2008 RANV FIELD DAY RESULTS!

W1NVT
2A - VERMONT


Location: Williston, Vermont
Grid Square: FN34 kl
Elevation: 478 feet AMSL


1999, 2000, 2006, 2008 NUMBER 1 NATIONWIDE - 2A!!





Field Day Pictures - Pick a Year!
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 2000 Setup 1999 1999 Setup 1998 1997 1984-1992



Field Day 2008 Pictures






FIELD DAY BOX SCORE

QSO's

BAND CW PH
80 M 45 175
40 M 503 165
20 M 653 1461
15 M 351 640
GOTA 0 500
VHF 1 284
Satellite 0 1
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TOTAL 1553 3226

BONUSES

100% Emerg Power 200
Publicity 100
Public Access 100
Display Station 100
Message to SM 100
Messages handled 100
ARRL Bulletin 100
Natural Power 100
Satellite 100
Educational Demo 100
Elected Official Visit 100
Served Agency Visit 100
GOTA Bonus 640
Youth QSOs 100
Web Report 50
Total 2090

Score Calculation:
4779 Total QSOs: 2x((2x1553)+3226) + 2090 = 14754 Points


Previous Year's Totals

YearCWPHPoints
20071271269712328
20061260338213858
20051081254811130
20041100268011360
2003957241110250
20021088279511342
20011042226210092
20001233213010294
19991209181512194
19981100267410748



PARTICIPANTS

Phone/CW: AA1SU, AB1T, K1CCP, N1BQ, N1UR, N1ZUK, W1EAT, W1SJ,
GOTA/Coaches: AB1DD, KB1OME, KB1OOX, KB1PNF, KB1PQN, KE1AZ, N1COB, N1YD, NK1A, WY0N
VHF: KB1FRW, KB1KPO, KB1LIF, N1BQ
Setup/Takedown:AK1H, K1JCM, KB1KVY, KB1LIE, KB1MDC, W1EBR, W1MOT, W4YFJ


VISITORS:

Greg Hanson (NWS), Rob Levine (ARC), Rep. Pat Brennan (VT House), Ben Sarle (Williston Observer)
KB1GMD, KB1KJS, KB1MAQ KB1OAD, KB1PDW, N1PDL, NG2O, W1ZN, WB5BHS
Livvy Allen, Jean Brown, Joe Kolk, Jon Vincellete Jr., Travis Wheelock



Operating Highlights

  • Conditions mixed at first and then got steadily better
  • 15 meters open until 8PM and then all day Sunday!!
  • 80 meters was a disaster - noise, noise noise!
  • 6 meter monster openings on Sunday
  • Best phone QSO Rates: 157 at 1500 (15m), 146 at 1600 (15m), 135 at 1800 (20m), 135 at 2200 (15/20m)
  • 14 out of 24 hours the phone rate was over 100!
  • Overall phone rate: 102!
  • Best CW QSO Rates: 105 at 2100 (20m), 98 at 1800 (20m), 93 at 1600 (15m), 92 at 1900 (15m)
  • Overall cw rate: 65!
  • GOTA Contacts maxed out at allowed 500 QSO's!
  • Lotsa GOTA and Youth Ops - 10!
  • Monsoon rains and high winds at times, but we didn't miss a beat!
  • Everything went up quickly, worked well and didn't break!






STATION DESCRIPTION

CW STATION

RIG 80m Antenna 40m Antenna 20m Antenna 15m Antenna
FT-897 Dipole @62' 2 Element Force 12 @52' 4 Element 204BA at 54' 6 Element @52'

PHONE STATION

RIG 80m Antenna 40m Antenna 20m Antenna 15m Antenna
TS-830S 120' Doublet @80' 120' Doublet @80' 3el monoband @50' 3el monoband @60'

GOTA STATION (W1PU)

RIG 80m Antenna 40m Antenna 20m Antenna 15m Antenna
FT-990 Dipole @62' 2 Element Force 12 @52' 4 Element 204BA at 54' 6 Element @52'

VHF STATION

RIG 6m Antenna 2m Antenna 70cm Antenna
TS-2000 5el @ 58' Collinear @ 65' Collinear @ 65'

SATELLITE STATION

RIG 2m Antenna 70cm Antenna
FT-736R 15el cross 20el cross


POWER GENERATION

Generac 3.5 kwCW, GOTA/VHF
Honda 2.2 kw Phone
Winco 4.5 kw Backup
Honda 2.2 kw Backup




July 12, 2008

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