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    From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to All on Fri Jun 12 00:58:57 2026
    So.....

    Who will be participating in this years Field Day?!

    I definately plan to be operating....

    SSB During the day, and switching to the digital modes at night..
    40m for me works great with DX, not so much for the stateside stations. I think my radiation angle is to high, It is a non resonate verticle with a balun and no way to connect radials to it as far as I know. Though I wonder what would happen if I got a bunch of metal screen and just threw it down in the grass.

    I keep meaning to get a 40/80M dipole at least to run along the fence but have too many other projects going on!


    Would love to get some RTTY in, but it was dead last year. So mostly plan to do FT4 and FT8 for the points.

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  • From Ricky DeLuco@1:135/382 to Rug Rat on Fri Jun 12 07:38:19 2026

    So.....

    Who will be participating in this years Field Day?!

    I will kinda be ....
    I am the Southern Florida, SFL, SEC. I have 14 counties all the way to Key West. So I will be visiting as many Clubs as Possible to say hello and to give them the extra points for ARRL Leadership.

    de K4JTT

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Rug Rat on Fri Jun 12 23:12:22 2026
    Rug Rat wrote to All <=-

    I definately plan to be operating....

    I will be with myclub I helped found (Northeast Tennessee radio Community: https://netrc423.org). I don't have a station at home right now but
    hopefully soon.

    SSB During the day, and switching to the digital modes at night..
    40m for me works great with DX, not so much for the stateside stations.
    I think my radiation angle is to high, It is a non resonate verticle with a balun and no way to connect radials to it as far as I know.
    Though I wonder what would happen if I got a bunch of metal screen and just threw it down in the grass.

    I'll probably be using my 40 meter Tek-Tenna in its "sirectional dipole" configuration.

    I keep meaning to get a 40/80M dipole at least to run along the fence
    but have too many other projects going on!

    So many projects, so little time.

    Would love to get some RTTY in, but it was dead last year. So mostly
    plan to do FT4 and FT8 for the points.

    I once ran PSK31 and Olivia 16/800 (I think?) and made some contacts there.

    I can't wait to move somewhere where I have a small backyard and can put up
    my Mosley RV-4C vertical (10-40m w/80m coil). 33 feet tall, works well.
    I'd love to put up my 135' EFHW with a 9:1 balun but I doubt I'll find a
    place big enough for that.

    73 DE KS4TD,
    Sean

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  • From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to Ricky Deluco on Fri Jun 12 19:19:39 2026
    On Fri 12-Jun-2026 7:38a, Ricky Deluco@1:135/382.0 said to Rug Rat:

    So.....

    Who will be participating in this years Field Day?!

    I will kinda be ....
    I am the Southern Florida, SFL, SEC. I have 14 counties all the way to Key West. So I will be visiting as many Clubs as Possible to say hello and to give them the extra points for ARRL Leadership.

    de K4JTT

    Sounds like a busy day.. I will have to grab your email address from QRZ, and even though you are not the NFL SEC, I can send you a RadioGram through Winlink to get those points... :D

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