HOTARC Field Day 2001

Field Day 2001 QSO Points
Type	Number	Multiplier	Total
CW	45	x2	90
Digital	15	x2	30
Phone	964	x1	964
Total QSO Points		Power Multiplier	Claimed Score
1024		x2	2168
Bonus Points
100% Emergency Power			100
Media Publicity			100
Public Place			100
Information Booth			100
Message to SM			100
W1AW FD Message			100
Formal Messages			100
Satelite			-
Natural Power			-
Site visited by official			100
Non Tradtional Modes		1 ATV	100
		2 SSTV	100

Field Day 2001 was one of the best field days in recent memory. The weather was great, highs in the upper 80s with a cool breeze and no rain, and we set a club record of 997 HF QSOs, down three from the 1000 QSOs we thought we had achieved. It seems that we forgot that three 2M contacts were logged on one of the logging computers.

As usual, we opperated out of Hewitt Park, and used two HF transmitters which ran on power from the club trailer's generator. The transmitter in the trailer used the beam mounted on the trailer's crank up tower, the other transmitter used a vertical antenna mounted on top of the large pavilion at Hewitt Park. The metal roof of the pavilion served as a excellent ground plane. Additionally, Mike Ross, N5MVL, who operated 10m and 6m with a beam and vertical mounted on a 10-foot tall tripod, contacted a station in Guadeloupe using QRP power! Another notable contact was with a ship in the Pacific Ocean headed for the Galapagos Islands.

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