Field Day

Field Day 2005

June 25 & 26

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Location:
Tuloso-Midway High School MAP
2653 McKinzie Rd
Corpus Christi, TX 78410

Field Day 2005 has come and gone. Not one of our best years for scoring, but we still had fun!!!

This year mother nature cooperated and we were able to get some of the equipment on-site and setup on Friday night so that Saturday morning was not such a strain on us. Friday night, we got the trailer placed, the two canopies up and tied down, and three towers were in place with some antennas mounted.

People started showing up Saturday morning to complete the tower and antenna installations. We also had to setup the computer network for the logging software. By 1pm, were ready to get the show on the road but the bands were in pretty bad shape where we were at but the CW guys were able to rack up a record number of CW contacts for the event with a total of 161 CW contacts. More scoring information will be posted here when we recover a little and get the logging software into a useable form for posting.

Saturday night was much of the same except we had BBQ galore prepared by Glyn, KD5PXB. We could have fed the whole neighborhood. We continued operating through the night struggling to make contacts and pull people out of the noise. Most of the time, the noise floor was S9.

Sunday morning, operators started rolling in and taking over for the night crew. Then about 10:30am, we notice a shower in the distance heading our way. James, AD5TC, and others started adding the walls to the canopies to try and give us a little more protection from the elements. The storm hit about 11am and we shut everything down due to the lightning in the area and tried to cover the electronics as best we could. Once the storm passed, we made a decision to pack it up and head to the house.

Everyone pitched in and we had the site torn down and on the trailers by 2pm. We then followed the trailers to Mike's, KD5WZV, office and unloaded what was to stay there. We then went to Mark's, AD5CA, shop and helped him unload his trailer.

A big thank you to everyone that came out to setup, operate, and tear down. It would not have been possible without everyone's support. I hope to see everyone at Field Day 2006, on June 24 & 25.

Pictures:
from Rob, W3ROB
from Steve, N0WZH
from Bill, AD5TD

Results:

As mentioned above, we felt that we would not rate very high on the scoring, but we were mistaken. The results on the ARRL Web site show us coming in 1st in the South Texas Section in the 3A group. I guess it was bad for everyone. Below are some summaries of the event.

This chart shows the number of contacts by mode, the total points by mode and the total claimed score from QSOs.

Score Summary:
	CW	Digital	Phone	Total
Total QSOs	161	55	303
Total Points	322	110	303	735
			Power Multiplier	2
			Claimed Score	1470

This chart shows the scoring of our bonus points.

Bonus Points:
100% Emergency power	300
Media Publicity	100
Set-up in Public Place	100
Information Booth	100
W1AW Field Day Message	100
Site Visit by invited served agency official	100
GOTA station 100 QSOs achieved (tot=140)	100
Submitted via the Web	50
Non traditional mode: Portable Packet	100
Total Bonus Points	1050

Claimed Score (Contact Points)	1470

Total Score	2520

Comparison to previous years.

YEAR	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
CW	?	122	160	?	161
Dig's	?	38	20	?	55
SSB (phone)	?	965	925	?	303

Bonus Points	?	1000	1500	?	1050

Total Points	1996	3570	3890	?	2520

South Texas 3A competition (no we weren't the only ones)

Call	Score	QSOs	GOTA Call	Participants	Club
N5CRP	2520	519	KY5V	30	South Texas ARC
W0MAC	1840	173		18	Spring ARC
KT5TX	1794	255	NQ5B	13	Katy ARS
W5IRP	1528	477		19	DEEP EAST TEXAS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC
K5HLA	1366	177		15	Highland Lakes ARC
K5PLD	1130	234		38	Pearland ARC
W5TI	1000	210		7	Texas Instruments Houston ARC

More information on Field Day 2005 can be found on the ARRL 2005 Field Day web site.

You might want to take a look at our Field Day 2004 event.