Station 4 - 20M Fone - K4LRG Field Day 2005

The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group
Operating From Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, Loudoun County, Virginia
K4LRG's FD-2005 Station # 4 K8DSJ - Don Jones Captain
20M Fone

Don and Tina on 20M Fone. Photograph by Norm Styer - AI2C de Clarkes Gap, VA.

Station #4 was a Yaesu FT-840 Transceiver, microphone, and an antenna tuning unit provided by Don Jones - K8DSJ and Tina Jones - K8TMJ of Harpers Ferry, WV., a laptop computer provided by Paul Dluehosh - N4PD, a 2-element 10-15-20 meter tri-band yagi provided by John Unger - W4AU and a ladder tower provided by Merc Skaggs - N4TGA. We had to retune the yagi for the Fone Segment since John is a real CW man. Twelve-volt batteries power this station. The station worked well and it's location ensured it heard everything.

In a post exercise message, Don and Tina say, "We would like thank all who helped with the installation and operation of Station #4. An extra big thank you goes to Karl - KI4BDS and Kurt - KI4FWB 'FOR STICKING IT OUT ALL NIGHT.' Thanks also goes to Randy - W4XJ and Larry - K3HE for the evening crew and to Dave - KE4S for the morning shift. Also, our thanks goes to Chester - WA9LAZ for helping out. Finally, thanks to LARG for providing most of the items needed to get on the air. And, without a doubt, the food was superb; many thanks to the food crew. 73 Don & Tina Jones."

This station operated on 20-Meters Fone. It seemed 'loud' at sunrise and sunset with three 40+ QSOs hourly rates. This is the first year that we put a yagi antenna on the band-mode.

The numbers are better then previous operations: 413 QSOs for 413 contact points. This is a nice job by all on a very busy band.

The Hourly Rate Chart for Station #4. Prepared from N4PD's TR log data by Norm Styer - AI2C of Clarkes Gap, VA.

The Running Rate Total Chart for Station #4. Prepared from N4PD's TR log data by Norm Styer - AI2C of Clarkes Gap, VA.

Kurt Reber - KI4FWB of Lovettsville and Chester Kmak - WA9LAZ of Leesburg Pair Up on Late Saturday Night and Early Sunday Morning
	2-Element On Twenty Fone Antenna de W4AU and Tower de N4TGA And A Big Crew Of 6+ To Install Thanks For All The Help On Friday Night And Again On Sunday
20M Fone Provided By Don And Tina Jones K8DSJ es K8TMJ
	Randy Sly - W4XJ of Potomac Falls It Has Been Reported That Randy Intents To Be Back On CW Next Year That's A Very Cool Idea !!!
Tina - K8TMJ At The Mic Don - K8DSJ At The Computer This Pair Stuck It Out The Whole Weekend
Dave Putman - KE4S of Leesburg Operates While Kurt Reber - KI4FWB of Lovettsville Logs Looking Southwest From The Tractor Shed Operation - Everything Is Down Hill !!!

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