First of all it was fun!! Only had 5 Q's but it's the quality that counts
right? :) It was 66F when I left for the house and 43F when I got back,
with the wind 43 can be *real* cold. Got to the site and set-up, wind
picked up and got to set-up again, drat. Finally put everything but the
antenna in the truck and will have pics on the web soon.
Lessons learned: I can copy very fast when everything is repeated three
times. The support rope is always 2' to short. Bring
something to eat if you're out all day. Bring a light
if you know you'll be back after dark (have to go back
tomorrow and see what I forgot:) Next year use whole
watts if you're in the high point category (N/T).
The tally is (10 Qpts)x(5 SPC)x(4 field)x(2 battery)x(2 QRPp)x(3 43F)=2400
Can't wait until Field Day, same spot should be there unless the housing
market picks up again. Got my first ever DX (OK, so it's only Canada)
from a member of the list, he was calling FYBO too! tnx VE3JC!
Just to better my odds, the horror story is, it rained a little and I got
a rock in my shoe... (go ahead, top that! hi) 72
-- Christopher Cartwright, Tech. Engineer | ccart@vidtel.com
-- Phone 301.990.0735 N3XRV QRP-L #655 | ccart@erols.com
-- 40M WAS/QRP W11/C3 | http://dns.vidtel.com/~ccart
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