FUN WEEKEND AND GREAT TO SEE 10 METERS OPEN FOR A CHANGE.

Had a great time, driveway portable!

Running the MFJ BigEars, FT-891, MFJ-939 from the patio powered off of a generator. It was great
hearing 10 and 15m open and made the weekend more fun. Not sure about allowing 'D' run full power
though.

Great Propagation during the entire Field Day Period. First Field Day operation with the Mitre
Northwest Florida Amateur Radio Club. We operated from the QTH of K4PV.

I had all of this information in a summary file generated by logging program. Why was it necessary
to re-type all of it on your form rather than just uploading the summary sheet and the dupe sheet

Great event as always.

I have solar power at my home. During the contest almost 50% of ALL contacts were made while I was
running off my Tesla batteries.

Some allowance or bonus credit and a rule change is in order for the many of us who have similar
setups.

I have included 2 photos--one of the Tesla batteries at my QTH and one of me at the end of the day
Sunday.

Field day 2020 was fun.  The amateurs in San Benito county had fun!  The propagation was not too
good, but we endured.  73 GL,  Don.

The Cabrillo function of my MixW software does not include Field Day, so therefore, I cannot submit
a Cabrillo file.  I don't plan on using MixW next year. I may go with fldigi instead.

Great Event in a time of much upheaval

Wow, that was fun!
As usual, things did not go as planned! At 1:45 local time just 15 minutes
before the start, I was informed by my XYL that we had to finish a new bathroom
and paint the first floor of a house we are renovating since the new tenants
wanted to move in a week sooner. Off we went, and a grueling 8 hours later we
made it back home. Totally exhausted but managed to get on for 4 hours before
having to stop to sleep. Around 1130Z I got up and was able to put in a very
productive final 5.5 hours (9.5 hours total).
So much for hoping to operate for 24hours.
Nice to make a few Qs on all 6 HF bands, but 80m was the money band, and 20m
a close 2nd. I was hoping to break 1000 Qs but didn't quite make it.
Pleased that I came close averaging 100 Qs/hour for the duration and had a peak
rate of 240/hour.

Despite some rainy weather and some loop antenna issues, I still had a good time on field day! While
I missed hanging out with other hams, the current situation allowed for me to try new things without
worrying about stepping on any toes!

My wife and 6 month old son had their first Field Day together! The bands were busy and the noise
floor in Atlanta was high, but our family enjoyed this kind of social distancing!

ARRL Field Day 2020
June 27-28
Callsign: AB3VZ
ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the
fourth weekend of June, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or simply
with friends to operate from remote locations.
                      !!!!  BE THERE OR BE SQUARED !!!!!
Participated from my home backyard this year in support of my club (MARC) activities. Operational
environment included a multi-band vertical and experimenting with a 2M J-Pole set up for rapid
portable deployment. Rig was a Yaesu FTDX 3000 with a CAT control connected to N1MM+ logging
software (HF sideband) and an Icom 7000 (VHF FM) . Focused on HF (40-20M sideband) and 2M FM. Power
output 50-60W on HF and 20-35W on 2 M
Several contacts made on HF including some DX stations. On 2M I could hit several repeaters in MD,
VA, WV, and PA. Participated in an emergency traffic drill event with sponsored and directed net
control operation by MARC (KC3MJV) as net control. Thanks to KC3MJV, KC3OOF (Jerry) for answering my
call on 2M for Drill/Demo, and Vic (WB2U) for assist on N1MM+ Logger setup. Had a lot of fun
operating for only 4-5 hours. A couple of neighbors dropped-in for a live demo and we followed
social distancing rules.
Some Lessons Learned:
Learn new skills and sharpen old skills on a continuous basis. Practice, Practice, Practice
regularly. Ensure that the Rig setup (menus) and control/logging software (N1MM+, HRD, etc.) and
interfaces (SignaLink USB, TNC, etc.) are tested early enough Connect with MARC club members and
seek help. I had planned some 2 Meter Sideband and Winlink operation (HF/VHF Packet), but was not
ready to do so. Was trying to learn and fix operational issues the week of FD.  Learning and trying
to do too many things in the last few days. Hope to catch up on some CW and Digital modes (FT8) for
the next Field Day!!!

Very impressed by the CW skills shown by many stations.  Incredible number of stations running QSO's
up and down the band, especially on 40.  Missed being with the club members laughing and talking
about the "good ole days".

I operated from 11 am to 11 pm on Saturday and 8 am to 11 am on Sunday on 2m simplex and 440
simplex. Unfortunately, here in the Mojave Desert, I only made 1 contact who was not interested in a
field day contact.

I obviously need a beam on a tower next year.  I will still operate 5 watts since the problem was
not power just no one to contact.

73, AB6NS

FD 2020 - a much different approach this year;
All Digital using WSJT-X and N1MM+ with FRS 6600 running very low power into an ACOM 1500 driven to
140 Watts OUT... (much easier on the transceiver) through the Palstar HF-AUTO to either the
160-80-40 Half - sloper or TH-7 at 50 feet. 

FT4 rates were exceptional! I generally just ran (Called CQ) and re-enabled transmit to start CQing
on my next slot while sending RR73 or 73. Many times I would have callers while the station just
worked sent 73 and "Call 1st" would start the next QSO. (See runs and Rates png files)

The original plan was to use my 15KW generator. The generator started, but failed to provide power
to the house / shack. So we had to go back to commercial power.

Michael Cicchetti (KC9OPV) is an Extra, but had no significant HF experience. So I had a lot of fun
sharing my knowledge and teach him how to operate digital mode FT8 on HF, as well as basic HF radio
(ICOM IC-7300) operation.

I enjoyed the time I was able to participate in Field Day. I learned/relearned some things about my
software - fldigi. I had a surprise contact with a member of my former club in MO (I now live in NH)
on psk31. For a while, the contest took a back seat to catching up! Thankful to be back on HF bands
again after the move - took me almost 18 months before I got my antennas up in the air.

Indoor magnetic loop antenna.

Rig: ICOM 7300 (newly purchased at HRO and installed day of FD2020)
Antenna: Hexbeam 20-6m @ 25ft (newly built for FD)

Operated ~10 hours total. Wanted to break 100, for my first real FD participation, but the bands
seemed to close with an hour to go and I wasn't able to make it.

Matt Bennet, AC6X, and Ryan Kinnett, NG6F, packed their stations up and hiked them up to a hilltop
in Glendale to work 80 meters thru 440 MHz. Social distance was maintained, of course. Ryan's trusty
dog, Apollo, really wanted a turn on 2 meter FM!

10 meters had excellent propagation on Saturday, and most bands were full of activity. Our club got
good turnout for 1D and 1E stations, and we held a video chat to substitute for our regular park
pavilion. Field Day turned out nicely despite this year's limitations.

What a fun contest this year with great propagation, especially on 40m, 15m, and 10m!  10m was alive
on Sunday, many stations were active from the east coast.  Additionally, I significantly upgraded my
portable setup this year and used a 40m inverted vee and Mosley TA-32 Jr on a 35' pole.

All of my QSOs were completed on solar power.

Setup in the woods of NW NJ using wire beams at 30' which worked very well.  A bit uncomfortable
with the humidity but the generator had enough power to run lots of fans.  Some rain but what's FD
without rain.

I had a lot of fun with Field Day this year.  Lots of activity on the bands. Usually I am 2F with
the club but at home this year as 1D like a lot of others.  Absolutely great to be able to work
other 1D's.  It kept the bands open all the time.  Wish 1D to 1D could continue,just have 1D's count
as half value. Change points as follows: CW 4 points, SSB 2 points Class D to Class D 2 points if
CW/digital or 1 point if SSB.  Works for me. Hey, this IS a soapbox!!!

I think this was an excellent example of the flexibility of Amateur Radio and the 2020 FD represents
a more likely operating model for the "when all else fails" scenario!   A few stations setup in the
field communicating on HF talking to other mobile/base stations at fixed locations is much more
likely. (e.g. a station at the EOC getting information from stations out in the community). 
Encouraging home stations to get emergency/back up power systems in place and ready for use when
needed will is more important than an annual exercise in my opinion.  I think there are more amateur
stations that now have emergency power for the home stations that before the 2020 FD.   Thanks ARRL
for adapting and seizing the opportunity.    73 John AD6NR - DEC NV Section ARES

The Case Amateur Radio Club in exile!  Case Western Reserve University operates a research farm and
we have had our past four Field Days there.  Not in the Days of the Virus.  Alumnus W8WTS carried on
with the club callsign at his place and three members ran on their own calls from various locations.
 We did note many Class D stations this year--we hope next year to hear all the club and individual
remotes again.  It was still a very good exercise and perhaps a truer version of emergency
preparedness than some.

Jeff N0IQM gave a educational class using ft3dr as a node and how the software worked.

With a dumpster fire of a year, this was very unique!  N4UFP and I did two live streams on the
ARRLSC Facebook page & YouTube.  We also had a visit from N2COP on the first one.  We checked in
with other ops in the field, even if it was just in their back yard.  I am a fan of giving the club
credit with the rule waver for this year.

It was a strange way to do FD. I miss working with others to set up a station.

I entered as 1E so I wouldn't be under time pressure launching antennas into
trees. I ended up with a 20M 2 element wire beam, a 40M dipole, an 80M dipole,
and a 3 element 2M Yagi/Uda. There was coax and power running through an open
window, and coax running up 2 flights of stairs to the 3rd floor for the 2M
antenna.

For me, this was S&P all the way. For someone who "doesn't do CW",
I sure spent a lot of time in that mode.

I go a couple of 15M QSOs at the start of the contest, but 15 really came into
its own on Sunday, starting about 1300z. I spent some time on 20M FT4 and phone,
but decided, "Nobody goes there any more. It's too crowded." (Berra)
and went back to 15 which improved my rate.

Conditions to the west coast were poor.

20-20 hindsight says I should have entered 2E and operate FT4/8 on HF while logging QSOs on 2M FM.

Despite coronavirus restrictions, still had a lot of fun operating from home on Field Day. Posted
photos below of my station and "antenna farm" on Facebook and Linkedin and got many nice comments
and encouragement from folks. Hoped to have done some SSB on 144/432, but couldn't quite find anyone
within range. Picked up a couple of new states on FT8 though.  Hope everyone had a safe FD and look
forward to seeing other posts to the soapbox

Twin Grandsons operating.

We had great weather here in the Twin Cities area (MN), at least during my 23 hours of operating. 
As usual, the N3FJP Field Day logger was great ... as was my q-u-i-e-t Honda EU-2200i generator! 
Being a casual "S&P" contester, I was pleased that my 385 contacts were about 70 more than last
year.

This is a unique field day during Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. My first time in the contest using my
brand new callsign AF5D, that I just received on June 23, 2020. In time for the 2020 field day! My
previous call was W5BAY. Operating 2 transceivers, Yaesu FT-950 for HF and FT-847 for VHF. Happy to
participate in this unique situation. 73, AF5D

Great time this year!! Again I learned a lot. Tried a different antenna on the second day as a
comparison. The antenna patterns, being completely different, netted me a wider range of locations
than I would otherwise have.

Thanks to all who participated in a great Field Day experience.  Our Club decided to encourage all
the members to participate from their homes.  We also had a concurrent WEBEX meeting going on
throughout the contest.  The bands were great and I worked 37 regions on CW with 100 watts. Again,
thanks to all who worked and/or participated this year on FD!

73 de AGØH

First time doing field day NOT in a field. But, ran a generator and sat under a canopy tent to keep
the spirit up and suffer in solidarity with those lucky enough to still have a "A" station. Looking
forward to next year!

This Field Day presented challenges like no previous event I have ever assisted with. This year, I
lead a group of operators that worked with all the Ventura County, CA clubs to put together a method
for us all to interact and visit with each other virtually.

Everyone seemed to enjoy it, and we got a record number of VHF only operators on the air this year!

On normal Saturdays, I operate from my mom's basement, but I haven't done this since March due to
COVID-19 concerns.  My antennas are not permanently mounted, and important equipment, like
transceivers go back home with me, so every visit there is almost like a field day set-up and
tear-down. This time, I stayed in the basement, and had about what a normal Field Day would have
been.

This year, I made it as much of a Field Day as I could, without actually going into the field or
meeting other hams in person.  I operated "backyard portable" using no utility power, and no
permanent antennas or permanent antenna supports. My KX3 was paired with a Hardrock-50 amplifier and
Buddipole antenna.  Biggest disappointment was the proliferation of 1D stations, though I understand
the extraordinary circumstances this year. I hope we can put the "Field" back in to Field Day next
year!

