As many know, Winter Field Day was last weekend Jan 25-26, 2020. I was invited by Greg, N4KGL to participate with his N4Y group. My wife and I joined Greg, Greg's wife, Dennis WA6QKN, Chris VA3ECO, George W4GHG. The weather was cool at night, but honestly, could not have asked for better weather.
The first night the rest of the group went to nearby Chipley, FL for dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. My wife and I opted to stay at the campsite and cook steaks and vegetables.
We had a great evening eating and chatting by the propane campfire.
We were set up inside the popup canopy with a wall kit that provided overhead shelter as well as wind shelter. The wall kit provides a front zip-up door as well as a window. My station included the following:
Yaesu FT-891
LDG Z100 autotuner
SignalinkUSB, SOTABeams 20,30,40 bandhopper linked dipole antenna
Acer Windows 10 laptop
Bioenno 20AH battery in a Powerwerx battery box
Bioenno 120W solar panel with their 20amp MPPT solar charge controller
Greg and I also set up packet communications between the 2 campsites. I used a Kenwood TH-D72 with the laptop for packet communications.
My mode of choice (as it usually is for these kinds of events) was PSK31 using FLDigi. I was socializing more than operating and only logged 20 contacts. But, hey...its better than none. Overall, the group racked up over 9000 points.
Here is the video:
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