2012 Field Day ReviewK8UNS

Ford Amateur Radio LeagueLivonia Amateur Radio Club

David TreharneSeptember 13, 2012

Livonia Fire Station Field Day Site

Total Score

• QSO Points: 4,836• Bonus Points: 1,390• Total: 6,226 points

2011: • QSO Points: 5,452• Bonus Points: 1,350• Total: 6,902 points

Final TallyBand/Mode QSO Breakdown:

CW Digital Phone

QSOs Pwr(W) QSOs Pwr(W) QSOs Pwr(W)

160m

80m 392 100 47 100

40m 186 100 19 50 361 100

20m 143 100 29 50 323 100

15m 41 100 42 100

10m 2 50

6m 2 100 9 100

2m 3 100

1.25

Other

Satellite 2 100 1 100

GOTA

Total 766 50 786

Bonus PointsBonus Points:

Description Points

100% Emergency power 400

Media Publicity 100

Information Booth 100

NTS message to ARRL SM/SEC 100

W1AW Field Day Message 100

Formal NTS messages handled - No.=10 100

Satellite QSO completed 100

Natural power QSOs completed 100

Site Visit by invited elected official 100Youth participation 40

Youth operators=2

Youth participants=3

Submitted via the Web 50

Educational activity 100

Total Bonus Points 1,390

Sections Worked

Only Missed Newfoundland and Manitoba.

Rate of Contacts Per Hour

Started out very slow. Worked dupes the first hour.

No early morning operators working 80m phone.

Two 10m contacts the whole weekend!

Summary of What went Right and Wrong

Right• Great food, lunch, dinner,

breakfast, and lunch again• High wire antennas: Fire

tower is nice.• Plenty of time for set up,

since we started on Friday.• Fast tear down. • Great weather• Porta Potty• Participation by Kids

Wrong• R7 Antenna ferrite in pieces• Network set up: Needed to

try it out beforehand. Did get it going before 2pm!

• Digital station: Had many problems making contacts

• Bad propagation given the time in the sunspot cycle

• Operators: Need more operators when running 4A.

Next Year

• We will have a new location. Fire tower and land being turned into a retirement community.– New location to set up tents, find ways to put up antennas.

• Doris and Taz promise to be away on vacation. Need help with food for next year, as they did a great job organizing.

• Consider putting up fewer antennas. There is now an antenna multiplexer for HF that can run 3 stations from 1 multiband antenna and bandpass filters. We could run SSB, CW, and Digital (or 2nd SSB) from a single antenna.

• Need to work on tents: Civitan tent is old, Fire station blow up tent may not be available. Need to have capability of staying out of the rain, and staying relatively cool in the heat of the day.

File Location

• All Field Day reports are located at:– http://www.k8utt.org/2012_Field_Day.htm