I was in Big Bear South Shore at 7,100 ft with Home Brew Multiband End Antenna modeled from
myantennas.com
Antenna end was strung up into nearby tree.
Operating from batteries and a 100 watt solar panel to top off the batteries.

Had a fun backyard field day.  Wind blew the antenna down Saturday evening, but it was just as well
because T-storms were coming.  Only got to operate 5 hours, but I was surprised to catch 15M and 10M
openings!

First field day! Great opportunity to test out operating under emergency power under less than ideal
conditions.  Looking forward to many more years of practice (and better propagation).  Nephews came
and helped set up and one decided he wanted to learn CW and went home with a Speed-X straight key.

Although the Jefferson County ARC WA was all operating 1D or 1E, as a club, we hosted a 24 hour Zoom
conference as an educational resource for our newer members and to chat in real time about our
successes and failures. It felt sort of like being a club FD experience. My personal goal was to
operate all bands and modes, including satellites.

FD Entry was originally uploaded on July 14, 2020 but never made it through the Internet.  Paul
Bourque was contacted on July 15 to advise him of the entry upload failure.  A later attempt to
upload the contact detail as an excel file resulted in a corrupted in-line set of data.  This entry
should  make it properly this time and is accompanied by the actual Excel detail file.  Thanks for
your assistance on this entry upload problem.

RADIO STATION AI1G WAS OPERATED IN MEMORY OF W1TAB- BOB PELOQUIN, SILENT KEY 6-22-2020. HE WAS A
FELLOW MEMBER OF CENTRAL MASS AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION.

Operated from my back porch with temporary 100 ft doublet and LiFePo batteries as 1E. Would have
been 1B except I had access to home facilities (AC felt good after 8 hour stints in 95 deg heat).
The antenna was strung about 35 feet and worked surprisingly well. The bulk of QSOs were on 40m and
20m with three each on 15m and 80m. I worked exclusively search and pounce. Good practice inserting
my QRP signal into the pile-ups. Lots of fun but I missed working as part of a group. My points went
to QRP Amateur Radio Club International (QRPARCI).

Will, AI4VE

Field Day is fun whether with a club or solo. I previously worked club stations.  Club score was
higher.  Front yard portable QRP 1 Operator on all battery emergency power This year.  Not many
contacts with 3.5W although I had as much or more fun than with a club.

I had originally planned to operate this event Class 1E, but it occurred to me that I have no way of
running my current laptop on battery other than its internal battery which wouldn?t last the
duration. Since I wanted to experiment with digital modes and Winlink, I opted for Class 1D.

As usual, I got started a little late and looked at the upper bands for activity. 15 meters was very
sparse, so I skipped it and went to 20 meters. Search and Pounce competition was very stiff (or my
station wasn?t up to the task). I tried running for a while with no takers, so that may be further
evidence my station isn?t up to the task on 20 meters. I dropped down to 40 meters and made my
customary one pass of Search and Pounce and found Toby (KL0SS) running at the upper end of the band.
She's a natural operator! As usual, 40 meters was wall-to-wall with signals and finding a place to
politely slip in and run was impossible, but at least Search and Pounce was semi-productive. After
some software trials and tribulations, I got WSJT-X (FT8, FT4, etc.) working with N1MM (logging) and
discovered how easy it is to make digital QSOs during FD! Even though the waterfall was wall-to-wall
just like the rest of the band, calling CQ and Search and Pounce with FT4 & FT8 was very productive.
I started with FT8, but soon switched to FT4 after a recommendation from NR4C that it was much
quicker. FT4 did prove much quicker and since digital QSOs count 2 points as opposed to phone QSOs 1
point, it was also a great score booster. Not that it's a contest, mind you! 

I sent my National Traffic System message to the Section Emergency Coordinator for 100 bonus points
via Winlink over HF. Thank goodness the message was short because it took 3 minutes to send! HF
digital doesn't happen in a hurry. Near the end of the event I spent my time trying to get VHF
digital up and running again on my station and discovered it had been so long since I?d used it, a
lot of things I thought were ready, were no longer connected. I was hoping to originate 10 more NTS
messages for more bonus points and send the via VHF, but time expired before I got things working
again. Another lesson learned. 

Despite my low QSO count, I have to consider this year's FD a big success. I managed to accomplish
something I'd never done before. I discovered shortcomings to my station that I need to address. And
I had fun doing it all! 
 
Congratulations to all! 

73 de AI4WU

First time operating 1D.  But it's just not the same without a team, the BBQ and the ham talk.

Had a blast even though band conditions weren't great.  Looking forward to next year!

-California DX Association, AJ2J

First time operating Field Day in a couple decades, and the first time back on the air in 14 years!
My old TS-520S and hastily erected 40 meter dipole (and I) struggled a bit (what is this "computer
logging" you speak of?), but the fun was worth the effort!  I just kept grinning like a kid again.

thunderstorms in the Nevada desert meant I had to disconnect the transceiver frequently. The air was
so charged that the antenna wire was even energized when it was disconnected. Lesson learned, good
grounding is necessary, and a surge protector for the coax line is a must have as well. nothing was
destroyed, however it was a bit scary nonetheless

My first Field Day and it was in Cuenca Ecuador!
Did it all on 150 watts with Lithium Ion Phosphate battery and my 120 watt fold out Solar Panel.

Great weekend, very different than my last 5 years of Field Day - just me, by myself.  I was 1E
(solar panel and battery) and very surprised to see so many 1E participants.  I only had a handful
of contacts, which was great for my QRP effort and the weather Saturday and Sunday was the best in a
long time.

Enjoyed the contest from Japan especially by FT8 mode. Thank you all for exchanging the number over
the pacific ocean. I hope we could overcome COVID19 and enjoy FD in the field next time. Best 73s,
Kaz.

It was fun to hear all the 1D stations that were social distancing from home.  Let's hope that, by
next year, Covid will be behind us so Field Day can return it's focus to stations in the
field.....de K0AD 1D Minnesota

Thanks for the special rules for 2020.

The W1AW Bulletin reached Colorado with 100% copy on 40m MFSK16 Saturday night.

After an exhausting day on Friday, I had no energy to take the van out on Saturday and chose to
rest. Sunday morning I felt better, so I decided to go back to recently-reopened Hopewell Furnace
National Historical Site to operate Field Day as a 1C. I got there not long after it opened at 10am,
and was making contacts by 10:40.

Since there are no section multipliers, I thought it made sense to start on 40m where there might be
more strong stations to work. I went down to 7MHz and worked my way up the CW operators. As
expected, most signals were plenty strong enough for a good software decode since I don't know Morse
Code beyond my own callsign. I got 44 CW contacts in 1.5 hours, not too bad for a no-code op in S&P.
Since I was wandering into the digital section, I decided to skip up to the SSB Extra band and work
my way up on voice.

After the fourth SSB contact, I noticed a 1.7kHz gap in my waterfall that was otherwise filled with
overlapping signals and started calling CQ (after listening and asking if in use of course).
Naturally, my contact rate shot up and I got 108 contacts in about 70 minutes. I only stopped
because it was getting too hard with legal limit 1D stations increasingly encroaching on me on both
sides.

I went to 40m FT4 and mixed calling CQ with sniping the stronger calling stations; my little bit of
FT experience in the RTTY and June VHF contests helping to give me a small bit of confidence in my
FT operating practices. Of course, the rate is slower than traditional modes, but it was nice to
give my ears and voice a break, as well as turning off the 400w amplifier to conserve battery
energy.

At 1800z, the bands got much less busy due to the FD 24-hour rule, but I could continue. I went back
to voice calling, this time in the General 40m band. 60 contacts in about 30 minutes was an even
faster rate than before, probably because everyone could hear better without overlapping signals. 

Wanting to try 20m, I went to FT4 and got a decent result of 7 contacts in 11 minutes, but got bored
and went to SSB. I decided to jump right to CQing, finding a clear spot up high. 63 contacts in 37
minutes was still a good rate, though almost all were distances you'd expect from 40m daylight, not
20m; I think I only had 5 or so that were 1000+ miles away.

Altogether, I did what I could, and I think I did OK in the time I had:

Operating time: 631 minutes
Total clock time: ~9 hours
Claimed score: 552
QSO points:402 (44 CW, 38 DG, 238 PH)

-- Pete K0BAK

Hello- Roberta Maddox (K4HRM) and myself (K0CAT) worked the contacts. ALL 155 QSO's were done with
solar power both days, so not sure if it was properly counted.

We had our section manager, Marv Hoffman (WA4NC) meet some of our club members via a virtual visit
via WebEx. See attached picture. Marv is in the middle and myself and Ro are to the left of Marv.

Also see picture of K0CAT's solar array and controller/battery setup. The picture was taken by K0CAT
and shows K4HRM (Ro Maddox) at the controls.

Note- a couple of weeks before, the rules stated that 100% emergency power was a 5x multiplier. Not
sure what happened to that scoring???

Richard Blumenstein, K0CAT, <k0cat@arrl.net>

Interesting and Fun Field Day 2020!

Operated as a 1D SC w/ my Dad giving me a hand 

Used FT8, FT4, PSK31, and SSB.  

Lots of fun was had!

Platte County ARG Field Day 2020
This year marks the 16th Field Day for our group. In 2005 we had our first
operation at Riverview Park in Platte City. The next Six years our FD team
continued to grow. In 2009 we added a CW station along with the voice 
stations. In the fall of 2010 we partnered with the Northland Regional Ambulance
District "NRAD". in 2011 the operation moved to the NRAD EOC-Training facility.
The officers suggested that we apply for a special call. Soon after "NR0AD" was
obtained. Moving to an EOC for Field Day in 2011 some members suggested the 
addition of a Digital station...NR0AD 4F MO was the report..a good part of the team 
are members of the KCNorth ARES, supporting a served agency was a good fit.
Then 2020 and the COVID 19 ARRL rules expansion allowed PCARG members to 
operate from home stations..The results are seen in the pictures shared by some.
The group continues to conduct meetings, some are in person with ZOOM for those preferring to
Socially distance during the COVID-19 Pandemic affecting the U.S.

Voice op's W0JSH N0EYE KC0QIG  Digital op's  WA0TJT AK0SK AB0GD  CW op's K6FN K0KEX

73 Good luck to all....Platte County ARG

I'm glad you allowed "D" stations to contact other "D" stations.  Without that, activity would be
pretty grim.

Maintained social distancing by W0UA operating remotely from his QTH, 6 miles (not feet) from K0RF,
the other operator.

A PT effort and bit strange working 1D from home this year.  But it was still fun to see 15/10 open
for a change with plenty of stations to work. It's back to the field next year I hope!  -- Ron,
K0RJW

Rain Early, clear skies later!

First Field Day participation.

It would have been more fun to have been on the Field Day site instead of at home.

HAD A GREAT TIME DOING 1D WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AND OLD AGE DID 7 HOURS. HAD FUN ALL THE WAY
ESPECIALLY WORKING THE CWOPS GUYS. GOD BLESS PTL BB K0UK

K0W enjoyed a safe field day from Columbine Campground, Colorado.

Limited participation due to equipment failure. Still a great time as 10 year old grandkids were
able to make a contact!

This was, by far, the most enjoyable field day experience I've had since being licensed nearly 30
years ago.  Ran ultra light portable with a battery powered CW only rig from a beautiful location;
weather was great; and propagation was really good.  Looking forward to next year!

Definitely had a fun time this year We will see everyone next Field Day. Had Arvada, CO Fire
Department come out for the Pandemic 100 points.

Well 2020 FD sure was interesting...when life tosses you lemons...make lemonade.
As our usual CCDXARC NH FD was very limited because of COVID...I decided to operate
from home with my son, a first for us...so very nice! had planned on 2E, but club
needed the extra genset...so 2D it was.
20m was very tough, but the other bands had some nice openings, and with the ARRL
rule exception for Delta stations, activity seemed real high...the one and only nice side effect of
limited gatherings...
All and All, had fun, very happy to operate with my son,but sure would have liked to have been with
a bigger club group as usual with the CCDXARC group here in NH..hopefully next year!
73,
Neil, AE1P, with Josh,KB1UPS

New antennas on all bands worked great and propagation was the best for FD in years. Thanks for all
the great CW Q' and operators

Pretty minimal effort, but FD is always fun and brings back super memories.

SOAPBOX: 
Covid-19 social distancing implemented with class 1E. A Solar System powers ham shack 24/7x365,
Elecraft KX2 transceiver cranked down to 5w for FD, to a Butternut vertical antenna. Enjoyed home
base this year for FD, de K1LB Woody

This is my first FD CW entry, and boy is it easier than trying to pick out a bunch of SSB sceamers. 
Ham Radio the old fashion way.

