A Tale of Two Winning Field Days W2RDX 3A. RDXA Rochester, New York W2RDX 3A WNY

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1 RDXA Rochester, New York W2RDX 3A WNY

2 W3AO the full-blown, unlimited version W2RDX the other more efficient, focused, and practical operation

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4 Top 3 1A-6A x K2AA K7LED W9LO 6x K1R K4BFT W6PT 5x 4x W1NVT W2RDX K8ES W9CA 3x K4LRG K9TP N6ME W4CA

5 Top x 6x 5x 4x 3x W3AO K1R K2AA K4BFT W2GD W4IY W6YX W9CA

6 W2RDX 3A #1 #2 #3 #4 # ,600 13,200 12,500 13,300 11,200 10,100 17, %

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8 ??? How d we do it?????

9 What s RDXA? DX club in Rochester, New York

10 What s RDXA? DX club in Rochester, New York Founded th anniversary

11 What s RDXA? DX club in Rochester, New York Founded th anniversary Evolved to DX & Contesting 80+ members, diverse interests Meetings, club multi s, dinners, awards, operating events,

12 Rochester Hamfest

13 Rochester Museum and Science Center

14 Demos Programs

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16 What s RDXA? It s exciting to be part of RDXA!

17 What s RDXA? It s exciting to be part of RDXA! But the biggest, most exciting thing is...

18 Field Day!

19 OK, let s get to it Review EVERYTHING! Station allocation Band/Mode Station / antenna layout Antennas & supports Equipment GOTA VHF

20 Reviews & Fixes Station allocation Band/Mode 2 CW, 1 Phone No change

21 Reviews & Fixes Station allocation Band/Mode Station / antenna layout

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24 N 500 feet Tight fit!

25 N VHF + GOTA + SPOT PHONE 80/20 CW 40 CW 40/15 CW 80/20 CW 2007 Site Layout

26 N GOTA Phone VHF VHF + GOTA + SPOT PHONE 80/20 CW 40 CW 80/20 CW 40/15 CW 80/20 CW 40 CW 2007 Site Layout

27 N VHF Road crossing at gate GEN GOTA-MAX 80/20 CW 40 CW 2008 Site Layout Final

28 N Phone 20/15/10 80/20 VHF VHF Phone Road crossing at gate CWGEN 80/20 CW GOTA-MAX GOTA 80/40 40 CW All bands 40 CW 2008 Site Layout Final

29 N 20M antennas end-on-end PH PHONE VHF Road crossing at gate GEN CW 80/20 CW GOTA-MAX 40 CW

30 N GOTA PHONE VHF PH Road crossing at gate GEN 80/20 CW GOTA-MAX CW 40 40M antennas end-on-end

31 N PH PHONE VHF CW Road crossing at gate GEN GOTA-MAX 80/20 CW 40 CW 80M antennas relatively end-on-end and max separation

32 Reviews & Fixes Station allocation Band/Mode Station / antenna layout Antennas & supports

33 VHF PH 20/15 50 Road crossing at gate 40 CW GEN 80/20 CW GOTA-MAX

34 PHONE GOTA 50 Road crossing at gate GEN GOTA-MAX 40 CW

35 CW 80/20 Mosley 85 PHONE VHF Road crossing at gate GEN 80/20 CW 40 CW

36 CW 80/20 85 PHONE VHF Road crossing at gate GEN 80/20 CW 40 CW

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39 N PH 40 2L wire 40 PHONE VHF Road crossing at gate GEN GOTA-MAX 80/20 CW 40 CW

40 N CW 40 2L 40-2CD 85 VHF Road crossing at gate GEN GOTA-MAX 80/20 CW 40 CW

41 N PH CW VHF Road crossing at gate GEN GOTA-MAX 80/20 CW 40 CW

42 Reviews & Fixes Station allocation Band/Mode Station / antenna layout Antennas & supports Equipment Phone CW 40 CW 80/20 GOTA Elecraft K3 Elecraft K3 Elecraft K2 FT-1000MP

43 Attenuator USE with RF gain to reduce QRM Main ant Only A is active Ext. RX antenna Press = Rx on Ext, Tx on main Rx/Tx VFOs Green = active Rx Red = active Tx These ON These OFF IF Shift DSP: LED On Control lower left Processor ON all adjustedleave it alone FILTERS Both at 2.4 (actually is 2.1) On Clear RIT

44 Station allocation Band/Mode Station / antenna layout Antennas & supports Equipment GOTA Reviews & Fixes

45 N GOTA Key station VHF Road crossing at gate GEN GOTA-MAX 80/20 CW 40 CW

46 N GOTA Key station Clear area Coaches GOTA-MAX! Road crossing at gate GOTA-FUN! GEN VHF 80/20 CW GOTA-MAX 40 CW

47 Station allocation Band/Mode Station / antenna layout Antennas & supports Equipment GOTA VHF Reviews & Fixes

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49 N VHF Road crossing at gate GEN GOTA-MAX 80/20 CW 40 CW

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52 Station allocation Band/Mode Station / antenna layout Antennas & supports Equipment GOTA VHF Phone Reviews & Fixes

53 N PHONE VHF GEN GOTA-MAX 80/20 CW 40 CW

54 And the results are Phone CW 40/ CW 80/20 GOTA VHF * 296

55 And the results are Contacts SCORE # 2 # 1

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