The transmitters and antennas are stowed away for another year as we wind down Field Day 2021. First, a huge thank you to everyone who ventured out to the Woodlot, despite the threats of never-ending rain (that thankfully never happened). It was great to have so many of our newest club members present to observe and even try their hand at contesting on HF. I also wanted to thank directly KD8PUD for arranging our Fulton County 911 coordinator for a site visit today. There will be more on our conversation with Richard Kilgour coming soon, especially how we can have our emergency services efforts tied more directly to the county. We were also treated to a site visit from our ARRL Ohio Section Manager, Tom Sly, who took time away from his radio club to venture around the state, making a stop in our little corner.
A word on statistics, we conducted 166 Digital QSOs, 146 Phone QSOs, and 7 CW CSOs for a total of 319 QSOs for a combined QSO score of 492 with appropriate multipliers, and yes, one of those was also a satellite QSO we bounced off of the International Space Stations V/U onboard repeater to a station in Tennessee.
Our power multiplier and all appropriate bonus points (thanks to Walter Harper, KE8QNF, the Mayor of Belmore, OH, for stopping out) set us up with a claimed total score of 2,334 points.
We contacted 45 states (along with DC and Puerto Rico) and 4 Candian Provinces and were treated to a rare 6/10 meter opening with 40 minutes left in the contest (I didn't know KB8ELG could get a beam antenna and 6, rig up and running that quickly, it was a sprint to the end).
QSO Breakdown by Band and Mode
----CW---- --Digital- ---Phone--
Band QSOs PWR QSOs PWR QSOs PWR
160 0 0 0 0 0 0
80 1 100 41 100 13 100
40 3 100 78 100 56 100
20 3 100 43 100 59 100
15 0 0 3 100 0 0
10 0 0 1 100 5 100
6 0 0 0 0 11 100
2 0 0 0 0 1 100
220 0 0 0 0 0 0
440 0 0 0 0 0 0
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0
sat 0 0 0 0 1 100
Totals 7 100 166 100 146 100
Top three operator stations:
- 1st place: 172 kd8kbu
- 2nd place: 79 ab8rc
- 3rd place (tie): 33 kg8xg / 33 kb8elg