Field Day 2015
2015 June (5:30-6:00pm 26 pm set up) 27-28 Field Day
We operated from 1:00 pm Saturday to 1:00 pm Sunday.
Site Officer: Doug, W9PN, Janesville Fire Training facility, 3000 County F, North Janesville, WI.
The Field Day report was filed with the ARRL prior to the submittal deadline, so we should be included in the results when published. As required, I submitted the needed documentation to support our claimed bonus points. I also submitted some soap box comments and photos from our Field Day. Overall, I would say that we had a successful Field Day. The one area that jumps out at me as an opportunity for improvement is the total Phone QSO count. That could easily be doubled.
Very 73, Doug, W9PN
News Flash: Nov. 1st: ARRL Report: W9PN was 3rd in Wisconsin in Class 3A and 5th in all catagories Wisconsin!
2015 Field Day Report July 29, 2015
Call used: W9PN (Extra Class)
GOTA Station Call: (None)
ARRL/RAC Section: WI Class: 3A
Participants: 19
Club/Group Name: Greater Beloit Area ARC, LLC
Power Source(s): Generator (Gasoline)
Power Multiplier: 2X
Bonus Points: 100% Emergency Power 300
Media Publicity 100
Information Booth 100
W1AW Field Day Message 100
Natural Power QSOs Made 100
Submitted via the Web 50
Educational Activity 100
Total Bonus Points: 850
Score Summary: CW Digital Phone Total
Total QSOs: 910 101 402
Total Points: 1,820 202 402 2,424
Claimed Score: 4,848
Submitted by: Douglas R. Speer, W9PN
Douglas R. Speer
4328 Fox Hills Drive
Janesville, WI 53546
E-mail: W9PN at arrl.net (at = @)
Comments: Bonus Points documentation to be e-mailed.
Great Field Day! Our club featured two homebrew beams including a 2element, 40m Yagi built by W9PN and KD9CNX and an interlaced 2-element per band 15m and 10m Yagi built by K9BY. The club had an educational session on how to set up and tune a 6m beam. We had an information booth set up and had publicity coverage in the form of a commercial radio interview and an article in the local area newspaper.
Band/Mode QSO Breakdown: CW Digital Phone
80m 148 0 14
40m 353 0 139
20m 270 101 54
15m 139 0 55
10m 0 0 94
6m 0 0 46
2m 0 0 0
1.25m 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Satellite 0 0 0
Totals: 910 101 402
End of Report
Safety Officer, Logging, Satellite, Public Information Officer Al Homan, KC9QQO
Message and GOTA Officer---------------------------------------------- Brett Johnson, K9BY
Emergency Power Officer------------------------------------------------- Lyndon Opdyke, WA9JLD
FD Data Submission Officers-------------------------------------------- Doug Speer, W9PN
Food Officers (Saturday 6:00 pm)--------------------------------------- Linda and Dan Servais, K9IBM
Category 3A; we used three operating positions (+ one 6 m station) using emergency power.
The Beloit ARC "Power and Light Company" was again provided by the club's AC gasoline generator
under the set up and control of Lyndon, WA9JLD. We used the station call W9PN, Extra Class.
Band Captains: 1 Steve, KD9CNX, : 20 meters (TenTec Eagle) Mode: CW, SSB, Digital, operator choice.
2 Doug, W9PN: 40 meters (Ten-Tec Omni VII)
3 Dan, K9IBM: 80, 15, 10 meters (Icom IC-7000)
4 A 6-meter station was set up and operated on Saturday by Dave, AK9F.
On Sunday, the 6 meter station was set up by Lyndon, WA9JLD and was very active.
Antennas: 20 meter 3-Element Beam, a home-brew 40 meter 2-Element Yagi designed and constructed by
Doug,W9PN, a 80-10 meters G5RV Doublet, and a 4 element 6-meter Yagi. Brett, K9BY homebrewed the 10-15 meter, 2 elements per band, Beam.
Friday setup: 6:00 to 8:30pm approx. Friday evening campout was available. Saturday, the gate opened at 9:00am.
Logging of contacts was computerized at each station using the PC program: N3FJP FD Logger.
Tear-Down: many hams assisted on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 - 3:00pm.
All Field Day photos were supplied by Doug Speer, W9PN. Others are welcome.