Mike (Lousy Ham Operator)
K1LHO

To the membership;
     This year's event was a BLAST! I operate qrp and so many operators called for quiet so that qrp
op's could get thru - real ladies and gentlemen. Thanks to you all!
     One additional point: our club, Mohawk ARC, used Zoom, as I'm sure msny other clubs did, and it
really worked well. We had fun waking up a few op's as they dozed at their desks but we missed the
good eats that members shared like in past years. 
FB FB for sure!!

Due to the Corona-virus Pandemic, Ive been camping out in a tent on my land since March 18th (over 3
months). Some one asked me a few weeks ago if I was ready for Field Day and I told them "I ought to
be, Ive been living in Field Day conditions for 3 months now." Most of that time, the only email I
had was Winlink, so amateur radio has really helped me keep in contact during the pandemic.

Surprisingly, propagation was not so bad.  Better than last year, I think. And no bugs!  The only
upside of Field Day in a pandemic.  Had a wonderful club experience as the member of the Garden
State Amateur Radio Association met 3 times on Zoom to shmooze during the event and we shared the
scoreboard among ourselves.  Hopefully, next year we can be in the field but, all things considered,
it was a great event.

ARRL did it right by opening up Field Day to accommodate changes that were appropriate for the COVID
19 environment. Allowing "Class D" stations to work ech other, as well as setting up a method for
"club members" to aggregate their scores, as if they had operated the contest "together at a common
site" was a great solution !  Had a ball working "sporadic e-skip" on 10 & 15 mtrs !!!!!!!!!!!!!

My first ever from licensed location FD, always been a part of Morris Radio Club FD and just doing a
small part from home for the club. Missed being a part of club FD due to COVID-19 but learned how
much experience my fellow hams have, it is a lot harder to do all the FD tasks by yourself.

BUT still had fun, made contact with 7 different states so that was cool from a completely portable
set up in backyard FD station with a generator.

I really think I should have been 1B since no permanent home equipment/antennas were used. I think
ARRL should rethink rules and that FAQ answer to setting up in backyard, I do not see why I need to
be away from my home to be a B class, it makes no sense to me that I had to run E just because I had
bathroom, especially this year with COVID-19.

Digital only: Class D to D should be 1 point. Class D to any other should be 2 points. All other
class to class should be 3 points. Giving every digital contact 3 points does not encourage going
out into the field.

A great opportunity to test my chops operating under adverse / emergency conditions. I have a lot to
learn even after many years of being an amateur operator. Sometimes frustrating to find a way to
work around the "big guns" but it added to the challenge. 73 DE K2MTS...

Our group definitely prefers CW.  This was a very special year for participation - we had fun.

The 2020 FD was our absolute best CW entry ever - and a 27% improvement in total contacts over 2019
which is now second best year. 

Unique geopolitical circumstances and terrific short-skip conditions were the
ingredients for sustained great rates.

This year was difficult compared to previous years.  Difficult but NOT impossible.

Well that was interesting.
The local club scratched its FD, so I hoisted a 40m/20m twinlead dipole up into the trees (tnx
K7RF), and did an operation from the barn.  
I'd bought a 100w solar panel and battery this year and opened the new boxes for this event. 
Unfortunately, the Oregon sun didn't entirely cooperate.  So on Saturday I ran 25-40w to keep the
battery from depleting.  In the first seven hours of the event 227 QSOs went into the ether, powered
by Ole Sol’s bounty.  After the sun went low I switched to a little Honda generator.  There was
even less sun on Sunday, so I stayed with the generator.  (I learned my K3 draws about 24-27 watts
on receive.)
40m sure was the money band, including a run from 0354z – 0730z in which I stayed at 7045 and
worked 335 QSOs.  That was fun.  However, 20m disappointed.  The dipole was up 60+ feet, so I would
have thought I could get a run going with 100w, but I never really did, and lots of my S&P calls
weren’t even met with a ‘?’.  I'll have to look into that.  I managed 80, 15 and 10m with a
tuner.  (How many recent contests have netted more 10m QSOs than 80m?)
I made 2 SSB QSOs - just to make sure I still knew how.
I slept 4 hours, which was a welcome break.
‘Hoping things are back to normal next year!

First eve Field Day by my self. Interesting time. Not as much activity as I anticipated.

As the ENY Section Manager, it was good to hear so many hams from my section practicing social
distancing and operating from home.

And on a personal note:
I waited with great anticipation to see if my new genset was going to arrive in time to operate as
1E....Friday 4PM EDT FEDEX dropped it of at my house!  Perfect timing!

I worked from home due to COVID 19 concerns. I missed the camaraderie enjoyed working from the club
site but still had fun for the limited time I was able to participate.

SOLAR PANELS CHARGING BATTERY FOR OPERATION. ALL QSOS MADE VIA SOLAR/BATTERY SETUP.

SITE VISITED BY NEW CASTLE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DELAWARE PARK RANGERS

K3ARS Field Day.  A little more lax this year than most, but we still had fun!

Great condx on 20CW, lots of fun plus many great ops.

K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care 
retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. N3UM and 
W3GB operated 2E in 2020 Field Day, using masks, a big plexiglas 
shield, and chairs 6 ft. apart. 

We got good rates; total 308 Qs in 3 hrs. 18-21Z with N3UM on 40m. 
CW and W3GB on 20m, SSB and then CW. A 2-hr. break for food and 
chores, and more good rates; 433 Qs in 4 hrs 00-04Z, N3UM mostly 
on 80 CW and W3GB on 20, 40, and 80m. SSB. QRT at 04Z with 797 Qs. 

Sun, 1245-14Z was slow, but 14-16Z was fast again, 243 Qs in 2 hr. 
N3UM was on 40m. CW, W3GB on 20m. SSB. 

The 16Z hr. was slow due to breaks, but the last hour was our best; 
164 Qs, with N3UM on 40m. CW and W3GB on 20m. SSB. We were pleased 
to claim 1284 Qs in 13.4 hrs on, 264 more than the 1020 Qs we got 
in 2018 in 16.5 hrs. 

We noticed that most of our QSOs were with Class 1D and 1E Home 
stations, not with Class A and B “Real Field Day” stations. In past 
Field Days, e.g. in 2018, it was the opposite. 

K3CCR FD Qs      YEAR 
             2020   2018 
Class         Qs     Qs    Change 
1D+1E        923    285      +638 
A+B          295    609      -314 
Misc.         66    126       -60  (Classes C, F, and >1 D & E) 
Tot. Claim  1284   1020      +264 

It would be nice to think that we got 264 more Qs this year in 3 
fewer hours due to operating skill. BUT, 72% of our total Qs 
were 1D or 1E and only 23% A or B stations. In 2018 it was 28% 
1D or 1E and 60% A or B. 

On average, home stations have higher and/or better antennas. 
That plus more ops at home means more and louder signals. 
We can take credit for being able to take advantage of that, 
but not for 638 more 1Ds and 1Es being on.

A few old Univ. of Md. ARA members regrouped after 30 years to operate a 3A QRP Battery FD from Mt.
Weather VA using one of our member's new call (K3FA).  We only operated Sat. but had a great time as
the weather was nice, rain held off and most of the bugs did too! We maintained our social
distancing by setting up 3 separate tents in a 1 acre field while setting up a long wire and several
dipoles strung through the trees. The most disappointing part of running a QRP FD though was sitting
waiting line and listening to all the D category stations work each other :(

Too many 1D/1E stations on the air, if 1D to 1D contacts OK next year, you need to make it more
valuable to contact mobile and portable stations, particularly the lower power stations i.e. less
than 50 watts.  Anyway, had a good time for 90 minutes of contesting, this was my first FD in 33
years.

Field Day 2020 was tough on Saturday.  Our QSO count was disappointing, but it was fun.  Looking
forward to 2021.  Encouraging the Class D stations allowed our at risk members to participate. 
Hopefully aggregating scores from socially distanced ops can be a regular thing.

First time operating a home station (1D).  I operate a low-profile station consisting of an
"Outpost" tripod with the MFJ "Big Stick" vertical on a coil, an indoor 20m dipole, and loaded
rain-gutter downspout operated as a "random wire" antenna tuned with a manual tuner (MFJ-949E). 
First time using FT8 in Field Day mode with WSJT-X ver. 2.2.2.  I was impressed by my performance on
15 meters using 15m., only had a handful of CW QSO's on 40 and 20m. this time.  Many thanks to all
the stations that worked me!  As usual, can't wait for next year!  

And, BTW -- Field Day IS a contest!  It is also everything else! 

73 de Larry, K3LT
Dover, DE

State Senator Wayne Langerholc congratulated BCARS on their Field Day effort K3QNT 29 June 2020

Except for the speed reader of Friday night's ARRL Message (whew) it was fun as always. !5 & 10
popped in with a nice surprise. Someday that mask will come off the sun and we'll get those spots
again. Stay safe 73

I created an additional entry form to add my cabrillo file that was not blank.

My first Field Day EVER.  Never even been to one in my lifetime, so this was an interesting and fun
exercise.  Wish it had been a "normal" one, but I did the best I could considering the
circumstances.

This year was different. I missed doing Field Day with the Murgas Amateur Radio Club gang, and all
the challenges that go along with a group effort.  Ran my station remotely this year, internet
latency made digital my go to mode this year.

Hopefully next years Field Day will be back to normal.  Bad food, bad jokes, good radio fun.

Kind of a down weekend, as our Club lost one of it's more active members. WN3LIF/SK  73 WT.  

De K3TOW

Really enjoyed my first "solo" field day event.  Seems like many folks were especially friendly this
year and patient with making contacts.  

Used a simple, portable antenna and used a computer only for logging.  Decoded CW by ear and used
paddles to send CW by hand.  Operated 1D since I used between 25 and 75 watts and did not have
battery capacity.

This was my first Field Day experience. I wish I could've shared it with club members because Im new
to Ham radio and I had a lot of questions. None the less, I was able to get setup and got a few
QSO's. Very exciting to hear someone say your call back to you. Looking forward to learning some
more about propogation, antenna setup for the next event.

I made a contact with my uncle N9OHW on CW from Maine to California on 5 watts.

Good contest and many things learned about the system set-up and band conditions. However it was not
Field Day it was HOME DAY.  So many big home stations with yagi's working each other they frequently
didn't hear those running A & B class.  It was all an D/E event.  Let's not do this again. K4CGY

A continuation of counting the Class 1D to 1D contacts would continue the incentive for the use of
infrequently used home stations and reveal shortcomings not apparent with infrequent operation
(i.e., I discovered work needed on my station).  This would increase the participation during hours
when not at a club station and encourage check out of casually used home stations in keeping with
the spirit of FD.

Great event!  Very different operating from QTH instead of club setting at local high school
facilities. I found most of my operations favored digital, specifically FT8 and FT4, due need for
lower power operations. Goal for this year was installation of solar power for my shack. This Field
Day event was just the thing to move that project forward. Four panels installed with a charge
controller and battery system. Seems strange with my Astron 35 turned off, but enjoying the learning
experience. I worked more this year than at our previous club events and we had great discussions
with club members over the local repeaters and used Telegram.org for chat. The use of Telegram
provided very effective for sharing screen shots and helping other hams during the event.  Great
test of the QTH and thankful I could participate. Maybe a QTH ARRL event is an idea.. so many
different things to focus on about operating when you are working alone.  Incredible experience.

We had our grandson Logan visiting, so I missed some operating time. Had a good run on 15m phone,
better than search and pounce! Thank you to ARRL for making the Covid-19 version of Field Day a lot
of fun, and it proved how adaptable we are!

73, 

Eric Robert Webner
K4FAN

Who would have thought that doing Field Day from home would be so much fun...  My generator needed
work and this event gave me the push to get it up and running for FD.  The goal was to run as 2E
with my granddaughter running a second rig on VHF but we ended up only using one radio using a 1x1
call of K4G.  My granddaughter made 6 contacts and had a blast...  73 Dallas KD4HNX

After more than 25 years of operating Field Day together, the Hunters Ridge Hams are doing FD
individually this year. Dale, K4GSX, set up his QRP station on a card table in a corner of his Shop.
The antenna was a 10-m, double extended zepp hanging from two trees about 25-feet above ground.

Not field day as we kn ow it but just as much fun.  Had way too many distractions at home to do a
lot of time.  Next year hopefully back in the field.

Missed the social part of a club Field Day.  Very hot!
Entire operation was solar charged battery (havent had station plugged in to the grid for 40 plus
years).

Will never do a solo FD ever (now 76 years old, first FD at 13).

73 de Gil K4JST

note: all my contacts were done with natural power

Although I only had 10 QSO's, I found the experience very enjoyable and educational.

ICOM-756ProIII, 100w and a wire!!

