[W9RCA-News] Field Day score!
Jim Keeth
AF9A at arrl.net
Thu Jul 5 10:27:49 EDT 2018
> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: "Brian D. Smith" <bdsmith at indy.net>
> Subject: Our Field Day score is ...
> Date: July 5, 2018 at 9:42:45 AM EDT
> To: "Bob N7CZ" <n7cz at n7cz.com>, "Chuck Arvo" <c_arvo at hotmail.com>, "Cyndy Meier" <indycyndy at comcast.net>, "Dan Meier" <dmeier at comcast.net>, "Dave Gingrich" <Dave at dcg.us>, "David Spoelstra" <davids at mediamachine.com>, "Doug Chapman" <bigtwin80 at hotmail.com>, "Doug Rose" <dougr42743 at aol.com>, "E.J. Caylor" <caylorman at gmail.com>, "Fred Keller" <fredjkeller at gmail.com>, "Ivin Flint" <ivinflint at yahoo.com>, "Jace Thompson" <jthompson161 at ivytech.edu>, "Jay Kraus" <jwkraus at sbcglobal.net>, "Jim Keeth" <AF9A at arrl.net>, "Jim Rinehart" <k9ru.indy at gmail.com>, "Jim Russell" <jrusselltx at gmail.com>, "KJ9B Ken Bandy" <kj9b at arrl.net>, <mark at mgburke.com>, "Mike Kasrich" <aj9c at indy.rr.com>, "Mike Wetzel" <mjwetzel at comcast.net>, "Peter Pauly" <ppauly at gmail.com>, <Rhardeman at acesec.com>, "Rhonda Curtis" <ws9h at comcast.net>, "Ron Cooper" <WB9DKL at aol.com>, "Steve Carmean" <carmean.steve at gmail.com>, <tccarroll at aol.com>, "Tom Chance" <thomas.chance at gmail.com>, "w9brc" <w9brc at yahoo.com>, <w9ind at arrl.net>, <w9re at comcast.net>, "william kennedy" <wy9t at yahoo.com>
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> Greetings, Field Day teammates!
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> The Q’s have been counted, the Bonus Points added and the total submitted – and acknowledged by the ARRL.
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> Our final score for Field Day 2018 is ... 11,876 points!
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> Not only is that an improvement of more than 800 points over our 2017 score of 11,040, but as best I can determine, it’s the highest total ever achieved by the Indianapolis Radio Club ... the highest 3A Indiana total in the history of modern Field Day rules (implemented in 1975) ... and the fourth-highest Field Day total ever recorded in Indiana!
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> So take a bow, everybody. You’ve earned it!
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> Of course, we won’t know where we finished in the Class 3A standings until early November, when the December QST issue rolls off the press. Last year we placed 6th, and if past performances in 3A hold true, we’ll be a strong contender for 5th or 4th ... and with a bit of luck, perhaps even 3rd.
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> Even so, there’s room for improvement. A glitch here, a gaffe there, and suddenly our shot at topping 12,000 points slipped away. But we’ll critique our performance when the Field Day organizing committee meets one more time for a debriefing meeting in the near future.
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> We’ll also consider the multitude of things we got right in 2018. For instance, we scored a clean sweep of the Bonus Points for perhaps the first time ever.
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> And our new location at Victor Conservation Club, south of Mooresville, was a home run despite the greater driving distance for those north and east of Indy. Not only did we enjoy the vantage point of a nearly 900-foot hilltop, but our genial hosts gave us access to their clubhouse, use of their shelter, and permission to set up on Friday evening.
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> We also did an adept job of recruiting solid new operators (to us, anyway) to reinforce our loyal and talented corps of returning Field Day veterans.
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> I’d like to thank by name everyone who played even a small role in our success, but in the interest of brevity, I’ll save the acknowledgments for later and keep the focus on team effort. If you’re curious about the numbers, scroll down for a more detailed look at our stats.
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> Again, my sincere appreciation to all who helped our Field Day effort in so many ways.
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> If you haven’t done so already, let me know how you liked our new Field Day site and whether you’d want to return in 2019. And remember, you can view Field Day 2018 photos, videos and other information on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/w9jpfieldday <https://www.facebook.com/pg/w9jpfieldday>
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> 73,
> Brian, W9IND
> Field Day Coordinator,
> Indianapolis Radio Club
>
> P.S. Here are our stats for Field Day 2018 (remember we had a multiplier of 2 for under 150 watts):
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> Score Summary:
> CW Digital Phone Total
> Total QSOs 1346 42 2307
> Total Points 2692 84 2307 5083 Claimed Score = 10,166
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> Total Bonus Points 1,710
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> TOTAL FIELD DAY SCORE: 11,876
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> And here’s a band-by-band, mode-by-mode comparison between our Class 3A effort in 2018 versus 2017. Despite having our overnight CW op on the Disabled List, we all but matched our 2017 CW QSO total – and slightly surpassed our 2017 total of CW/Digital 2-point Q’s.
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> Meanwhile, our Phone performance was truly noteworthy – more than 300 Q’s better than last year’s!
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> As you can see, 40 meters was our moneymaker, producing more than half of all Phone QSOs, while 15 meters delivered surprising improvement over 2017, particularly on CW.
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> Comparison Between 2018 and (2017)
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> 2018 Band/Mode QSO Breakdown
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> CW Digital Phone
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> QSOs QSOs QSOs
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> 160m
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> 80m 263 (340) 415 (249)
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> 40m 723 (811) 30 (0) 1137 (755)
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> 20m 120 (89) 273 (415)
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> 15m 237 (45) 276 (181)
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> 10m 0 (87) 126 (243)
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> 6m 3 (5) 12 (4) 34 (78)
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> 2m 0 0 (7)
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> 1.25
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> Satellite 6 (0)
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> GOTA 40 (35)
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> TOTAL 1346 (1377) 42 (4) 2261 (1928)
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