Once again I descended upon my inlaws like a one man plague of locusts to eat all their snacks, crash in their guest room, and do Field Day from their back porch (no more Indian Rocks Beach; the sunburns were too painful).  On the minus side, I managed (AGAIN) to blow up the MFJ9406 by powering it backwards, and l left the TS-430's power cable at home, so the whole event was done on the FT-100.  Boy did I miss the 430's narrow sideband filter!  20 was RIDICULOUS, with people hollering CQ every 500Hz.

On the plus side, the decrepit old Tandy 102 handled the logging chores like a champ, and the MFJ battery booster never actually had to boost, as the monster trolling motor battery stayed above 12.4V all weekend long!  And once I discovered that the feedline had parted company from the 40m dipole, the antenna situation was entirely adequate.

Six and ten meters were both very busy on Saturday; I stuck with 15, 10 and 6 'cause 20 and 40 were impassable walls of pileups.  Where was this kind of 6m propagation two weeks ago?!?!  Sunday was a bit different, with 6 very quiet and 20 at least marginally calmer; spent most of the day on 40 and 20, with occasional dips back up to 15 and 10.  Logged about 75 contacts, spread all over the country.

The one that got away(tm) - On six meters, from EL87 I heard a W7 calling from DN27, but alas he faded out before I could get my turn at talking to him.

Notes for next year - don't forget the power cables for ALL the radios, install a full wave rectifier in the little MFJ to protect it from my hamhandedness (pun unintended), convert all the radios to PowerPoles, and get another couple hunks of something lower-loss than RG-58.

Best part of Field Day?  Taking a long shower after everything's torn down and stowed in the car for the trip home!

ps-  Fuzzy photos are due to a shakily handheld cellphone camera.  Ok, I'll admit it, the antenna photo was from last year, but I had essentially the same setup this year.