I was a 1E this year, 5 watts, CW only. The antenna was a portable linked dipole in a inverted vee
shape, with the apex about 15 feet up on a fishing pole. So the rig was kind of a simulated
emergency setup and I worked out of our travel trailer. I logged the old fashioned way, with the
ARRL log sheet and dupe sheet in order to be independent of a laptop or pad. Conditions in TN seemed
good on 20M and 40M except for some occasional QSB. 20M was a little better for me and there were
plenty of strong CW stations calling CQ on both bands. I roamed the bands searching for a new one,
knowing that a weak CQ would not attract much attention. One observation is that, at least for field
day, stations running at 30+ WPM might have a better QSO rate at maybe 20-25 WPM that us mortals can
copy in one pass? But maybe that's just me. I am an old timer and spend quite some time pounding my
straight key.

Thanks to the stations who had the patience to extract my signal out of the fray and put me in the
log. BTW, I have been a ham for 60 years this year, and I thoroughly enjoyed this event.

Jack
K4TRH

This was a challenging year.  Wanting to hold the event as a group and then finding a public
location willing to host our club.  It came down to a lot of last minute planning and a smaller
turnout than normal.  It was a good event overall and had some new hams participate and "Elmers"
there to help.

This year was certainly different than any other field day I've ever participated.   Our club Shelby
Amateur Radio Club chose to operate separately and accumulate a club score from those stations.   We
had to alter our Field Day Plans amid the COVID-19 Restrictions that our Governor put in place.  We
kept up a ZOOM session throughout the majority of the 24 hours so that we could peak in and chat
with one other during the event.  This was a great way to stay in touch and replicate as best we
could the fellowship aspect of Field day.

Had a fantastic run on Saturday on six meter SSB from EM12 to the northeast US and ONS.  Worked 77
stations in under 20 minutes non-stop.

Martin Fort, a Civil War era pioneer dwelling in the heart of the Texas Hill Country made for a
great field day location. The only drawback was the fierce wind that blew all weekend and made it
hard to keep the antennae in place.

This year I enjoyed having decent propagation on FD and being able to operate from the comfort of my
air conditioned home in Texas, instead of outside in the heat and biting insects. However, I missed
operating and socializing with our club members.

This was my first ever FD in which I had participated in.  I recently got into HF and have been
waiting to participate in FD.  I have to say, I had a great time.  My ears may not recover for a
while, and I may be hear the exchanges and call signs in my dreams for the next few nights, but I
would not trade the experience for the world!

My most memorable exchange was hearing what sounded like a child about 3-4 years old giving the
exchange with the help of dad or grandpa in the background.  The operator taking the exchange was so
patient and really took his time.  Made me smile really big, thinking the kid might be heading down
a road to follow in his father/grand father's foot steps and hopefully find that Ham Radio is fun! 
Kudos to the operator who took the call as well as having the patience of a saint!

It was so much fun!  I highly recommend anyone to participate! Thanks ARRL, for having this fun
event!

See you next year on the air!!!

73
Jeremy - K5JSG

Station: 
RV camper generator
Rig purchased in 1985. Moth balled and not on air since 2001. Memory battery replaced by me
approximately 3 weeks ago. Performed FB!
Outboard DVK
Manual antenna switches (Two) – feeding OCF 80-20M 60-65 feet high, Flag dipole 80-20M 30-35 feet
high, 15M dipole 25 feet high hung approximately 3 hours before event (last minute thought/addition
between two magnolia trees). One dummy load for testing, etc.
Old Dentron tuner with switchable inductance, worked FB!
Computer logging
TrippLite LC2400 line conditioner to protect electronics

Goal: 
To have fun and Run! Run! Run! maximizing rate. Improve and keep up with skills. 
Upon the recent events I decided I would operate as a 1E and put in the maximum single op effort I
could muster for the 24-hour period. Since I work the over nightshift at our local hospital
screening all persons who enter for the COVID-19 in a support role for our clinical staff I figured
I could do this and still get some rest while maximizing the rate and goal of filling the log. I am
use to some sleep deprivation! I have not done a single effort since the late 1990’s preferring
multi efforts as I always have fun with those who have been gracious who have invited me to occupy a
chair and have learned a great deal on contesting!

The strategy I decided on was the bread and butter bands 80M to 20M due to the fact of the antennas
I had available, population density up and down the east coast and to the mid-west states to
maximize qso’s. The numbers speak for themselves and it worked for me. I was not concerned with
far distance qso’s (w6-w7’s) and if the antennas played well and the prop gods were with me all
the better!

Basically, I was using a sweepstakes strategy to maximize runs and qso numbers. I love running! Once
I observed the rate beginning to drop and approach approximately 40-50 hour I made a decision on a
band change and it paid off. I knew from the beginning of the effort the antennas were playing well,
I could run, keep a rate going, and just needed to focus on that rate meter and pull the trigger on
a band change.

I know from many they dislike, despise, hate or avoid phone but I love it. My cw skills are lacking
big time so phone is for me until I can improve those and I have no interest in FT4/FT8 at this
time. Maybe those will come later….but if you want rate CW or Phone is the way to go and that is
where my adrenaline will take me.

The numbers and high lights:
83.4/hour
140/hour 0040z on 20M
140/hour 1600z on 40M
Band change late in the game for a few 15M Q’s when 20M rate began to drop which gave me a boost
than went back to 20M for a rate increase!

Stayed high in the bands on 20M and 40M which helped to keep run frequency, work all those general
classes and folks stuck and home/limited by their license class. OCF on 80M worked very well around
3775, no qrm from undesirables, clear frequency, and had to go low for the OCF to work well with
tuner.

Operating time approximately 19 hours and 30 minutes. A little sleep/rest at 0730z-1130z

Wife brought me a large steak and cheese loaded but could not eat due to running! It became a after
event meal with an 807!

OCF was an outstanding antenna! Performed great! Flag I believe is just a too low and possibly I can
improve on its height.

The Tripplite is highly recommended for those using a generator.

When I crashed out at approx. 0730Z I was sitting at approximately 1114 q’s and was expecting I
may end up with 1400-1500 q’s and was very happy with the final 1637! Keeping up the rate above my
possible 60 hour did the trick.

High light for me was working Scott W5WZ in LA whom I was able to guest op in March for the ARRL SSB
Test prior to the Covid-19. 73! Ed K5OF in Williston, NC

15m was HOT!, Nice to see 10m open up Sunday this year!!

There are a bunch of EXCELLENT ops out there, that managed to pull out my 4.8w and modest antenna
setup.  Did a few hours and was running low on laptop battery and out of patience, but the LiFePO4
battery for the KX3, PX3 was still in good shape.
My apologies for the paddle fist.  I'm basically a bug guy.  72 all.  Hank

Great field day.  2020 one to remember for sure!

As I could not find any info before FD (I now see the info bullets in the online submission page) on
what the Section Manager message should be, I sent the one I uploaded with WinLink Express via the
KL7RI 40m gateway. UPDATE- Found the submission page does have info in "info bullets" for "message
relays" does not specify whether, or not, the message must be the same type as for the SM one. With
Winlink and JS8 both doing message relaying, maybe this should be updated. Also just found some
additional info on the Raleigh AR Club's site. I will be more ready next year.

I also could find no mention of what time, frequency or mode the 2020 FD ARRL message would be sent.
The W1AW did not seem to have a FD update/entry. And the rules did not say anymore than it would be
sent. UPDATE- found bulletin schedule after searching ARRL site for "bulletin" vs message. Now know
how to find for next year.

The entry form/page was a bit confusing as to what an individual that wanted to be points group with
his/her club should enter in "club", "participants", "location" and "number of xmtr's". Hope I got
it right enough to count.

I worked the first day operating from my truck parked in front of my QTH.  After dark I moved the
portable solar power cart and equipment into my shack and continued on solar charged battery indoors
for the rest of my Field Day contacts.

This Field Day was quite an interesting one. So many stations operating as 1D, and I had a really
hard time getting stations to respond to me. But hey, I still made 36 contacts and earned 258
points! Points are points, so I'm still happy to have operated. 9 hours and 36 contacts later, along
with 45 minutes on a very precarious ladder, while trying to get a screwdriver attached to paracord
unstuck from a tree limb, I was finally done for the day at around 22:30 on 06/27/2020. A few
buddies helped me out with 2m contacts, and I even heard other stations there too. Overall, I had
fun and even though it was tiring, it still all was a great experience for my first Field Day, QSB
and QRM aside. Would I do this again? OF COURSE!! Will I try to have a better antenna next time? For
sure. Am I still working on my extra class license? Yuuuuuuuuup.I look forward to field day next
year, and maybe it'll be even better. Till next time!

Being a member of the Rio Hondo AmateurRadio Club we decided to operate from home and other
locations, due to the pandemic, this year.  Aside from the usual camaraderie we all missed Field Day
was a success by all accounts.

The uploaded cabrillo log is a sum of 3 logs, the digital one coming from WSJTX software, the
FM-VHF/UHF from N1MM logger and PH-HF from N1MM logger.

Hard to break through the 1D to 1D pileups. Due to setup constraints antennas were less ambitious
and since 1D could work each other that's about all they did.

Practiced Social Distancing this year - each station brought their own gear and did their own setup,
operating and logging. Masks were worn and people stayed 6 or more feet apart.

It was a strange year, but it was good to get out camping and do some Ham Radio.

Experimenting with 2m SSB and it worked well.

I did a solo Field Day this year. Best ever, ran my whole station- radio and laptop, from a 35 Ah
battery and solar panel.  My best band was 40m, followed by 20.  Only made about 130 contacts, but
it was fun. All SSB phone.  73 all

Added pictures of portable/solar power

Horrible QRM in neighborhood, was not able to get out to normal mountain top sites. 2m/432 FM, 2m
P25 and 432 DMR this year. HF was lost cause, unable to get running at all.

Mobile stations using solar-charged batteries to power all radio equipment should be eligible for
the natural power bonus points this year.  Ditto with setting up in a public place.

Sad to note how few Class A stations were able to participate.  Great idea to allow home stations to
work everyone.  Let's hope next year is back to normal!

I set up my portable station in the Wind River Preserve, which is a campground open to the public in
the San Juaquin Valley region of California, near the town of Maricopa.  My station consisted of 
Yaesu FT-891 radio at 100 watts, powered by a Bioenno 12ah battery and a 100 watt solar panel.  The
antenna consisted of a portable inverted "V" antenna capable of 20 and 40 meters.  I also had a
backup radio (Yaesu FT-857d) on hand in case the FT-891 failed, but I never hooked up or used the
backup radio.

Only Murphy Knows :) Too many extreme adventures to describe on a single line.  The endurement of up
to 80 mile-per-hour Ridge-Gust winds during the entire Operation was nearly overwhelming, easily
reaching the top of the "fun," but then . . . ? WOW!

Only had a couple of hours toplay on ft8, 20m was good, in fact so many ft8 signals that often cq
stations didn't come back to me.  Also got two big bonus point of 100 each for media and sm message.
First time working Field Day at home 1D in 47 years of hamming. Lots of fun! 73, K6ST

Restrict 1D stations to LP, or lower, power.  The band was filled and dominated by 1D's running 1500
watts.

Very informal, socially distanced Field Day with two operators and a wire thrown into a tree.

Held in Boomeria a whimsical property in Bonny Doon, CA. It has a castle, water cannons, working
guillotine, 2700 pipe pipe organ and a wonderful host "Boom" a retired high school chemistry and
physics teacher. 

We could hear LOTS of people but only about 1/2 dozen could hear us. 

Beautiful day. No one got sick and we had fun playing radio.

Thanks to all!

I agree with other comments concerning ONE DELTA entries...being restricted to less than 200 watts. 
I ran 100 watts and that was satisfying.  This year's "day" allowed me to listen accurately.  That
was a big plus.  One of the motives of field day is to improve ones operator skills, among other
things, and I did much better in my opinion.

Another fantastic FD from 9,500 ft. in Southern Utah.  The thunder storms and wind held off until
after FD this year.  First time doing digital, so that was fun.  See yeah next year.  K7CAR

It was a very interesting Field Day due to all of the COVID-19 restrictions in place across the
country.  It was still a fun event to participate in, as usual.

Strictly manual (no computer function keys) CW operation was a little slower but more rewarding to
me.   First FD in decades from home and I missed the social closeness!

Took my little box trailer with hexbeam and G5RV to Kartchner Caverns State Park for Field Day 2020.
 Very windy, but just enough rain to keep things cool. Solar panels on roof kept the radio going
fine for QRP ops.

1D OR. Moved equipment to back porch to give things a more, "field day" feel.

