07/02/2008 | N1EV 2008 - The Greater Norwalk Amateur Radio Club - Norwalk, CT - WWW.GNARC.ORG

The weather in Connecticut was excellent for Field Day weekend...warm, sunny & humid.

We were very happy to return to our previous site, Veterans Park, in Norwalk this year and with our crack setup/tear down team we got started at exactly 1800 GMT. For logging, we used N3FJP's Field Day Network 2.5 logging program and once again it performed well.

The experiment this year was to fly an 80M-inverted V antenna on a large balloon. This experiment had limited results but we learned what to do and what NOT to do next year.

We filed 3A and were able to maintain a 135 QSO/Hour average rate during the 24 Hour period. 20 Meters was once again our best band working every US section.

As for bonus points, we claimed 100% Emergency Power, Media Publicity, Setup in a Public Location, Public Information Table, NTS message to our Section Manager - K1EIC, Five Natural Power QSOs Completed, Full GOTA Bonus, W1AW Field Day Message, Educational Activity, Site Visit by an Elected Official, Site Visit by a Served Agency Official, Youth Participation and Electronically Submitted Field Day Entry.

See http://www.gnarc.org/fd08.htm for our complete Field Day Results. -- K3EIN