Field day 2006

Well Field Day 2006 has come and gone. And you couldn't have asked for much better weather, at least in the Ohio Valley. KY4CW (composed of AA4RL, K4SAC, NW4T and K4MQR) KY Indiana Dx Association, ranked 5th in 1A nationwide in 2005 and this year after the tragic death of NW4T, who fell off of his tower while working on his antennas in preperation for the ARRL CW SS Contest, we wanted to memorialize Gerald by attempting to beat last year's score operating in "missing man" formation.

2005 scores
1 W6PT 8,324 1A 2,103 2 SDG 15 San Diego DX/Pt Loma ARC
2 K9TP 6,790 1A 1,834 2 IL 8
3 N4OL 6,408 1A 1,540 2 NC 7 Central NC DX Chasers
4 W9HUZ 6,200 1A 1,335 2 IL 4 Southern IL DX & Contest Club
5 KY4CW 6,166 1A 1,329 2 KY 4 KY IN DX Assn


So AA4RL, K4MQR and myself set out to honor Gerald and have a Memorium Field Day. AA4RL and K4MQR set up the antennas, while K4SAC set up the station. We got on the air andFD 2006 had begun!

Here is our band breakdown:

160 0 150 0 150 0 150
80 130 150 0 150 0 150
40 485 150 0 150 160 150
20 700 150 0 150 0 150
15 5 150 0 150 0 150
10 0 150 0 150 0 150
6 0 150 0 150 0 150
2 0 150 0 150 0 150
1.25 0 150 0 150 0 150
70 0 150 0 150 0 150
33 0 150 0 150 0 150
23 0 150 0 150 0 150
GOTA 0 150 0 150 0 150
Totals 1320 CW 0 Dig 160 Phone

Last year as you can see we had 1329 total qso's so we handily beat last year's scores. Going by last year's scores, we anticipate that we are somewhere around 3rd-4th place in 1A unless overall scores increase tremendously.

It was a honor to memorialize Gerald in this way, and we look forward to FD next year.