2014 FIELD DAY REPORT FROM THE W8MOP EAST RIVER AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, BLUEFIELD WV. didahdah dahdahdahdidit dahdah dahdahdah didahdahdit dahdididahdit dididahdit dahdidit http://www.erarc.com

Field Day report: We operated as “5A

VA” which stands for 5 transmitters in use and our Club’s FD operation was located in Virginia. A FD station in Maryland/DC was heard and had a “28A MD/DC” designator. Randall Hash WB4BBF worked 40M CW, (Main operators:)Harold Hodges N8NCP worked 40M SSB, Roger Stefancic KC8LGR worked 20M SSB, Gary Kadar N8GK worked 15M SSB and Don Anderson WD8OOR worked 75M SSB. Roger used the Club tri-bander and tower, Gary used his tower and homemade fishing pole beam, Randall used a sloper dipole at 50 feet, Harold used an inverted VEE dipole at around 45 feet and Don Anderson used his new 42 foot vertical antenna. Totals: 15M: 51 contacts, 20M: 41 contacts, 40M SSB: 83 contacts, 75M SSB: 7 contacts, 40M CW: unknown at this time. The mayor of Bluefield, Va., Don Harris KA4YDN (not a member of the Club, he read that we were to be at camp Roland) visited the FD site which adds to our total points. There were 17 total visitors/members at the event and around 15 attended the 6pm covered-dish/chicken dinner. Betty Viers KG4CTL made enough food to feed an army. It was all great. Randall Hash tried several times to copy the W1AW Field Day bulletin but had no luck hearing it on the advertised frequencies.

ARRL Field Day Entry Form

Call Used: W8MOP GOTA Station Call: (none) ARRL/RAC Section: VA Class: 5AParticipants: 12 Club/Group Name: BLUEFIELD, WV EAST RIVER ARCPower Source(s): Generator, Battery

Power Multiplier: 2X

Bonus Points:

100% Emergency power 500
Media Publicity 100
Set-up in Public Place 100
Information Booth 100
Site Visit by invited elected official 100
Submitted via the Web 50
Total Bonus Points 950
Score Summary:

CW Digital Phone Total

Total QSOs 108 0 181
Total Points 216 0 181 397 Claimed Score = 794
Submitted by:
George Fisher III, W4OF
Comments:COULD NOT HEAR THE W1AW FIELD DAY BULLETIN ON ANY ADVERTISED FREQUENCIES THIS YEAR. 73.
Band/Mode QSO Breakdown:
CW                   Digital                  Phone
QSOs Pwr(W) QSOs Pwr(W) QSOs Pwr(W)
80m                                           7 100
40m 108 100                           83 100
20m                                        40 100
15m                                         51 100
TOTAL 108 0 181