tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post6137520264728688715..comments2024-03-28T05:17:55.293-04:00Comments on W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least!: Field Day and sleep?QRP - When you care to send the very least!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08707602309223956112noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-42759203354133325962012-06-24T07:53:37.491-04:002012-06-24T07:53:37.491-04:00I've had the experience of hearing random phon...I've had the experience of hearing random phonetics or morse code after Field Day. The first couple of times I went with the Atlanta Radio Club (W4DOC) and ran one of the phone stations I remember coming home on Sunday and when I turned on the vent fan over the stove hearing dozens of voices calling random phonetics. But, with a bit more contesting experience, you are less likely to hear stuff in random noise like that.<br /><br />But, yeah, the half-dozen or so times I was with the W4DOC crowd, we planned to stay up all night.<br /><br />A couple of times I joined the N4N group when they were doing a 5A effort. I was the 80/15m CW station and operator. Plan was to go on 15m until it quit, then on 80m until I just couldn't go any more. I found that around 3-4 AM (eastern) things got slow enough that it wasn't worthwhile to continue. So, there was room for a 3-4 hour nap, and then back at it.<br /><br />This year, I ran 1E from Floyd County, GA. Back trouble had me pulling the plug around 10:30 PM.<br /><br />Still, Field Day can be loads of fun, even if you can spend a little bit of time. One year, I visited the site of GARS (Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society) at around 11 PM. I found the 40m Phone station vacant. The band was really noisy, with S9+10 dB noise. However, calling CQ brought responses, so I ran stations for a half hour or so. People were amazed I was working anyone with so much noise. I had to be home by midnight, so that was it for that year.<br /><br />Even a little field day is better than none.AA4LRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17802093412804980377noreply@blogger.com