Winter Field Day 2025
Winter Field Day is our opportunity to test our skill at setting up and operating in less than ideal conditions. We operated 3I with two antennas. We used our tower trailer to erect a tri-band beam antenna for 10, 15, and 20 meter operation. Due to windy conditions, the antenna was only raised 20 feet. We also stung a 140’ end fed antenna between a couple of light poles. We used that antenna for 40 and 80 meter operation.We learned that it is very hard to put stakes in frozen ground. We had several visitors who helped us operate. One of our stations was multi mode which allowed us to make 2 meter simplex contacts and to send and receive winlink messages. We were able to make contacts with 46 states and some Canadian provinces. We made contacts using CW, SSB, and PSK31.See the results below.A good time was had by all. See you next year! BandBandModeQSOsPointsPoints/QSO 3.5 LSB 3.5LSB13131 7 LSB 7LSB33331 7 PSK3 7PSK5102 14 CW 14CW 242 14 PSK3 14PSK38762 14 USB 14USB2052051 21 CW 21CW 13262 21 PSK3 21PSK34682 21 USB 21USB1421421 28 USB 28USB1661661 144 FM 144FM 111 Total 6527441.141 Score: 8,184 1 Mult = 1.0 Q ContactsPhone (includes 1 - 2M FM Simplex contact Special thanks to KC1VRB )560CW15DIG77 560 x 1 Phone pts560 92 x 2 CW/Dig pts 184Total QSO pts744 ObjectiveObjective Multiplier Calculation:Number- Operate on 100% alternative Power1- Operate away from home3- Deploy multiple antennas1- Send & Receive at least 1 Winlink email 1- Copy WFD Bulletin1- Operate on at least 6 different bands6- Use multiple modes 2- Operate six continuous hours 2 Objective Multiplier Number (OM#) 17 Total QSO pts x OM#Total 744 * 1712684 Viewed another way .. 560 x 17 pts/QSO = 9,520 pts from Phone operations . (77+15) x 34 pts/QSO = 3,128 pts from CW & Digital (PSK31) operations 12684
