PDARC Field Day 2013

Field Day, June 22-23, 2013, was held at Spirit Mound State Park north of Vermillion. www.spiritmound.com  There was a potluck supper for members and their families and visitors on Saturday night June 22nd at 5:30 pm at the Field Day site.

A 50 foot Rohn 25 tower was put up with a Hex beam and rotor.  The last two sections were put up and taken down with a gin pole.  The beam was pulled up with a rope and was hand mounted.  A dipole was fed with open wire for 80 and 40 meters but it was found to not match very well.  There were strong winds, lightening and rain both nights.  The CW station was in W0SD’s 5th wheel, the GOTA station in W0EJ’s RV and the RTTY station was in a tent.  The RTTY station and GOTA stations used verticals.

It was very hot and exhausting work setting up and tearing down.  W0SD did the tower work when the tower was put in and Jay KD0VMW helped W0SD on the tower tearing down.

 

2013 ARRL Field Day OFFICIAL RESULTS

Following is a chart made by Bill W0EJ showing the results for SD.  As you can see we had the top score in the state!  We had no reduction in the score we submitted.

Displaying entries for Section=SD

Entries 1 to 8 of 8 listed

# Call Score Category QSOs Power Mult GOTA Call Section Participants Club
1 W0OJY 4,986 2A 1,025 2 W0EJ SD 14 Prairie Dog ARC
2 W0ZWY 3,758 2A 1,040 2 W0FSD SD 25 Sioux Empire ARC
3 W0WTN 2,930 4A 573 2 SD 29
4 K0JV 1,676 1A 365 2 SD 3 Three Men and a Radio
5 K0HS 1,028 3A 112 2 SD 10 Hot Springs ARC
6 W0NOZ 1,022 2A 202 2 SD 11 Huron ARA
7 W0PIR 680 2A 115 2 SD 6 Pierre ARC
8 N0OII 58 1D 29 2 SD 1

 

The 2013 PDARC Field Day was held at Spirit Mound parking lot north of Vermillion on Hwy 19. It was on June 22 and 23. A family picnic was held at 5:30 pm on Saturday evening.

Operating W0OJY and GOTA were:

W0EJ, WD5JRL, W0OE, W0SD, K0YKN, W8MHW, AE0P, NU0E, KD0TGH, W7XU, N0QJM, WA0GMH, Jeff Nixon

 

Call Used: W0OJY     GOTA Station Call: W0EJ     ARRL/RAC Section: SD     Class: 2A

Participants: 14     Club/Group Name: Prairie Dog Amateur Radio Club

Power Source(s): Generator, Battery, Solar

Power Multiplier: 2X

Bonus Points:
  100% Emergency power                            200
  Media Publicity                                 100
  Set-up in Public Place                          100
  Information Booth                               100
  W1AW Field Day Message                          100
  Natural power QSOs completed                    100
  Site Visit by invited served agency official    100
  GOTA Bonus                                      280
  Submitted via the Web                            50
  Educational activity                            100
Total Bonus Points                              1,230

Score Summary:
                  CW  Digital  Phone  Total
   Total QSOs    734    119     172
 Total Points   1468    238     172   1878   Claimed Score = 3,756

Band/Mode QSO Breakdown:
               CW          Digital      Phone
            QSOs Pwr(W)  QSOs Pwr(W)  QSOs Pwr(W)
      160m                                       
       80m    2    100                           
       40m  140    100    27    100              
       20m  471    100    92    100              
       15m  120    100                           
       10m    1    100                           
        6m                             32    100 
        2m                                       
      1.25                                       
     Other                                       
 Satellite                                       
      GOTA                            140    100 
     TOTAL  734          119          172

GOTA Bonus: GOTA Coach - Double Bonus Points
Name/Call                QSOs  Bonus Points
Jeff Nixon, W0OJY         20        40
Donna Nixon, WD5JRL      100       200
Jeffrey Searies, KD0VWM   20        40
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