My first entry into 1B 1OP QRP, and this during a bandfull of 1D and 1E stations!
Still, I netted over one hundred contacts across 25 states.
My new BioEnno battery was a great performer.

Great Field Day, learned a LOT this year! I used a 100 w solar panel for the first time and it
worked flawlessly. I also got considerable practice making satellite contacts, especially SSB.  My
apologies to all the satellite QSO's:  I left my computer cable at home and had to manually adjust
for Doppler shift... which turned out to be excellent practice! The high point of my operation was
contacting one of the University of Arizona students (K7ASQ) through satellite AO-92 -- so much fun
to hear his voice through a satellite!!!  Also notable were the high winds: my station endured 35
mph gusts with only minor mishaps: solar panel blown over, laptop slid off a table, one bent tent
pole.  Field Day again proved to be an excellenty learning opportunity.

What a weekend!  Saturday afternoon and overnight was rough with very high noise levels.  Sunday,
after daylight, was a completely different set of conditions.  Our 15m CW signals were being heard
in Japan.  We were working contacts almost right to the end once conditions improved.

Not our Normal Field Day club fun but Still an adventure. Took the plunge into Solar and Battery
operation. It was Great to See 20 15 and 10 meters alive and well. Most of my Q's were made on them.
K8IO

Had a bunch of fun out in the back of our property. All QSO's were Solar / Battery Powered

I do enjoy Field Day very much and missed not being able to do it with our club.  It was however a
great time.  I had the neighbor children over to operate and many guest from the neighborhood stop
by.  The children did not really enjoy digital but did enjoy SSB.  They made a total of 19 contacts
over the 24 hour visit.

One of the better FD my 45+ years.  Lot's of activity.  Might consider keeping the Class D with
points.  In an actual emcom situation, there would be commercial mains stations involved.  I am sure
there were many stations on that would not have participated due to physical handicaps/barriers to
regular FD sites.  Really enjoyed this years activity.

QTH RF Noise horrible, basically only heard and worked stations that were running high power and
readable at s9 plus....Worked 20m then switched to 40m worked the same guys.! Tried running CQ,
station heard me but they were so far down in the dirt could not get a report.

Operating !D, just got a new 10 weeks old pup and needed to pay a lot of attention to her, so I
decided not to have to deal with the generator. Well, I had a power failure on a relatively large
area at 1300 on Sunday. !0 minutes later, the station was running full power on emergency power. All
main components were hooked up on one single power strip (yes, wattage was below its rating) so the
switchover was rather painless. Being prepared paid off.

Emergency PREP testing involved beam/verticals 2, 4 and 8 feet off the ground.  Wire antennas for
75, 40 in trees.   AMAZING folks could hear and work K9IDQ with less than 100 watts...wire Inv-VEE
did work best.

My field day activities where streamed at http://twitch.tv/agedbatdad. I have a few visitors and I
tried to bring awareness to the hobby. I also posted a couple times that I was streaming on my
Twitter page using my @AgedBatDad tag.

Online entry app well done, easy to understand & use.
May Class D success grow 2021 Class E.
Finished Resonant Speaker (Feb 2017 QST), enjoyed its Field Day benefits.

My daughter's (K9LGV) first Field Day. My 62nd.  What a great opportunity to share the excitement
with someone you love!

Band conditions were the worst I have ever experienced in 60 years of operating FD!  So that is why
I went high power or I wasn't going to contact anyone!  You had better keep the 1D to 1D contact
accepted modification going for a few years or there won't be many participants next year.  Activity
was down as it was.

Rained hard all night and winds blew but three times it tried to pickup my little Scam trailer.  
Had me wondering if I might go rolling.  Goats were very friendly but flighty if we got out or
approached the.

2020- masks, sanitizer, and distancing

Cabrillo form did not work ! Followed example to the letter, but when submitted  received ERROR-->
Following line had too many items:  FOR EVERY ENTRY ! UNABLE TO FIX WITHOUT RE-ENTERING ALL QSOS
AGAIN ??

Had a great time participating in this year's ARRL field day. Most of my contacts were on 40 and 80
meter phone. Using an end fed long wire antenna about 30 ft.height.

A very different field day.  This year I just wanted to check out my new antenna, which I raised
Saturday morning.

I've always wanted to operate from this particular location, and COVID gave me the perfect
opportunity to do so.  Just too bad I couldn't get points for isolation -- I was a 2 hour drive from
the nearest town, and I didn't see a soul for the 2 days I was there, not even any cattle!

This was my first Field Day and I participated with my grandson who I'm coaching to get his
technician license.  What a wonderful experience.  We can't wait until the next one.  Thank you to
all of the good folks who made it possible.

Wife and I had a great time operating just 5 watts and enjoying the time at home. Looking to do this
next year as well!

This was an interesting Field Day, to say the least. Although it was nice to have all the comforts
of home (comfy chair and triple monitors for the win!), I missed the camaraderie and learning
opportunities that come with spending 24 hours with my club members out in the field. Now that we've
proven that it can be done, here's to hoping that next year we will be back to "normal".

All I have to say is 'WOW, what a weekend!'... Several things come to mind this year, all good.
First the coronavirus situation forced me to work from my home station, instead of the county EOC
the club has used for several years.
      So, I broke out my FT-100D I thought would be what worked. Nope. Chattering on the transmit
(possibly bad microphone connection?) shut that plan down. Over to my Kenwood TS-940SAT, with the
K6IOK power supply upgrade, and to my surprise it worked!! I actually put it aside due to 'low power
output' showing on my external tuner, and a funny IC connection making it lose the front panel and
squeal... Well, it only did it twice the whole weekend, and power was full 100 watts on SSB! Not
gonna complain about that at all. 
     My antenna is a (I think) Buxcomm 1606T2FD terminated folded dipole, set up as NVIS,
north-south run, at about 20 feet up in the middle. I will say this- this antenna works!! Very low
noise floor (S2-3) on 40 and 20 meters. A huge thanks to George Baggs N4QQZ for giving me this
antenna! I was able to hear southwest, New England and Canadian stations during the whole weekend.
Of course the Florida/Alabama/Virginia circle NVIS is meant to work.
     To all the ops complaining that this year was somehow too easy, I will say that I did
definitely NOT plan to do FD from home... Field Day is not supposed to just be a camping or barbecue
trip with radios. It's supposed to be a 'race what ya brung', do-what-you-can event that encourages
you to do something just out of your normal comfort, just like an emergency might do to you. I feel
the rule change was brilliant in that it encouraged more people to use their own main or backup
equipment and work from a non-perfect location for a long period of time in a dynamic environment. I
see more reports of people having to do their own setup, logging, and support. Fewer 'curated'
stations with chosen locations and perfect combinations of club equipment. If what I had didn't
work, I would have to fix it with what I had on hand. Definitely a learning weekend.
     I had several notable contacts, mostly due to distance with my NVIS antenna setup. I had a
North Long Island(NLI) station, a Rhode Island station, and a New Hampshire station over 1000 miles
away, and the farthest was West Texas (WTX) at 1300 miles! Not at all bad for southeast Georgia...
     Notably absent this year was the usual lightning storm we are almost guaranteed to get that
keeps our club off the air for about 4 hours Saturday evening. A perfect weekend in that regard! I
look forward to FD 2021 and hope to hear you all on!

KA8BSA covid-19 Field Day 2020 was set up in the front Yard in a screen tent. Social Distance was
observed at all time. I did have 2 neighbors come by to see what was happening.

Great Fun! May have made a big step towards WAS!

Crazy hot in NE Wisconsin camping at Governor Thompson State Park. Wasn't able to get on the air
except for a few hours Sunday. Still had fun. Most success was on 20M SSB

This year the Milwaukee Radio Amateurs' Club was not allowed to operate in a public location. Our
members decided to operate on there own. Since this is also a very social event for the club we
decided to have a 24-hour Zoom call going on so we could still stay social. We also had members post
their status logs on the club website.

Additional explanation of bonus points:
All contacts were made with a solar charged battery.  I attached a picture of the solar setup, but
couldn't specify contacts made.  

(The entry form indicated that there was a spot for comments later, but this is all I saw.  Sorry if
I missed the right spot.)

Thanks,
Roger Behrns kb0ogo for kb0smx

Spent the most hours ever operating within a 24 hour period.

Some members list their club as Framingham Amateur Radio Association like I did, others may have
used the default Framingham ARA, but we are all one club. KB1VXY

COVID-19 didn't keep me from operating.  The Buddipole antenna system, is a good compromise for
antenna restricted areas, like mine.  I did about average, as compared to previous Field Days, out
with the club(s).  I hope everyone enjoyed the time on air, in spite of our unprecedented times,
here in America ... 73

Some logs submitted with 1D and 12D as the class. I left these as-is because that was what was
exchanged with the other station.

The 1D exchanges were sent before I added the second radio to my station. I exchanged 2D thereafter.
The 12D was due to a typo in the WSJT-X UI. The box is incredibly small so I couldn't see that I was
adding the 2 instead of overwriting the 1. Again, I've left these as-is since that's what was
exchanged.

At no time did I operate more than 2 radios, and never on the same band at the same time. 73 - KB2S.

66 Contacts, not too bad for QRP and a 1B! Life's too fun for QRO!

Enjoyed using tubes for the event max power 45 watts

It was nice operating from home, But I hope our club can get together next year to be together for
field day.

This was my first FD in over 20 years, and great to be back!  Operating site was in a densely wooded
site, which made it difficult to install antennas, but nonetheless it was great fun!  Great to work
CW again!  :-)

Look forward to next year!

Jack KB4CG

Very different event this year, but a lot of fun. I have a newer ham Tim Wall (KJ4RDF) join me and
participate in operating the station. He got to learn FT digital mode as well as contest-style
operating. It was a great day!

Photos to document emergency power solar/battery, backyard setup and operators, KB6DE and KK6MPY,
McKinleyville CA.

This was our first Field Day not operating with our Humboldt Amateur Radio Club in a public setting.
We missed our HARC friends but we worked far more stations at our portable backyard station than in
prior years.

I was using a Yaesu FT-60 5w handheld on 2M.  I thought that would be 1A for the class?  But
couldn't get the form to submit properly.  I used the battery charged from "commercial mains" so I
think the power multiplier of x2 is correct.

First year participating in Field Day.  I hope I submitted everything correctly.

The real thing is more fun but no worries of rain, mosquitoes, etc. and got to use my trusty TS-830
with N1MM logger and Arduino logging adapter, all worked FB.

Both days I did at a SOTA site W6/SC-366, with an Anytone 878 and Arrow II 2m 3 element antenna. 
Made a YouTube video of the hike and SOTA activation: https://youtu.be/rNLCZCZSgyk

It was great to work stations on 15M for a change.  I hope to participate again, next year.

CIARA FD operations were severely hampered by COVID-19 and severe storms that lingered in the area
Saturday.  However, two positions at each end of the Hamilton County EM command truck provided safe
shelter and public attention from a few members of the public who were traversing the Hamilton
County 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville, IN.

Decided a week prior to Field Day to set up an antenna for HF at the house to participate.  Ordered
a tuner and G5RV and threw it up in the trees.  Rough going with the amount of big home stations on
the air.  My 3rd contact was DX from the Netherlands.  Pretty impressive for 100 watts with a wire.

Being first licensed in 1975, this was by far my biggest field day effort.  Just me, myself and I. 
I wish I had a nickel for every bug that tried to get into my screen house.  They knew where the fun
was!  Thanks to all those that got me into their logbooks.

NVIS antenna clearly limited my range.

SEE MY QUICKIE YOUTUBE VIDEO ON MY STATION AT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W22mVLPDRrA

Poor rainy weather on Saturday, but my EZ-UP really saved the day. Day 2 was delightful and it was
nice to be out there. Even had some visitors!

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to put here.  This is my first time doing field day got my ticket
after a long time of putting it off when virtual testing became an option and my General soon
thereafter.

First Field day and first HF contest with my KX2. I really enjoyed the band activity, especially on
15. Though i was out for only a few hours, I felt the experience was memorable and I hope to do it
again next year.

Just a few hours, but enjoyed it. Hope HCRA does well and that we are back to the real deal next
year. 73 KC1V

Field Day 2020 gave me a good excuse to charge up all the batteries I have and see what it would be
like to operate off the grid for 24 hours. Now I can leave my Solar panel outside and run everything
else from inside the house if I need to.

