Field Day 2008 at W4WVP

Original photos by Prentiss DeJesus, K4PDJ. Montage by Michael Callaham, NW3V.

Original photos by Lew Doss, WB6YGX. Montage by Michael Callaham, NW3V.

Field Day rocked at W4WVP! Thanks to Lew, WB4YGX, and Prentiss, K4PDJ, for the photos montaged above. We ranked 2 in class 8F.

Logging Software

At busy operating positions, we used a tweaked WB6ZQZ's FDLOG, revision 1.146, software. The program, and associated help menu files, are in this .zip archive. This software runs on Linux, OS X, and Windows, but requires python; it works on python versions 2.2 through 2.5 and requires the python-tk module, aka tkinter.

Log Summary

The following summary is based on partially corrected log entries with a few residual errors, for example, bad section IDs. Nevertheless, it is a fairly good summary of the on-the-air activity at W4WVP during Field Day 2008:

1.  Field Day Call:         W4WVP
2.  Club or Group Name:     Arlington ARC
3.  Number of Participants: 20
4.  Transmitter Class:      8
5.  Entry Class:            F
6.  Power Sources Used:     85 kW generator (few hours), commercial mains (rest of time)
7.  ARRL Section:           VA-Virginia
8.  Total CW QSOs:       234  Points:   468
9.  Total Digital QSOs:    3  Points:     6 
10. Total Phone QSOs:     96  Points:    96
11. Total QSO Points:                   570
12. Max Power Used:      150  Watts
13. Power Multiplier:                  x  2
14. Claimed QSO Score:                 1140
15. Bonus Points:
    ...
    Total Bonus Points Claimed:  1490
    Total Claimed Score:         2630
...

17. QSO Breakdown by Band and Mode

        ----CW----  --Digital-  ---Phone--
  Band  QSOs   PWR  QSOs   PWR  QSOs   PWR

   160     0     0     0     0     0     0
    80     6   150     0   150     5   150
    40   141   150     2   150    17   150
    20    50   150     1   150    29   150
    15    37   150     0   150    13   150
    10     0     0     0     0    22   150
     6     0     0     0     0     9   150
     2     0     0     0     0     1   150
   220     0     0     0     0     0     0
   440     0     0     0     0     0     0
  1200     0     0     0     0     0     0
   sat     0     0     0     0     0     0

Totals   234   150     3   150    82   150


Participant List

[This list includes only those operators and loggers
who logged in to the FDlog software. Some participants
logged in using two IDs, because FDlog didn't like 
the first ID: ml = agl, ke = kje, rn = rln.]

     1 ld, Lew Doss, wb6ygx
     2 agl, aric letzring, ki4thm
     3 ahf, Arthur, w4art
     4 ag, Anjulee Gunther, n0call
     5 mc, Mike, nw3v
     6 kje, Kelly, n0call
     7 ml, OP Letzring, ki4thm
     8 kh, kenneth, wb4akk
     9 dhb, Dan Brown, n8ysz
    10 jr, Jack Reed, wa4fxx
    11 ob, happy, kj4bwp
    12 ke, Kelly Eaton, nocall
    13 ade, Andrew Davnie Easton, ki4thf
    14 pdj, prentiss dejesus, k4pdj
    15 ms, Mike Skelly, ka8opj
    16 rln, Roy Nickelson, ai4go
    17 rn, Roy Nickelson, ai4go
    18 jg, Jack Gunther, kb3kky
    19 ar, Amanda Rittenhouse, n0call
    20 wr, Wiley Rittenhouse, kd5ezk

QSO breakdown by Operator

[This list excludes QSOs logged on paper:
13 by op KA8OPJ, and 1 by op NW3V (mc).]

   141 ld
    53 mc
    42 kh
    24 jr
    18 kje
     9 wr
     8 dhb
     6 agl
     6 pdj
     4 ade
     4 ahf
     3 ar
     1 ag

QSO breakdown by Logger

[This list excludes QSOs logged on paper:
13 by logger KA8OPJ, and 1 by logger NW3V (mc).]

   141 ld
    73 mc
    27 pdj
    23 jr
    15 ahf
    13 kh
     9 ob
     6 ar
     4 dhb
     3 jg
     3 ml
     2 wr

Press Release

.odt .doc .pdf

Thanks to Prentiss, K4PDJ, for zapping these to the Fourth Estate.

73,
--Mike, NW3V

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