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How do you manage to keep a log at the same time?
Brian VE3GMZ Sent via BlackBerry Hub+ Inbox for Android Original Message From: [hidden email] Sent: May 14, 2020 3:05 p.m. To: [hidden email] Cc: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3/KX2 remote for FD Thanks for the memory, Don. FD has always been a contest to me--more fun than any other. I nearly always operate QRP/portable, sometimes entirely hand-held (with the KX2), dragging a counterpoise wire for miles, up and down hills. (Who needs a gym membership?) I was 14 at my first FD. I learned some hard lessons about how *not* to put a PL259 connector on RG8. A grizzled veteran laughed at my mess, then showed me The Way. Wayne N6KR > On May 14, 2020, at 11:46 AM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Yes Wayne, it was one of the greatest Field Days of all. You could track the course of sunlight on 10 meters (which went dead at sundown), and there was a lot of activity. > I was 17 in 1957, and had been licensed since '55 > > While the ARRL did not list it as a contest, it was regarded as a contest by most all operators - the ARRL also posted the high scorers at the top of each category. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 5/14/2020 2:20 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> Jim, >> I bet FD in 1957 was a real hoot (at the record peak of the sunspot cycle). >> (FWIW, I was born in '57, which explains a lot.) >> Wayne > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I personally prefer a small pocket-sized notepad and an archaic device made from wood and carbon known as a pencil. Although knowing what a pencil is does require one to be of a “certain age" :-)
And there are smart phone logging apps as well … Grant NQ5T > On May 14, 2020, at 3:22 PM, [hidden email] wrote: > > How do you manage to keep a log at the same time? > > Brian VE3GMZ > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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The KX2 has built-in logging of all text sent with the keyer paddle. You can later scroll back through the data and transfer contacts to a formal log.
In practice I stop and log contacts, locations, and conditions on paper, even during FD. Running 10 watts hand-held, every contact is an achievement and an adventure :) I recommend everyone try it at least once. Wayne N6KR > On May 14, 2020, at 12:22 PM, [hidden email] wrote: > > How do you manage to keep a log at the same time? > > Brian VE3GMZ > > > > Sent via BlackBerry Hub+ Inbox for Android > > > Original Message > > > From: [hidden email] > Sent: May 14, 2020 3:05 p.m. > To: [hidden email] > Cc: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3/KX2 remote for FD > > > Thanks for the memory, Don. > > FD has always been a contest to me--more fun than any other. I nearly always operate QRP/portable, sometimes entirely hand-held (with the KX2), dragging a counterpoise wire for miles, up and down hills. (Who needs a gym membership?) > > I was 14 at my first FD. I learned some hard lessons about how *not* to put a PL259 connector on RG8. A grizzled veteran laughed at my mess, then showed me The Way. > > Wayne > N6KR > > > >> On May 14, 2020, at 11:46 AM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> Yes Wayne, it was one of the greatest Field Days of all. You could track the course of sunlight on 10 meters (which went dead at sundown), and there was a lot of activity. >> I was 17 in 1957, and had been licensed since '55 >> >> While the ARRL did not list it as a contest, it was regarded as a contest by most all operators - the ARRL also posted the high scorers at the top of each category. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 5/14/2020 2:20 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >>> Jim, >>> I bet FD in 1957 was a real hoot (at the record peak of the sunspot cycle). >>> (FWIW, I was born in '57, which explains a lot.) >>> Wayne >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [hidden email] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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If it were NOT a contest, there would be NO reason to post standings in
the QST magazine because 'points' would have no meaning. Rick NK7I On 5/14/2020 11:17 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > From ARRL - At its core, Field Day is a local event and an opportunity for local amateur radio clubs to showcase the skills, science and technologies that make radio communication such a wonderful hobby and a valuable public service. > > I see nothing about this being a contest. > > Bob, K4TAX > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I agree with what Bob says:
So a couple comments: Whether we realize it (or not) the pandemic "is" an emergency, so this year's FD has different restrictions which may not be supported by the "contest rules". 15-years as communications chief for an emergency response organization, the overwhelming reality was every event is different and response must adjust to the changed circumstances. I wrote the "Comm Plan" for each event for ICS. Now retired eleven years. IF you operate FD from home you can simulate some issues (like antenna down or no power). Or if allowed operating in remote locations try single-op mobile/portable. I have a home emergency generator so might simulate loss of power at home running 100w on 20m & 6m. Our local club is still planning on a traditional FD (but state mandates may not allow). 73, Ed - KL7UW ---------------------- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3/KX2 remote for FD Message-ID: <[hidden email]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed I agree, specially on the first sentence.?? I've been participating in FD since the very early '60's.? However it has become a "contest" to see who and what organization can accumulate the most points.? A contact is a contact, a multiplier is a mathematical term.??? It has no place in Field Day operation. 73 Bob, K4TAX 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com Dubus-NA Business mail: [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On 5/14/2020 12:31 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