This Field Day was my first real HF effort from the shack in a few years.  Also the first year since
1992 that I was not out in the field for Field Day with the radio club as FD chairperson.  
After 30 years of "Emergency Preparedness Drills" with makeshift antennas and emergency power, this
year we found ourselves in a real emergency, possibly the worst since World War II.  And it was
different than anything we as hams could have imagined.  (1) our home stations still work, and with
commercial power, (2) we have to keep physically separated from each other to stay safe and healthy,
and (3) ham radio has become a tool to keep us together and connected while we comply with the
stay-at-home guidelines that are necessary to ultimately defeat COVID-19.
I worked 3 members of the NY Order of Boiled Owls - Dennis AH2O (2 bands), Tom KA2D, and Andy K2LE. 
Worked 3 Radio Central ARC members - Frank KC2ZOR, Pete KB2RSQ, and Lou NY2H.  I also worked former
RCARC member Art, WA7NB.
Thanks to Rick, K2RB, I got my Steppir back working, including tracking band changes from the K3. 
This was also the maiden voyage for my newly acquired Micro KEYER III.  Had some hiccups wth WSJT-X,
so I stuck to conventional phone and CW after the third computer crash. (MK-III handled CW and voice
well).
I cranked the tower up half way - WX forecast was for "possible damaging winds", and I did not want
to take any chances.  The beam played fine at 30 feet. We had a beautiful 10 meter opening Sunday. 
I would have tried 10M SSB but the CW rate never let up.
It was nice having a year "off" from traditional FD but I am looking forward to a real
out-in-the-field FD next year.
73 de KC2KY,
Neil
President, Radio  Central Amateur Radio Club
Member, NY Order of Boiled Owls

Murphy's Law - expect the unexpected.  Corona Virus scared people to stay home.  Club President had
to be life flighted with non corona health issues.  I had to operate with the help of non hams.  I
didn't even decide to operate myself until 11 Am the day of the contest.  I used paper logs and had
to transcribe them to dupe sheets, definitely not the way to operate. I couldn't operate at night -
because I was in a residential area and I didn't want to disturb the people living in the Personal
Care home across the street.  I did all my contacts CW - Search and Pounce.  I tried my last couple
calling cq, but I was having a hard time hearing them - because I developed an ear infection and
couldn't hear in my one ear and have tinnitus in the other.  Yes we had some rain, but I had a
really nice porch roof to operate from at Zubrzycki Hall - St. Adrian's Church in De Lancey, PA 
Weather was excellent, not too hot, not too cold.
I will definitely do more contests in the future using International Code, it was a lot of fun to be
able to use low power and get a reply the first time I sent my call.  There is not a lot of pushing
and shoving going on in the CW portion of the bands and its possible to make multiple contacts per a
minute once you get the hang of it.
There were no amenities at Zubrzycki Hall because the church has been decommissioned, closed.
The hardest part was having to drive home to use the bathroom...
Next year I will definitely have a better place to operate..  More people to operate with, and
hopefully all this Corona Virus stuff will go away after the Presidential Election..

I really liked being able to work other 1D stations for credit. I hope you will make this a
permanent change in the rules.

My participation was for the North Hills Amateur Radio club of Pittsburgh

ICOM 7851, 75' Alumatower with a Mosley PRO67B, 2 x 8 band Buckmaster Off Center
fed Dipoles. 30-hour ZOOM meeting, great time had by all from the Northwest Amateur Radio Society!
Separate but Together....

Been a while since I operated FD, but, if nothing else, this provided a much needed break in
everyone's routine, and I'll date myself by giving out a "Doff of the Hatlo Hat" to the league for
allowing class "D" stations to work all participants.  Hopefully, the league will give serious
consideration to allowing class "D" stations to contact each other whether we have a similar
situation as this year or not.  I had done the June VHF contest from home as well, and managed 179
Qs, so I hoped I'd be able to better that, and when I hit the 250 mark with some time left, I
figured I'd go for 300, which I made with about 30 minutes to spare.

I operated strictly digital (FT4 and FT8), and made Qs on all bands operated (80 - 6) in FT8, but
was unable to get any contacts on both 80M and 6M in FT4.

I did run into a problem in FT4 in that I ran it under N1MM, and for some reason it crashed WJST-X
several times.  I had to restart my system the first couple of times, but eventually found out that
I could go into the task manager and end the jt9 task, then restart WSJT-X from within N1MM fairly
quickly.

40M and 20M were bedlam, not only on digital, but apparently on phone as well.  Looking at the
waterfall was some kind of psychedelic light show.  Amazing anyone was able to make exchanges at
all.

Missed operating with the club and the annual cookout. 

The 10 meter Es opening was awesome. Nice to see all the CW ops on all bands.

Tried some FT8, couldn't stand it and went back to CW.

My first real attempt at participating in Field Day.
Home station, emergency power using a GoalZero YETI 3000 battery, charged with solar panels. 
Elecraft K3 for HF, Yaesu FT991A for 6M/VHF/UHF.  Cushcraft R7 vertical, wire 80M dipole, AEA
Isopole.
I learned a lot.

Had a GREAT time !!!!  It’s been years since I’ve participated in Field Day, and I caught the
excitement again. We have a secluded cabin in the U.P. and it’s surrounded by the Hiawatha
National Forest, and 100% off-grid. So I thought it would be a GREAT place to operate for Field Day.
I used only a 750 c.c. amp deep-cycle marine battery for a power source. My rig was an Alinco
DX-70TH with a LDG AT-11MP Autotuner, and my antennas are a Titan-DX, and a G5-RV dipole....and an
antenna switch.

Logging I used my iPad and an app called “Ham 73 Log”. It was very user friendly and is (I feel)
a great app for logging and contesting....not just for Field Day.

Set-up a tent to operate outside so not to disturb the family while they were inside the cabin. Also
had an Icom 2720H with a mag-mount on the grill for local QSO’s.

Wasn’t able to be on the air as long as I wished for, and it cut into my opportunity to operate
CW, BUT I had a BLAST !!!!

In the photo of the “Antenna Farm”, you can clearly see the Titan-DX antenna, and if you look
close enough, you may be able to see the ladder line to my dipole.

This is the first time I have participated and logged my contacts by myself.  I would have preferred
to work with someone with more experience, but I feel I did well.

Additional Log for PSK (Fldigi)

I had a ton of fun this year teaching my son how to work FT8 like a pro. I even convinced my wife to
make a contact!

Dave Stickelman, KF6KAT and I, KD0CUR deployed our equipment in a remote part of his small Kansas
farm. We invited friends, which we have served with in the Kansas National Guard, to come out and
participate. See attached photos.
Justin

Used battery power for the emergency power multiplier.

KD2KEH operated portable while camping alone out in the woods southwest of Buffalo, NY. He operated
(class 1B) using battery power only for QRP from a KX3 to a DX Commander vertical antenna. 
Operating conditions for phone and CW were poor but Ken found them to be challenging and fun while
managing the campfire and meals. Add in a pretty amazing 8-hour long rain storm, complete with
thunder and lightning and the weekend ended up being exciting.

Interesting weekend. Club use of Zoom for operator socialization was a good augmentation for not
being at the field day site for socialization.

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First field day. I only made 2 contacts but it was worth it.

I made an errior on my 1st submission, age is no excuse!

Bob

I operated from my home but in the backyard with a buddipole antenna which I erected on Field day
and used a generator. The category that matched most closely was 1E though I was really operating
portable. Also my power level with 50W at transmitter was higher than QRP but obviously lower than
most of the 1D stations who dominated the band. I suggest a field day band allocation for portable,
mobile  or QRP stations as most of us non 1D stations could never find a slot to call CQ.
I DID HAVE A GREAT TIME AND ENJOYED A LIVESTREAM FROM MY STATION FACILITATED BY AE4JV. Thanks Brad!

Didn't intend to operate, but the outdoor temp soared over 100°F, so I and the dog went inside. 
Rather than watch old reruns, we decided to play radio.

I particularly liked the ability to work every station, even D to D.

Allowing multiple files for uploading of documents for Bonus Points would help greatly. Trying to
combine multiple files with different formats into one document was challenging. 

I liked the waiver change to allow 1D to contact other 1D station. Most of my contacts were 1D.
There should be some clarification / alteration to the rules to specify whether computers and
associated equipment (for digital modes), antenna controllers, and auxiliary equipment need to be
100% commercial power or emergency power to qualify as Class D or Class E. Having transceivers on
emergency power yet making digital contact with commercial power does not seem in the spirit of
emergency power. Powering transceivers on emergency power is not hard. Using emergency power for
auxiliary equipment is a real challenge and meets the spirit of Field Day.

The dupe sheet for the 2 psk31 contacts exists in  a separate file which  is attached below

First Field day alone. Main battery Bioenno 12V 9 Ah. Alternate battery Talent cell 12V & 5 V 8.3 Ah
with companion 24 watt solar charger. Computer was an Asus Transformer Mini that runs off 5V with a
collection of USB 5V backup batteries. I had some success with CW, 1 lonely FT8 and no SSB QSOs in
spite of repeated attempts.

Field Day 2020 was fantastic. I enjoyed doing Field Day at home during the coronavirus pandemic. It
made life much easier. Although, I miss working stations with my fellow club members.

This was the most fun we have had in the last 30 years during a Field Day. We might try this again
next year. Our daughter Jennifer KB3GXB and son-in-law Andrew KE8ELR logged for us. I would say this
is one of the best Field Day events I have had in my 37 Years as a licensed amateur operator.

James K. Andrews
KD8VT, Extra Class
EC Portage County, OH

My FD operation was at our camper site in the Door County Peninsula in NE WI. My setup was in this
screen tent using battery power to my FT-857D into a short version Radio Waves off center-fed
dipole.

All time NEW high score for me running only Phone during the contest (990 contacts!).  It was great
to have 10 and 15 meters open this weekend.  Had a blast!

First time for field day, I do not know if I did the entry form correctly for the score.   If not,
still ok, had a blast, even though 11 qso's.  Even with a broken antenna....

This was my first Field Day as a ham – and I made sure to guarantee a frustrating one by deciding
to go QRP from the backyard. It was a slog going up against stations with magnitudes more power!

While we sent 2D, we never got the 2nd transmitter on the air.

operated as a part of my club from my home due to covid restrictions.

First time working FD away from our club. We enjoyed ourselves so much we may just keep up the
tradition!

Elecraft K3/10 running 5 watts to three temporary dipoles: 115' dipole up 40', a 33' up 20', and a
26' up 18', each fed with balanced lines.  Tuner was a Johnson 275 watt Matchbox balanced tuner. 
Enjoyed the 15 and 10 meter band openings this year, and the quiet 80 meter band which allowed for
more QSO's than usual.  Less QRN than usual for summer.  Thanks for your copy of my QRP, I always
appreciate that.  73,  Dan  ke0tt   MN

Overall wonderful field day, considering the circumstances.  The kids had a wonderful time. 
Hopefully next year we can actually get back out in the fiend.

My first class B, solar power QRP Field Day. Operated from the Hankinson Hills primative campground
in SE ND. Set up was a K2 to an off center fed dipole.  It was great fun.

This was my first day on the air with my HF Rig.  I got my tech and general tickets March 14, 2020. 
I finally got a 6M and 10M dipole up, thanks to my S-I-L.  I fell two weeks before FD and did not
get the planned antenna up. So I owe him a great Thank you for doing the heavy lifting.

Didn't get things together on Saturday, and a quick listen showed that conditions were poor during
the day. (They got better that night but it was too late to go string antennas!) But the call of
getting in a few contacts was too strong to resist completely, so I set up on the porch for the
final hour. That turned into 50 minutes when a thunderstorm rolled in.

I took down the AlexLoop antenna in a hurry when the storm arrived, so no picture of that. It was
suspended from a hook on the porch with rubber bands. The photo shows the rest of my minimal field
station: QCX-20, BioEnno 3AH LiFePo4 battery, Bencher paddle. That paddle is the one stay-at-home
luxury; if I had hand-carried the station into the field I would have taken the Palm Radio Mini
paddle instead.

I planned on starting after we got home from calibrating our daughter's birthday.

I then took out my QRP travel kit to set up the 40m antenna. This took far longer than I'd hopped
because I had to repair and solder one of the antenna legs which had broken off the center
insulator.

I got it fixed and was taking it to the front yard position where I wanted it and discovered that
the other leg had just broken off the insulator as well. Back to the extra wire & soldering iron for
another repair. (All of this equipment is in my QRP travel kit.)

Once this was all fixed I laid out the antenna between two trees & then got my NISW antenna poles &
made a center pole about 20' tall & after a few false starts on how to put the poles together as I
wanted I finally got it all up & the ends tied high enough up on the end trees that no one could
walk into the wire or string.

I got the battery, a home made key, a home made radio (from two kits for 30m & 40m QRP transceivers)
selected 40m low frequency range 7.032.49 - 7.063.80 MHz and stayed pretty much near 7.05 MHz. This
radio put out up to 1.5 Watts with that battery measured with my OHR QRP Watt meter after I was done
for the evening.

