06/28/2004 | K6Z Huntington Beach (Calif.) RACES Field Day

K6Z returns to the 2002 FD site. This was a TOTALLY different FD, in which the Huntington Beach RACES members were "called out" to an "activation." The FD exchange was the "traffic" and individuals were "deployed" with their RACES "Grab-n-Go" gear. K6Z acted as Net Control, and handed out FD contacts, etc.

Very interesting concept, which may be used with other ARRL contests.

OH BTW - We did SIX contacts on 10GHz - not bad - but it would have been nice to hear more microwave activity during FD. Perhaps FD Rules could change to make contacts over 1,000MHz count as a Bonus Point Multiplier, or count towards the "Non-Traditional Demo Modes"?? !!

K6Z - 6B - Battery, Orange Section -- KH6WZ