Behalf Of aj4tf
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2018 12:49 PM
> > > To: [hidden email]
> > > Subject: [Elecraft] 2018 Field Day
> > >
> > > What are your Elecraft plans for Field Day? I'll be on the air at
> W4UA
> > > (High Point, NC) with K3S # 10669 and K2 # 7006. The other two
> stations
> > > will be some other "Y" gear...
> > >
> > > 73 de AJ4TF
> > >
> > >
> > >
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rich hurd WC3T

Re: 2018 Field Day

yeah; forgot to mention this is all with my KX3. :)

On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 14:48 Tox <[hidden email]> wrote:

> If I'm not still wrapping up projects in the garage, I hope to be learning
> how to drive the kx3 I bought for Field Day last year :)
>
> Ad6yt
>
> On Sat, Jun 9, 2018, 11:32 AM rich hurd WC3T <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> That's our family camping weekend. :) I will be 1B as long as the
>> battery lasts, then 1A. Will try SSB QRP but will probably fall back to
>> some other mode depending on results. My first FD so my expectations are
>> low. :)
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 14:20 Michael Blake <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> > Charlie, I am really racking them up thus far. One CW and one FT8 on 6M
>> > with my K3s.
>> >
>> > Michael Blake
>> > [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Jun 9, 2018, at 2:17 PM, Charlie T <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I'll be sitting out under a big pine tree in our yard with a couple
>> > portable
>> > > antennas, a radio and a big car battery.
>> > >
>> > > Or, was that a rhetorical question?
>> > >
>> > > 73, Charlie k3ICH
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: [hidden email] <
>> [hidden email]>
>> > On
>> > > Behalf Of aj4tf
>> > > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2018 12:49 PM
>> > > To: [hidden email]
>> > > Subject: [Elecraft] 2018 Field Day
>> > >
>> > > What are your Elecraft plans for Field Day? I'll be on the air at
>> W4UA
>> > > (High Point, NC) with K3S # 10669 and K2 # 7006. The other two
>> stations
>> > > will be some other "Y" gear...
>> > >
>> > > 73 de AJ4TF
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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>> Officer
>> for Scouting
>> Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid:
>>
> *FN20is*
>
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Ian Kahn, KM4IK

Re: 2018 Field Day

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I'll be at at the North Fulton (GA) Amateur Radio League's (K4JJ) 3A Field
Day operation, with my K3 (s/n 281) running as the phone station.

73 de, Ian, KM4IK

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K8TE

Re: 2018 Field Day

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We (the Albuquerque DX Assn) will operate W5UR in the Sandia Ranger District
of the Cibola National Forest at Cedro Peak Park. We hope, like 2016, the
District will not close due to fire restrictions. That year, I took my K3
to the NM DHS EOC and operated in a trailer with the ARRL SM and others.
They used an IC-7600 for SSB and PSK while I operated just CW.

We had a tri-band beam up about 35 ft. and an 80m OCF dipole about 50 ft.
away which I used most of the time. If I tried to operate on the same band
(different mode), the 7600 crashed. That rig desensed the K3, but I could
continue to operate. I made more contacts than the SSB/PSK guys who
operated more than I.

A friend and fellow contester received his IC-7610 a few months ago to
replace the IC-7600 he won years ago. Even on different bands, and with
bandpass filters on my K3, the 7600 suffered some in RX sensitivity when we
were on different bands. It will be interesting to see how his 7610
performs under similar circumstances when it comes back from Icom. Like
many of them, it has an intermittent problem that drops TX/RX unexpectedly
and sporadically!

Due our to demographics, we will operate 1A again like, last year (21st in
1A) with a second K3 sharing antennas (triplexer and filters) for
training/practice. We made 754 contacts, 73% CW, with five hours downtime
due to lightning. In 2012 we operated three K3's and two K2's and placed
4th overall!

We could operate two K3's and a K2 on 20m (SSB, GOTA, and CW) with NO
inter-station QRM until the SSB rig's battery ran down. Somebody hit the
surge suppressor switch, disconnecting the generator power. A CW op asked
what changed. This is a good example why we run 14 VDC on the K3 for a
cleaner signal and not 10 VDC.

73, Bill, K8TE

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Bill Frantz

Re: 2018 Field Day

We, the West Valley Amateur Radio Association, will again set up
on Mora Hill in the San Antonio Openspace Preserve above Los
Altos, CA. We will be operating using K6EI for the main call and
W6ZZZ for our GOTO station. We are planning on operating QRP in
the 14AB category.

We are seriously considering adding 160M antennas to our mix
although our 160M experience has not be too good in the past.
Are others planning on being active on 160?

We discovered many years ago that using Elecraft equipment
allowed us to operate digital, CW, and voice on a single band.
With triplexers for sharing antennas between bands, we can limit
the amount of aluminium we need to raise, and still get lots of
HF statins on the air. We will also have a significant VHF/UHF operation.

Our stated goal is to have a maximum of fun with a minimum of work.

As one of the digital station captains, I'm wondering how much
FT8 we should expect to see. wsjt-x isn't yet set up well for
field day, but with its free-form 13 character messages we can
probably make it work.

73 Bill AE6JV

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donovanf

Re: 2018 Field Day

As always W3AO will be on 160 meters. We usually make about
100 QSOs. We're also prepared for FT-8, but have no idea what to
expect. Our free form text message will be: 15A MDC 73

73
Frank
W3LPL

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From: "Bill Frantz" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 8:51:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 2018 Field Day

We, the West Valley Amateur Radio Association, will again set up
on Mora Hill in the San Antonio Openspace Preserve above Los
Altos, CA. We will be operating using K6EI for the main call and
W6ZZZ for our GOTO station. We are planning on operating QRP in
the 14AB category.

We are seriously considering adding 160M antennas to our mix
although our 160M experience has not be too good in the past.
Are others planning on being active on 160?

We discovered many years ago that using Elecraft equipment
allowed us to operate digital, CW, and voice on a single band.
With triplexers for sharing antennas between bands, we can limit
the amount of aluminium we need to raise, and still get lots of
HF statins on the air. We will also have a significant VHF/UHF operation.

Our stated goal is to have a maximum of fun with a minimum of work.

As one of the digital station captains, I'm wondering how much
FT8 we should expect to see. wsjt-x isn't yet set up well for
field day, but with its free-form 13 character messages we can
probably make it work.

73 Bill AE6JV

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Bill Frantz | I like the farmers' market | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | because I can get fruits and | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | vegetables without stickers. | Los Gatos,
CA 95032

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Detrick Merz

Re: 2018 Field Day

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W4OWL will be at Chantilly Farm Campground for the second year (and our 3rd
FD) running KX3s (and PX3s) on HF in the 2AB class. Last year we really
appreciated the KX3's ability to natively do PSK-31 as it let us operate
without having to figure out how to power "real" computers. We take the
class a step further than is strictly necessary by the rules: we avoid
generators entirely (no AC power outlets available at the campground).
*Everything* is on battery, which makes keeping laptops running a real
challenge. We use android tablets for logging, and low-power Raspberry Pi
Zero W as the central logging point.

Last year we added in satellite contacts, something none of us had ever
done before. It took until the last few minutes of the day on Sunday to
make a satellite contact, but there was so much excitement after making it
that the antenna and HT got passed around so everyone could give it a try
on the next few birds that passed.

This year I'm set on adding 6m and 2m. I'll definitely be pressing another
KX3 into service on both bands, but plan to have two other power hogs on
standby in case it feels like those extra 2 watts of RF on 2m might make a
difference.

-detrick
K4IZ

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