MY LOCATION HAD TERRIBLE NOISE THE WHOLE WEEKEND, BUT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.
SOLAR PANELS GAVE ME 150-200 WATTS TO KEEP BATTERIES CHARGED.  THE 2 GLASS MAT BATTERIES KEPT ME
GOING UNTIL LOCAL MIDNIGHT.
I DID NOT MAKE A LOT OF Qs, BUT THEY WERE ALL ON SOLAR POWER/BATTERIES

I hope that next year the log submission program will not require any hand typing, since that
duplicates information already in the submitted log.

2020, the year of CovID-19.  Definitely a different kind of operation this year for most of us. 
Mine certainly was.  I decided to focus on VHF/UHF operations in order to get as much participation
in Field Day by Technician Class Licensees in the local area.  From my results, I don't think it
worked real well.  Hope next Field Day is better!
+Gary Keck, KE7DX, President, Radio Society of Tucson

N7EMT chief operator

My wife used her callsign, KF7WPQ, when she was operating our station during the event.  The
submitted log converted everything to my callsign.  Lesson learned for the next time we operate
field day seperate from our club.

As expected, the bands were alive and well on Field Day. Our station was lucky enough to work both
W1AW and WD4WDW Walt Disney World Florida. We had a lot of lessons learned by setting up this
portable station, which will certainly help us in the future with both Field Day operations, and for
any ARES deployments we may be involved in.

We used a G5RV Jr for North/South lobes, and a Chameleon CHA TD ("Tactical Dipole") for East/West
lobes. Both were suspended by their feed points atop a military surplus 50' aluminum mast guyed at 3
heights, and had their ends at 30'. Wrestling this mast up to such a height with only 2 operators
was a substantial effort requiring many hours in the peak sun. Having 2 50' runs of LMR-400 added
significant weight to the mast. Once at such a height, a significant increase in workable range was
observed compared to the 20' installations in our suburban backyards.

We powered our station with the personal solar array and battery banks of both operators. Given the
amount of energy captured and the state of charge of the solar batteries before we began, we could
have easily supported twice as many transmitters with a much higher duty cycle. With a mix of lead
acid and lithium batteries, and 300 watts of portable solar, our modest 2B station could have
operated for many more days before our usage overtook our collection and storage.

In order to continue support of the National Traffic System, a 3 element 2m yagi was set up at 30'
to reach our local NTS Net on the Spirit of '76 Repeater KE8HR in Southfield from our Field Day site
in Dundee, MI, a 40 mile hike by RF.

All in all we are pleased with our first non-club Field Day experience, and have taken back many
lessons learned to improve our operation and station deployment in the future.

Cheers and 73.

I mistakenly entered 23 for 40 meters and should have entered 28.

Had lots of fun! Wish I could have made it to the station for DARA/XWARN, I felt I should have gone
as an officer for XWARN but there just wasn't enough time. First time operating from home and it was
nice, just missed seeing everyone. I unexpectedly caught some of my friends from the PODXS 070 club
on PSK31! I recommend trying digital modes, it's so easy to do and saves time! Since I am 11 and my
friends are my age, next year I'll bring some of them along. Our setup image is also uploaded here,
hope you enjoyed the event!

If there is a rookie overlay my first license date is 01/31/2019.

This was my first.  I was able to get digital, but I still have too much noise and am working on it.
 He is a catch, I just seen in my email that the FCC granted my vanity call sign (W0WND) Saturday
afternoon.  I did not try to change the settings, so, I may be disqualified.

Thank you for the competition!

The contacts made on alternative power have been submitted in a separate log file and have not been
included in the main log file. These contacts were however included in the final count submitted on
the website.

The battery was at 40% before charging with the solar panel. The solar panel remained outside for 2
days to achieve a charge of 92%. After completing the 8 contacts using solar, the battery had 79%
left. Since the battery was not at 40% or less after the contacts, the contacts were made on solar
power.

All contacts made while driving around the Houston/Galveston area.  My wife did the logging while I
did the contacts and driving.
Radio equipment was a Kenwood TS-480SAT to a Little Tarheel 2 antenna tuned with a Turbo Tuner 2
automatic tuner.  Also, an MFJ 6 meter "hamstick"
The 2 meter contact was made via FM simplex through my Kenwood TM D700.
see my QRZ.com page for photos.

Field Day is a great opportunity to test your capabilities and adapt when conditions and equipment
break down. It's one thing to have a top-down plan; it's another thing to pivot and make
substitutions and fixes from the bottom-up when the plan doesn't work. Remember: the goal is to make
contacts. If something breaks, hopefully your plan includes fallback gear. Go into any contest or
emergency in this way, and you'll do fine.

Worked most of the event as 1E, but, changed to 1D for a short period. Two log files with my
callsign submitted.

Did not see the promoted link to associate my contacts with my club -- Please associate my logs with
Ventura County Amateur Radio Club -- Callsign K6MEP

For official messages, I send a picture of the 3 "long form" radio grams I handled and a picture of
5 messages in the Winlink sent box.   As I understood, there is a max of 5 messages handled by
Winlink.  Thank you for your part in putting together this great event.
Cheers,
Anthony

Had a great time! Operated another station remotely using Zoom. This is how I managed some HF
contacts while not owning an HF rig! Thanks for the opportunity!

Thanks for everything you do. One observation - I see no reason folks submitting a cabrillo log need
to also provide a summary by band of their contacts. I think your computers could do a more accurate
job of that.

Making 1Ds worth something was a mistake.  the 1500W CQers and the 1500W pileups don't belong in
Field Day.

I "Claimed" a score of 14 for 7 QRP QSOs, but maybe I should have only claimed 7. Please correct or
contact me if necessary. TNX!

I intended to operate as a 1B station as my entire setup of antennas, radios, and solar panels was
temporary and portable.  I entered my log as 1E after reaching out to ARRL to clarify if setting up
my portable radios indoors disqualified me for 1B, and they said it would.  I am saddened that this
now puts me up against stations with massive permanently installed towers and/or amplifiers.

Thank you for the contest. Had fun

My name is Jack and I am 11 years old. I worked the contest all by myself. I have had my Technician
Class license for about a year. I was glad to see that the 10-meter band was open. I worked Ft8
because that was where the other stations were located. I was using my grandfather's station as I do
not have one of my own.

I am a new ham and this was my first field day.  I had a blast and I am looking forward to doing
this again.

As the April tornado in east TN made way for new antennas, this year I operated with a 10m full wave
loop attached to a balun.  This worked well on 10m, and 15m was also usable.

Great contest format, enjoyed operating.

confused about what constitutes documentation for natural power, submitted an equipment list.

This was my first field day set up on my own. I set up my station portable on a friend's land near
Callistoga California. I operated an 80's vintage Yaesu 747GX which I suspect is older than I am. My
antenna was a homebuilt 40m dipole hung off a a tree. 

While I wasn't at all competitive, this was still a fun and educational event. As a result of my
fielday 2020 experience, I find myself wanting to get onto HF more often in the future.

Best Contest ever.  Really, it was awesome.  Activity on all bands and plenty of people to work and
the bands were good.

Our Solar QRP operation on top of Mt. Spokane in Spokane, WA.  Pictured is our 40m and 20m dipole
setup on a fishing pole!

Operated as 1D on SSB and CW. I couldn't have made as many contacts without my logger, N1FBZ. It was
a great experience. I'm looking forward to doing more contests in the future.

First field day where I worked stations. Only got 7 contacts but worth it :)

With the COVID-19 Pandemic I opted for a solo camping trip this year for the 2020 ARRL Field Day. 
This was a simple wire antenna and QRP set-up.  This proved that with a very small station it would
be possible to pass traffic all over the US and into Canada during an emergency.  This was a great
test of the equipment and my morse skills.  The solo operation was a lot of fun, and it will be a
tough call next year if things return to a more normal state if I will go solo again or join up with
one of the local clubs. Incidentally this was the first time that the "KJ5T" callsign was used
during field day in the 13 years that I have had this callsign.  All CW, left the microphone and
digital interfaces at home.  Only bummer was not planning ahead and checking the schedule for the
W1AW Bulletin and getting that copied!  Thanks to everyone who worked me this weekend! 73 de KJ5T

First time used a H-422 Antenna for my 2020 ARRL Field Day from my Home. Had my Son KJ6OLT, help me
assemble the Antenna and was a great feeling to have him gain knowledge of the way  Radio
Communication Works through Field Day.

First time on FT 8. Took all week to get the rig to work with the computer. Finished on Friday
night.

Why did the computation not include 100 bonus points under Rule 7.3.8 since I used only solar and
battery power?

Calvin, KA7KAY, passed his general exam in May,2020 at age 9.  This is his first ARRL field day in a
2 person team with his grandfather, N5JLE.  The Layton city mayor and state representative, along
with a Salt Lake City police officer showed up as invited guests. The station was set up in Andy
Adams Park, Layton, UT

It was definitely a different and fun weekend from home this year. Ran the "Old Gal" (1919 Vibroplex
Original) for a majority of the contacts. The rest were done with a cootie or a straight key.

I had a great time.  Most unusual contact was a Maritime station.

I ran 5 contacts from battery/solar but the electronic submission would not allow for my 1D to
include battery and solar.

FD2020 - Loft Mountain Campground [fm08pf], SNP. Approved to operate inside The National Radio Quiet
Zone (NRQZ). Great weather, food, event and my son (NLY) is studying for his tech license again. All
QSO's will be uploaded to LoTW. We are looking fwd to the Sept ARRL VHF Contest. 73, kk4zuu

Entered the contest for the first time.

I operated 'portable' from my garage; was '1E' because I used my existing multi-band vertical...
used only 3/4 tank of generator fuel for 12 hours of cruising the bands.  That '1D' to '1D' waiver
put a LOT of power on the bands and that made contacts tougher to come by.  Did the best on 15
meters; go figure!   73

Outside temp was 95F in the shade I actually fried my laptop due to overheating.

The most crowded field yet for me

First Field day in a new environment.  Really missed out on the fun of operating together - but had
fun none the less.  Operated entirely from a Raspberry Pi and via a FT-1000 Basic.  Had a blast and
hope next year to be operating with others.

This was our first home-based field day.  It was also the first one that KM4STS had help from his
younger (non-licensed) brother in logging calls.  KM4STU helped with the e-power set up.

Great fun to go outside and get all the gear working together. Even if you actually stayed inside --
you still had to get all the gear working. Which is not as easy as it seems. Hahahah.

6-28-2020

Field Day June 27-28 2020

I got up at 5:00 AM to take part in contesting for Field Day. After listening to dead air for 30
minutes, I thought way not take a picture and play with my camera? Besides that has to be more
productive than dead air, although it did disturb the dog napping on my lap.

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First field day that I actually worked for points.  It was fun.

Home station operated on PV/battery power during all daylight periods and well into the night.
Generator used only at night to recharge battery to begin next day's operation.

I had a blast. I think they should give extra points for using antique equipment. I was using a
"Kenwood 520" and an old "D-104" and an "I-max 2000" The "Kenwood" I had re-conditioned by a local
repair shop that specializes in old "Kenwoods". I had it set 70 - 75 watts. (it seems it is capable
of 90 watts)  I collect "D-104's" so they can not be turned into table lamps. I re-condition them
with all new felt and I.D.stickers as they came new. I clean all switch contacts and check solder
joints. Of course paint them to match modern day radio's. My "I-max" due to hurricanes in Florida
have re-glassed it several times for added strength. It still works great. This was my 1st 
transmitting in a "Field Day". I used to go with my father when I was a child. KN4LEH signing out
73's

I did QRP CW from this fantastic location near my home in Gennessee North Central Park:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B041'55.0%22N+105%C2%B017'26.0%22W/@39.6986111,-105.2927496,
17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d39.6986111!4d-105.2905556

The noise level on 20m was S1, and the altitude of 8100 feet really helped to make for excellent
conditions! I'll be back for this place, perhaps working POTA.

