Operated at a site that used 100% K3 HF rigs (K5FD)
FD Rules allow you to setup both Thursday and Friday night!!!
No class A or B station may begin its set-up earlier than UTC on the
Friday (Thursday afternoon
or evening local time) preceding the Field Day period. Cumulative set-up time
shall not exceed a total of 24 hours.
A good thing for OLD timers!!
73 Robert W5AJ
-Original Message-
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Charlie
T, K3ICH
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 9:35 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] FW: FD Propagation
I may be interpreting the rules incorrectly, but I think unless you started
your total set-up at 1800, you could only operate 24 consecutive hours, so most
everyone called it quits at 1800 on Sunday.
Propagation was still there but 95% of the stations timed out.
Only those stations that started their complete set-up, including stringing
antennas etc. after 1800 could operate until 2100.
If you set-up Friday for example, then Field day was a 24 hour affair. Of
course, you COULD have started later for example, at 2100 on Saturday and quit
24 hours later, but I don't think anyone did that.
73, Charlie k3ICH
-Original Message-
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dauer,
Edward
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 8:05 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] FD Propagation
At about 1930 Z last Sunday, during the final hours of FD, it seemed that HF
propagation completely collapsed where I was. Ten went away, not ever having
been open much, then 15 went completely dead, 40 at about the same time except
for some locals, 80 had been useless all afternoon, and finally by about 2000Z
there were only eight or ten signals left on 20. Finis, all done, as quickly
as I’ve ever seen it. I went CL with over an hour of contest left.
Was I alone in seeing that at my Colorado mountain QTH? Maybe I was just too
tired to listen any more?
(Not entirely OT – I was using a K3 at the time.)
Ted, KN1CBR
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