Well Field Day 2009 is behind us and fortunately I had just a little bit of time to get on the air and make a few contacts. I started late on Saturday on 20M and then worked 40M in the morning and then 20M SSB voice in the afternoon. All total I made 29 contacts (17 digital and 12 ssb) for a total of 92 Points with the power multiplier. In the end I operated at 2D MDC (2=FT-817 and IC-735, D=Home Commercial Power, and MDC=Maryland District of Columbia). I used both my 20M dipole, which I got up another ~6' to a total of 20' and the MP-1. The MP-1 worked great both on 40M digital and 20M ssb. I discovered that the low-pass filter I was using on the 20M has gone bad and was causing serious issues in my system (I've since removed and remedied the problems it was causing).
I must admit that I got bit by the contest bug with field day, especially with the ssb voice operations. It's a great exercise of brain coordination given the amount of information you need to track. I'm looking forward to the next contest event to give it a try again.
Although, not as elaborate as I envisioned, field day turned out to be a great experience. I'll leave you with a flip video of a New England station calling Field Day CQ.
73s
--Chris
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