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Field Day 2006
June 23, 24 & 25
WØCQC took top honors in the 2A-Battery Class during the 2006 ARRL Field Day with a total score
of 13,160 points and 1,286 QSOs!! - Read more about our ARRL standing near the bottom of this page...

CQC Field Day Entrance Sign at Rampart Range - 06-24-2006
Rampart Range, Colorado
Not only was CQC's Field Day effort fantastic fun but it turned out to be a smashing success as well! There were some early indications that things would work out great as Vince, KIØRB "scouted" out the potential Rampart Range location from his airplane just a half dozen days earlier. From there it was "smooth sailing" with plenty of space and elbow room for all of our campers, operating positions, and antenna farm. All photos were taken by your humble webmaster, WBØJNR, except for the one of him sitting at the VHF station and the group shot:
 

Arrow Pointing Right Click Here for a pdf on our ARRL Field Day entry form...

Arrow Pointing Right Click Here for ABØCD's pdf on our "YourHub" Field Day exposure...

Click on any of this page's thumbnail images for a larger view:
(Even better photos will be our club newsletter, the Low Down)
Note: A "mouseover" provides additional picture description...

 

CQC Field Day Group Photo by Mrs. Ivan - 06-24-2006
Vince, Al, Frank, Paul, Tim, & Dick - Photo by Mrs. Ivan
WØCQC - Running 2A at 5 watts
(Club station running on independent power)
We earned QRP, CW, and solar multipliers. Our primary rigs were two Elecraft "K2" transcievers with some of the "big name," traditional equipment being used on VHF, UHF and our GOTA station. Everything was powered by battery with some batteries charged by solar. We're also very proud of our antenna trailer as Vince put a lot of effort into upgrading it to handling the steep and bumpy road up to Rampart Range. As far as the photograpy goes, my camera has a tough time dealing with the blue light, created by the tent fabric, but I posted 'em anyway...
- WBØJNR

Tim on CW for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
KRØU on CW
Jim Operating 6 Meter SSB for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
KBØOIJ on 50 MHz
Scott Operating HF SSB for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
KCØHSV on HF
Al Dawkins Operating CW for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
KØFRP on CW
Paul Operating CW for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
KF7MD on CW
Frank creates another antenna for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
KØFEI antenna launch!
Dick and Scott Conducting Antenna Work for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
Dick and Scott
Rich High Operating CW for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
WØHEP (CQC #1) on CW
Basic Electronics for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
Basic electronics
Roger J. Wendell Operating 6 Meter SSB for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
WBØJNR on 6 meters
GOTA, Get on The Air Station for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
GOTA - Get on the Air!
15 Meters CW for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
15 Meters CW
Jim and Tim Operating 6 Meter SSB for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
Jim and Tim
Jim Operating 6 Meter SSB for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
KBØOIJ on 50 MHz
Batteries for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
Lots of batteries!
Paul Operating CW for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
KF7MD on CW
Paul deep in thought for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
KF7MD deep in thought...
Power distribution for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
Power distribution
The main tent for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
"The" tent...
Rich and Vince at CQC's Field Day Operation - 06-24-2006
Rich and Vince
Vince, Scott and Dick work on antennas for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
Vince, Scott and Dick
20 Meters CW for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
20 Meters CW
Welcome Banner for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
CQC Welcome Banner
Main tent for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
"The" tent...
Tim Operating 6 Meter SSB for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
KRØU on VHF
Roger J. Wendell Operating 6 Meter SSB for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
WBØJNR (Self-portrait)
20 Meter Monobander for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
20 Meter monobander
Antenna Trailer used for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
Our beloved trailer!
VHF and UHF Antennas for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
VHF/UHF Antennas
Up close shot of 6 meter antenna used for CQC's Field Day effort - 06-24-2006
6 Meter antenna up close...

 

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CQC Field Day Rampart Range Road Sign - 06-24-2006
The road to success!
Some Description:
(Provided by Al Dawkins, KØFRP, a few hours after Field Day)

80/20/10 stn
 
dipole 80m 4 el mono 50 ft 20m 3 el at 20 ft on 10m
K2 running 5 w and a pentium 200 old laptop using CT-10 windows version of logging software.. the laptop is run off of an inverter from 12v batteries.
80     71
20    610
10    6  10m was open I heard 8-10 bescons but nobody there.
 
687 Q's
 
40/15m stn
Dipole on 40m at 50 ft a 4 el mono at 50ft on 15m
K2 running 5w    and a IBM laptop using CT-10 windows version of logging software.
The interface would not work so the internal memory keyer in the K2 and a paddle served the purpose.
 
