07/02/2004 | W0WOB Trojan ARC WOB 2A KS (Colby, nw)
443 cw QSOS 265 ssb QSOs claimed score 2302

With reliables KB0LGX and AC0J moved from the area and K0FJ busy with son K0KHPs wedding, our small club was pressed to deploy a full-tilt FD effort. We took the minimal planning approach and ended up having a lot of fun and an OK, if not record-breaking score. We used YP logging software instead of the usual WriteLog and it worked well for us.
The crew:

N0XNK Gary setup, photography, SSB

N0XNJ Kathy meals, photography

N0XJ Gregg networking, logs, troubleshooting, SSB

K0QP Jim SSB, Elmering

KC0IWH Mike cw S&P, SSB

KC0GLA Nathan satellites, ssb

WA0CAL John food, setup

K0BJ Bruce cw rate

XJ/XNJs harmonic Matt helped from setup to teardown and was responsible for getting Hawaii, Alberta and some other Qs for the log. Hes dusted off his copy of NYT and should be licensed by FD 2005.

Pleasant surprises: Line noise at kid-friendly Phillips Park was much improved over last year. Lovely and amazingly cool wx for setup and daytime operating. Good propagation. No major equipment problems.

Murphy list: Amazingly frigid wx for graveyard shift. Didnt get full-time 6M station deployed and ended up with no 6M Qs.

It was great having KC0IWH travel across KS to join us again and help alleviate the op. shortage.

CU in Field Day 2005 de W0WOB -- K0BJ