> I personally prefer a small pocket-sized notepad and an archaic device made from wood and carbon known as a pencil. Although knowing what a pencil is does require one to be of a “certain age" Back in the day when we had to log on paper, we also had to keep paper dupe sheets, one per band per mode. If you're gonna log on paper, ya gotta do that too. :) An important part of EMCOMM is knowing the rules and following them. FD has rules too, one of them is that you can work a station once per band per mode. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I remember my first field day, which was actually fairly
recently (last 25 years). I had joined the West Valley Amateur Radio Association because I felt I should support a repeater if I wanted to use repeaters as I traveled around the country and "west valley" was where my home was located. Well, the club is seriously into Field Day, with the goal of having as much fun as possible with as little work as possible. We try to qualify for all those 100 point items: emergency power, green power, GOTA, run a class, attract local pols etc. etc. Anyone who wants to get on the air will have a chance at operating, with a elmer if they need it. If you have a license, you can sit in one of the main operating positions. There is also a very active GOTA station for anyone who walks in off the trail that passes the location we use on Mora Hill. Well, that first field day, I had my arm twisted to try PSK on the digital station. I found that PSK was enough like the computer chat rooms which had been product of my company that I could relax and just operate. It was this experience which changed me from an equipment builder to an operator. (I still build equipment.) I moved from there into digital DXing. I caught the contest bug when I discovered I only needed a few QSOs for DXCC. One international DX contest pushed me over 100. I think that year we came in #4 nationally. We always treat the contest part of field day very seriously as well. It turns out that many club members are contesters and for them, a high score is part of having fun. And working with other people to set up a massive field day operation is fun too. Where we aren't particularly good is the food. We aren't permitted to have any kind of fire -- miles of dry grass all around our location -- so all food is brought up from homes or restaurants. So for me, the bottom line is: Lets go have fun. And big scores are a lot of fun. This year, it doesn't seem likely we will get a permit for Mora Hill. The general plan is to have everyone see what they can do by themselves. But, if lightning strikes and the permit comes through, we will see if we can do an operation with proper social distancing. BTW, one comment I have heard from my emcomm buddies is that although there haven't been any problems with normal communications (phones, internet etc.) some emcomm people have been asked to help because they are already familiar with ICS and working with non-ham emergency workers. 73 Bill AE6JV On 5/14/20 at 2:10 PM, [hidden email] (Jim Brown) wrote: >On 5/14/2020 7:56 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: >>However it has become a "contest" to see who and what >>organization can accumulate the most points. A contact is a >>contact, a multiplier is a mathematical term. It has no >>place in Field Day operation. > >My first FD was 1956. It has ALWAYS been a contest. It was my first, and it made me a contester! > >73, Jim K9YC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | When all else fails: | Periwinkle (408)348-7900 | Voice and CW. | 150 Rivermead Rd #235 www.pwpconsult.com | | Peterborough, NH 03458 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Let's see Bob. Where are the results posted? In the Contest section of the
ARRL web site. How are they listed? By category and total score. Who manages FD? Those who manage ARRL contests? Are there rules like a contest? Yes. Do groups compete against other groups? Yes. Is there more to FD than making QSO's? Yes, somebody told me there was while I was searching through the results database. Is saying "Please copy." OK? Not if you want to make a lot of contacts. Is FD a great, wonderful, fun way to learn about contesting? Yes! Are the words "Not a contest." spoken in jest? Yes, a large percentage of the time. Is it fun to win a category? Oh yeah! Is it fun to come in 4th overall? Oh baby it is! Is it great to have all Elecraft gear at FD? No, it's a necessity to do well if you have more than one rig. I have been (unwillingly) to the Dark Side and prefer the ability to have three rigs on the same band, two of them on SSB, and not experience interference until moving to within 10 kHz. Will I miss competing with a group of friends? I certainly will! Will I still do FD? Is there anything else to do the fourth weekend of June? Will many individuals do it differently than last year? I hope so! Follow your State's Department of Health orders and stay healthy. This pandemic is real. It is not a contest that anyone should take stupid, unsafe steps to play. The listings are sad and we are nowhere close to beating this thing! And please stop whining about the spirit of FD. We're in the middle of a pandemic and you're worried about people making too many contacts or operating differently. Stay within FD rules, get on-the-air somehow, and make as many contacts as you can. If really necessary, enjoy some good food and drink, but not in mass gatherings however your State/County/City defines them. Stay healthy! HamVention 2021 is around the corner. Hopefully, I'll have my K4 before then. 73, Bill, K8TE -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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