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06/30/2008 | KB2HSH
FD 2008 was my second entry that I did solo. I operated 1E/WNY, all from my 10 meter mobile rig out on the patio. The weather, typical of this year, was atrocious, but thankfully the excellent Sporadic E propagation on 10 meters made up for it.
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06/30/2008 | N5BB
Field Day on the last weekend in June seems to be an artifact of The League's geographical location and history. Unfortunately, the weekend is often miserably hot for other parts of the country. Along with the heat of a southern summer comes the need t... Read More
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06/30/2008 | WA1MA
Our FD idea kind of fell apart here this year after my father became an SK before my eyes suddenly on 31 May. On the 23rd of June I got hit in the back at a stop light. So, we just operated from home as 1D and put in a few hours for 33 QSO's on 40 CW a... Read More
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06/30/2008 | KC2TA
I haven't operated in Field Day since 1975 and truly wasn't planning on getting involved this year. Little did I know that streak was going to end.
After finishing up a referee assignment (sounds familiar to other soapboxes, huh?) and getting a chance... Read More -
06/30/2008 | K4KQ
I've read a few comments from hams saying that Field Day was more like a contest than an Emergency Preparedness Event. I like the fellowship part best, but I kind of expected it to be like a contest since I did Field Day with K4KQ The North Carolina ... Read More
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06/29/2008 | K6BSR
This was the first year in some time I did field day from home! Usually I get out with local club and play all weekend. This year I had just moved to a new QTH in a new state. To really make things interesting I also have a new rig (FT-450)and new oper... Read More
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06/29/2008 | WI9MRC
The Milwaukee Repeater Club completed it's Field Day Exercise at Whitnal Park in Milwaukee WI.
The club has been setting up in Milwaukee county Parks for the past several years since 2001. This years event was a great deal of fun. But as is normal we ... Read More -
06/29/2008 | N1YWB
N1YWB and KI6NUH, 1B 2 op battery from Mount Laguna in San Diego. I smoked my K2 during setup so we ran our FT-897. We mostly used a Butternut HF6V with 24 radials, and an 80m dipole for NVIS.
Working Field Day on 5 watts with limited antennas is a cha... Read More
