Field Day operation was again held at the farm that belongs to KB9II's mother, near Antioch, Illinois. We used the call W9DY. We ran 5 watts, QRP Battery, Class 1A. We used a G5RV for part of the contest as an inverted-V and also a 40 meter dipole used on 15 meters. We set up the operating position in the north doorway of the arena barn. The antenna mast was set up in the hay field just north of the arena barn.
Here's the results after filtering out duplicates ... de W9TS:
80m CW QSO's: 121
40m CW QSO's: 261
20m CW QSO's: 143
15m CW QSO's: 72
10m CW QSO's: 0
40m Fone QSO's: 4
Total CW QSO's = 597
Total Fone QSO's = 4
Total QSO points = 1198
Claimed score = 5990 (1198*5) for 5 watts
Bonus points = Emergency power, Message origination, FD message,
Total score = probably 6290
OPs: W9DY, W9TS, WB9GOJ, WB9TZM, KB9II
If I remember right, this is about as good as we did last year running QRP battery 1A.
10 meters seemed pretty dead.
Paul Kasley W9TS
RAMS Field Day Chairman
... de KB9II, 8 July 2001