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Field day 2009 at WY3P Thanks to Tom Flater and
the Gamber & Community Fire Company, we procured one of the most
beautiful and effective fields in the history of the Carroll County
Contesters, located in Finksburg, MD.
The terrain profiles of this
location are mostly downhill, in ALL directions!
NY3A and
his CW team had 2,043 QSOs; WX3B, W3ARS, N3VOP and the SSB team were
narrowly defeated as they cranked out 2008 QSOs. Other highlights
include the K1RH supplied "palace" for the SSB operating positions, and
the many guests that helped keep the bands active.
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Jim's Ride and Rob's Palace - two fine vehicles
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Force 12 C3 at 50 feet
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Clint Supervises
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CW Antenna Farm
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Father & Son Rob
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Douglas
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More Father/Son quality time
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K1RH/K3RCH
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Good Job - C3 Party
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These guys are SERIOUS
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Jim and Young Rob
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Jim, C3 Tower
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Jim with the triplets
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Jim and Young Rob
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Jim and the kids
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Nick
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Nick, Matthew and Douglas
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Great weekend home
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Matthew
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Old Brother shows young brother
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Rob, Jim & the boys
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OM Rob
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Young Rob
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Rob holds a guy wire
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Student and teacher
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Team triplets
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Teresa and the kids
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The kids help
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More instructions
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Tough cranking
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Up goes the antenna
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Look at that C3
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W3ARS on 40m
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W3ARS on 40m
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What an antenna!
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Young Rob on 75m
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Young Rob with triplets
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Young Rob installs antenna
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Young Rob on 20m
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Young Rob on 20/Jim on 75m
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Young Rob on tower
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40m Vertical Feedpoint
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Force 12 C3
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Gamber & Community Fire Company
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"Get Bent!"
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There's nothing like a good Pole
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NY3A - our CW Captain
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Guy method of pole
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Up goes the 40m Vertical
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W3ARS 40m vertical pole
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Feedpoint (again)
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W3ARS Pole FeedPoint
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W3ARS Pole: Guy Ring & Bottom
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W3ARS Pole Installed
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W3ARS Pole
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W3ARS Pole Bottom
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W3ARS Pole Guy Ring
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W3ARS Pole Top
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W3ARS Raises Pole
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W3ARS Vertical Feedpoint
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Field day 2008 at WY3P
Clint, W3ARS procured the
use of a field at beautiful Piney Run park for the weekend, where we had
a great time. Even got dumped on a time of two by heavy rain and
thunderstorms, however everyone (and their toys) survived. 15
meter SSB set a new QSO record (767 QSOs!). This year we decided
to put up FEWER towers and OPERATE MORE.
Now for some pictures...
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W3ADC Tent
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Willy the Field Day Dog
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4 elements on 20
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C3 10/15/20 & 40m vertical
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Screened out
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Sandy
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WX3B screening QSOs
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WX3B hard at work
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A beautiful view
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Nice Field
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Another Great View
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Work...work...work...
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Joe says: Field day is OVER!
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Relax, I'll make some QSOs
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Sandy van winkle
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Summary of our 2008 effort:
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2008 WY3P Field day results: 4 Alpha, MDC |
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Operators: W3ARS, WX3B, W3ADC, W3ADX, N3YIM, ND3F, Jonathan
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Additional Participants: KB3NZN, KB3KHE, Daniel Skutt, Willy
the Field Day Dog |
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Operational Results |
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Band |
Mode |
# QSOs |
# Points |
Operators |
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10m |
SSB |
28 |
28 |
WX3B |
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15m |
SSB |
767 |
767 |
WX3B, W3ARS, N3YIM |
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20m |
Digital |
14 |
28 |
N3VOP |
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20m |
CW |
40 |
80 |
WX3B |
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20m |
SSB |
709 |
709 |
W3ADC: 600, WX3B: 109 |
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40m |
Digital |
53 |
106 |
N3VOP |
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40m |
SSB |
177 |
177 |
N3VOP, ND3F |
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80m |
SSB |
631 |
631 |
W3ARS, WX3B, N3YIM, Jonathan King |
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Total #QSOs & Points |
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2419 |
2526 |
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2008 WY3P Operational Score |
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5052 |
Comment: 2x raw score for low power |
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Bonus Points |
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100% Emergency Power (4A) |
400 |
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Press Release |
0 |
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Public Location |
100 |
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Public Information Table |
100 |
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Message to Section Manager |
0 |
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NTS Messages Handled |
0 |
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Satellite QSOs |
0 |
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Alternative Power QSOs |
0 |
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W1AW Bulletin |
0 |
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Educational Activity |
0 |
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Elected Official Visit |
0 |
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Agency Member Visit |
0 |
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GOTA |
0 |
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Web Submission |
50 |
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Youth Bonus (2 youths) |
40 |
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Total Bonus Points |
690 |
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2008 WY3P Field Day Score |
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5742 |
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2006 WY3P field day outing
In June, 2006 - WY3P set up camp at Spring Garden Elementary School in
Hampstead, MD for field day.
We ran in the category of 6 Alpha, with Monobanders on 20m SSB and
20m CW - a 15m Quad, 3 towers (AB/621 & AB/577's) and plenty of wires.
In addition to making lots of QSOs we survived many inches of rain
and local flooding - all while we were in the field. A true
emergency preparedness test!
Looking forward to doing it again next year. Thanks to Charlie,
KB3JDW for arranging and taking care of us at this GREAT location!
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15m & 20m SSB Antennas
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K1RH Designed 3 element 20m on 24 foot boom
Initial Design Idea from W3LPL |
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Brian, ND3F on 20m CW
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Young Field Day Operator
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Nathan, W3ADX: Notice Safety Belt
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John, W3ADC on 40m SSB
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Nathan, W3ADX installs 15m Quad
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Nathan, W3ADX Installs 15m Quad
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Nathan, W3ADC on 20m SSB
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WY3P Hy-Gain 204BA
4 element 20m Monobander on 26 foot boom |
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Charlie - KB3JDW Runs 'Em
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Nathan, W3ADX is TIRED!
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07/16/09
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