40 m 372 
15m 153
 
total  525
 
uhf VHF and UHF 
 
6m was open very but not wide open 5 min sperts
 
6m 51
144 2
 
total 53 q's
 
GOTA had some problems with radios, BNo output power on a *!& and No audio on a K2.
It was tough for the inactive hams and the newbe techs
 
40m  9 
20m 4
 
Using a 40m folded dipole at 25 ft  into a tuner. But they had fun trying to figure out what was wrong.
 
Total 13 q's
 
 
 
2A battery 1212  and free q from vhf and Gota of 66
for a grand total of 1279 q's 

Total score is yet to be determined due to bonus points.
 
Remember FD is not a Contest 
 
Al K0FRP back to hot humid SC Tuesday

 

CQC Field Day site near Sedalia, Colorado- 06-24-2006
Last stop - Sedalia, Colorado!
Additional Description:
(Provided by Tim Groat KRØU)

Roger,

Here's some equipment details for the VHF station.

The transceiver is a Yaseu FT-726, running 5W on 50, 144, and 432MHz. The 
antennas are home-brew yagis for each band, with an 8 foot boom for 50 MHz 
and 6 foot booms for the higher bands. The 50 and 432MHz antennas are "NBS" 
designs, while the 144MHz antenna is adapted from the "packet yagi" example 
included with YO. The antennas were up only 15 to 18 feet on army surplus 
mast sections, but that's more than enough from the Rampart Range ridge 
line. The logging computer is an ancient 486-50 laptop, running CT version 
10 and DOS version 6. This system is very battery friendly, working 
directly from 12VDC and using little power--but the 50MHz clock requires 
liberal use of ferrite to keep the 6M receiver happy.

The key (shown in the "basic electronics" photo) is a CTE "flame-proof" 
key, complete with the tall navy knob. It's showing its age cosmetically, 
but still is a pleasure to send with.

Also, attached is a group photo (with the re-loaded trailer in the 
background). Photo credit goes to Frank's YF; she was kind enough to manage 
all the cameras so everybody could be in the pictures!

72,
--Tim (KR0U)

 

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WØCQC Greases the 2006 ARRL Field Day 2A-Battery Class

WØCQC took top honors in the 2A-Battery Class during the 2006 ARRL Field Day with a total score of 13,160 points and 1,286 QSOs. The Colorado QRP Club's operation, led by Paul Beckett, KF7MD, and Al Dawkins, KØFRP, operated from Rampart Range, running a pair of Elecraft K2 transceivers and a proprietary antenna system. WØCQC significantly outpaced it's nearest 2A-Battery competitor, W3GS in Eastern PA with 6,735 points and 828 QSOs. CQC finished 18th overall, based on point scores, among the 2,184 teams operating during the 2006 Field Day event. Among the 456 Field Day teams in the 2A class, the largest single Field Day category, WØCQC finished second, behind W1NVT, the Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont running 100 watts with 22 participants. Of the 236 QRP Field Day operations, WØCQC finished 4th - trailing AA5B (7A-Battery) in New Mexico, K8UO (13A-Battery) in Michigan and K6MI (1A-Battery; what was HE on?) in Santa Clara Valley. The WØCQC station operators: KF7MD Paul Beckett, KØFRP Al Dawkins, KRØU Tim Groat, WØHEP Rich High, KIØRB Vince Kumagai, KBØOIJ Jim Oleson, WBØJNR Roger Wendell, ABØCD Dick Schneider. The KØFEI GOTA station operators: KØFEI Frank Ivan and KCØHSV Scott Garcia. Way to go guys!

(More details at www.arrl.org/members/ only pages)

 

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CQC Field Day Participants:

  • Paul Beckett - KF7MD
  • Al Dawkins - KØFRP
  • Tim Groat - KRØU
  • Vince Kumagai - KIØRB
  • Dick Schneider - ABØCD
  • Rich High - WØHEP
  • Scott Garcia - KCØHSV
  • Jim Oleson - KBØOIJ
  • Frank Ivan - KØFEI
  • Roger J. Wendell - WBØJNR
Here's an email that Al sent the gang, via QRP-L, at Friday's start-up:

Colorado QRP Club is ready to Roll.
New site 500 feet higher at 8534 ft as the GPS says. We lost our trusted old site to the trail bikers. It's just north of Devils Head on Rampart Range Road. 2A VHF/UHF and a GOTA. 4 el on 15 and 20m on separate 50 ft crankups are up as of 4 pm Friday. Dipoles on 40/80m Vince KI0RB had springs installed on the tower trailer so its a smooth ride up the hill.

CQ FD de W0CQC

Al K0FRP home for the weekend.

 

ARRL Diamond - Small This was the Colorado QRP Club's first Field Day effort as an affiliated club with the ARRL (American Radio Relay League). The ARRL is what keeps Field Day, and Ham Radio in general, the great fun it is!

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