Just licensed last year, my plan had been to participate this year as an observe  and ‘ease into'
HF. Well, that changed given the current situation with Covid-19. Well, that changed given the
current situation with Covid-19. While I decided to go it alone at home, it didn’t feel like I was
alone given the support I received from other club members. FD 2020 turn into a great time and
learning experience - fire hose learning opportunity on both operations and my rig.   
- Operated SSB phone from home with G5RV JR across roof line at 3'ft over ridge line (~30'-50' AGL)
- Proved out Raspberry Pi-4 - Logged via FDLOG on 
- Contacts - east coast from FL to VT and west to CA
- Short shutdown during storms

This was my very first Field Day as a ham, and it turned out to be quite a beneficial learning
experience for me; mostly learning the limitations of my HT on SSB, working 2m and 70cm (w/o the use
of one of the local repeaters!), as well as my 2m 5/8 wave mag-mount antennae. I learned that I have
MUCH to do before next year to improve on my equipment, which should then help me to improve my
performance and numbers of QSOs made. For the logging program I used in tracking my QSOs, I selected
the 2020 ARRL Field Day Contest Log program, created by N3FJP (Scott) in Maryland, and I have to say
that it was a totally user-friendly "dream" for this newbie to use for my first FD! I would highly
recommend this logging program to any Technician who is just getting into the weeds of contesting
and/or for future field days. I had a lot of fun this year, while gaining some good knowledge and
practical, hands-on, experience as an operator, besides!

Field day was really fun! I'm glad I got my license, and am studying for the general :)

Last year my daughter and I participated in a park with a local club, K4RC, for the annual ARRL
Field Day. It was such a positive experience that it influenced my decision to pursue a license.
This year we had to participate from home, but it was still a great experience. Special thanks to
WA3RWP for loaning us some of his equipment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsQtUjxLUA visited by Oklahoma Ham Radio YouTuber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbokojkxibo hosted by KC5HWB of Ham Radio 2.0

Educational events were the repair and deployment of a Spider Beam by KF5SLK and KC5HWB and
Introduction to RFinder by Bob Greenberg, W2CYK, who joined us this year for FD.

A law enforcement officer with the Department of Homeland Security was invited and attended.

Enjoyed my first Field Day, been looking forward to it for some time.
Operated off a single deep-cycle AGM battery, and alkaline batts for HF RX. Good trial run for
emergency power and connectors.
Murphy was in the shadows this weekend.
Had trouble copying K6KPH radiograms (FT4 QRM, no digital RXed).
Of course this is the weekend I can't copy the Traffic Net...
However, I wasn't about to let anything hamper this event--pandemic or otherwise.

First Contest and first real experience on HF. I purchased a Super Antenna MP1DXMAX for this event
to go into my go bag.

Covid can't keep us off the air! Not a huge showing, but did the best with the time I had!  See
everyone next year!

My 14 grandson, Tyler and I set up and worked Field Day from a public park near our home, Delaney
Park.  This was my first ever field day, as I have only been licensed since Feb. 2020.  We had solar
panels, batteries, and a small Honda generator for power.  We worked as a class 2B station.  During
the event we had a visit from Commissioner Patty Sheehan, as well as quite a few curious visitors. 
I used my Kenwood 74TH/A handheld connected to the East Coast Reflector as a radio to allow visitors
who wanted to give it a try.  Our goal was 100 QSO's by phone.  In addition to all the USA stations,
we managed to connect to Spain and the Slavic Republic - my longest distance QSO by SSB to date. 
Tyler had a blast and is now talking about getting his license.   73  Richard   KO4BRD

Took about 8 months but was able to finish refurbishing a HYQUAD-244 that I received many years ago
from my Elmer (now SK) a day before field day. I had a great Field Day.

Concerning the rule change this year due to COVID-19. I can see that new operators now had a chance
to rack up contacts with higher power non-portable gear.  However, the groups that used the
traditional low power field based operations just could not get through the pileups. It took,
waiting until the wee hours of the morning when all of the 1D stations had already worked each other
to get through.  However, on Sunday morning. a 6 meter sporatic E opening made up for everything.

Federacion de Radioaficionados de Puerto Rico (FRAPR - KP4FRA):
Attachments (.jpg images) included of FRAPR's Web Page PROMO (www.frapr.org), and FRAPR's Facebook
page ("FEDERACION FRAPR).

Not my first field day, but my first solo field day. We had good weather and fair propagation.

I actually ran on 100% emergency power but got no bonus for it since my exchange included class =
1D.  Costly mistake but oh well, had fun anyway!

A satellite-exclusive operation.  My first time operating Field Day solo, and first time fully
manual instead of a large computer-controlled Oscar array and radios.  Lots of fun, and the weather
cooperated, but I need to grow 2 or 3 more arms!

Operating location:  Observatory Park at Turner Farm, Great Falls, VA. Grid  FM18ix.

Well it was a different FD but fun. Some great pileups but wish the sun would wake up!

Well it wasn't as good as having the group together, but it was still Field Day and always a
learning event!

I operated from home qth due to covid-19 restrictions. Please apply points to club Moore County ARS
(Club Call NC4ML).

Wow!!!  Many more stations that usual due to the Covid-19 virus.  Lots of folks
stayed home and operated 1D this year.  Things didn't start very well for the
first few hours; but, then conditions really improved.  Ten and fifteen opened
up Sunday and that was really a thrill, especially with this big antenna farm.
Thanks - 73  tom    Rig = TenTec Eagle @ 100 Watts    Antenna = Mag Loop (40
thru 15) and an Isotron-80 in attic 12' above garage floor and an indoor 10
meter dipole.

It was a exciting event this year as there were plenty of stations participating.
I wish I would have had more time available to operate.

Well, I have to admit that I missed the comraderie of meeting the guys and gals at the park to
operate. It was not the same as my usual adrenaline for working all night long did not develop.In
fact, I was in bed by 11 PM and started operating at about 9 AM on Sunday. That being said, I did
work a few stations and had nice QSOs with N1RPH about lobsters in Maine and VE9EMM about visiting
New Brunswick. I wanted to just enjoy my operating time and did not choose to contest on this one.
Hopefully, the club will be back at the park next year and we'll have some good lunch and dinner! 73
de KW4GF
g

Although stuck at home due to COVID, still a chance to operate and use a portable homebrew
buddistick.

Wow! Lots of stations. Makes sense. Folks that normally run Field Day in large groups stayed home
and got on the air as individuals. Made for a great Field Day!

Ran from home using a generator, IC-7300, MPAS antenna setup as a vertical. Mostly ran digital modes
but was not able to get that many contacts. Found I had the software setup incorrectly a little late
in the game to recover from it as far as contacts. Was fun in any case.

This was my first attempt at field day since being licensed.  First HF contacts made on my own
radio/antenna.  Looking forward to learning more this year and actually participating with the club
in 2021.  Lots of fun!

Interesting operation this year to say the least.  Club opted to forego the usual over the top
operation and went minimalist.  2 stations with minimal antennas and no GOTA station.  COVID did
play into our concerns as we opted to not do our usual club dinner as well.

Score is acceptable and we achieved most of what we set out to do.  Even made the front page of the
local newspaper, so that's a plus.

ARRL Field Day 2020 – Experiment, Adapt and be Creative
by Jim Bogard, KY4L

Sometimes things just go right. Even with my penchant for putting things off until the last minute,
I was able to expand my station capabilities, operate using a new mode, and have a really great time
during ARRL Field Day 2020.

The Oak Ridge Amateur Radio Club (ORARC) was still deciding only a couple of weeks ago how to handle
Field Day under the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic social distancing restrictions when ARRL
issued revised rules allowing individuals to operate from home and pool their scores with a club or
group. I’ve had a 43’ vertical installed next to the house for awhile now that would tune on 40
m, 20 m and 10 m, but which stubbornly refused to tune at all on 15 m (not uncommon for this antenna
design), and was iffy at best on 80 m for lack of a sufficient number of radials. I had to do
something about this to participate in FD 2020 at home, since 15 m and 80 m are essential for a 24-h
event, during which bands open and close with the sun. One of the things I learned operating mobile
a few years ago (and something any low-band operator can tell you) is that you can make a short
antenna perform on long wavelengths by adding inductive loading at the base, so I dug out an old
mobile loading coil and attached it to the base of the 43’ vertical with alligator clips. My head
just about spun around when the newly loaded antenna tuned right up on 80 m!

But what to do about 15 m? My son helped me string up a half-wave dipole for 30 m a few months ago
so that I could have code practice with ORARC members WA0BAG, K8BPY, W4AJP and KX44CH. It’s a
simple thing, just 15 m of center-fed wire hung from the eaves of the house. Oh, wait … 15 m? It
loaded right up, of course! Zip, zop – I’ve now added two of the most important bands for Field
Day, most contests, and much DX for almost no additional effort.

Scoring for Field Day includes bonus points for sending formal message traffic and for using
emergency power independent of the commercial grid. I have a Honda generator, just waiting for an
excuse to crank it up, but there was no convenient ground for it. Thanks and a tip o’ the hat to
Dan, KC4CH, and Art, W4AJP, who graciously came over and helped me drive a rod in a place where I
could properly ground the generator while keeping it in the dry. More bonus points! 

The message traffic bonus dovetailed with a commitment I made as Middle East Tennessee Emergency
Radio Service (METERS) member to install, configure and use the Winlink digital messaging program
that works on HF. Winlink is neat because it can use any combination of radio, telephone and
internet to deliver message traffic, including attachments (just like e-mail), during a
communications emergency. Having put that off for months because of my discomfort with things
digital, I now had an urgent reason to git ‘er done. Let me just say that it’s much easier to
send ten ARRL-formatted Radiograms digitally than it is to check into a traffic net and peck ‘em
out one by one. Another FD bonus! – Plus, some of the recipients are now calling me to ask about
this strange hobby and to find out why somebody in Nashville called them with a message from me, an
added public relations opportunity!

All these improvements and the new mode actually worked as they should during Field Day, to my utter
amazement. And, if you think that only big guns with 100-ft towers and beams can do any good in
amateur radio, check out the breakdown of my contacts below. That little 15 meters of wire hung from
the eaves of the house performed very nicely in comparison with the bands served by the 43’
vertical. I feel like I lived up to the ask in the ARRL Field Day Bulletin: “Experiment, Adapt and
be Creative.“ Sometimes, things just go right!

Contact Breakdown by Band for KY4L
ARRL FD 2020
Band	 	QSOs
80m	 	55
40m	 	96
20m	 	87
15m	 	83
10m	 	6

FD Location at UND Technology Park -> Mars Habitat Simuation.
Satellite contact via Lilacsat.

First solo FD effort with an overnight operation. 100% solar/battery combination. Murphy struck in
multiple ways including thunderstorms and a farm cat who bit through my antenna wire. Thanks to the
family who allowed me to camp on their acreage for the operation!

I’ll never forget this FD. RIP Dad

15 was good sunday morning, 20 was very noisy at my qth. 
Need to work on my CW head copy and my typing Skills before Novenber.

I wrote one note I wanted to highlight:  WA8KAN -- Slow, Steady, & Good.  

It was a crazy change from every other Field Day.  And I am glad I got to operate in it.

Interesting Field day for sure.

I always enjoy this event.  This year I dedicated my efforts to my best friend,  Arthur Hinrichs
K0QL who became a Silent Key in March of this year.  We often did field day together because we both
love the combination of Ham Radio and camping.  I could feel his presence with me throughout the 24
hours of the event.

It has been years since I participated in Field Day. I managed to get a setup going with a portable
antenna setup outside and operating position in the cool basement. After getting the logging program
setup with the radio I was off to a good start. The bands were a bit noisy but I was surprised what
stations were hearing me given my modest portable antenna setup. Enjoyed the weekend and glad I was
able to get on the air.

I hope that all D stations will be able to work other D stations in coming FD years.  This is a good
way to generate activity from home.

I had a great time, hot and humid but always worth it!

Had a good experience during ARRL Field Day at Crow Island. Until the rain hit.

For my first FD at home I wanted to try running the ICOM 756 Pro II at 100 watts off of my
batteries. Turns out one 55Ahr battery was sufficient which is good to know for emergencies. These
are recycled UPS batteries with plenty of life in them.

Wow – that was a fun time. Long before the ARRL finally made the 2020 rules change, allowing Class
D to work and score other Class D stations, my wife (N1YXU) and I decided we were going to do a 2
operator entry of some type from home. Yes, it would have been great to get together as a club, but
when 2:00pm Sunday came around all we had to do is shut off the rigs, disconnect the coax, save the
logs and find the recliner.  It was much easier than taking down many towers, antennas, packing up
the truck, bringing everything home, putting the home station back together, etc.  

We operated class 1D and took turns as operator. Laurie operated only SSB and I operated only CW. As
we both enjoy running, the Search and Pounce activity was kept to a minimum, but I did do some while
running SO2R. Our rates were always excellent with no shortage of stations calling us. During our
total of 18 hours 21 minutes of On-The-Air time, we averaged 98 QSOs per hour. For one statistic we
actually tied. We both enjoyed a BEST HOUR RATE of 144 QSOs per hour.  Not bad!

It was great to actually have some 15 meters and even 10 meters QSOs. The totals on those bands were
limited by only running one radio and my inability to do dualing CQs. In general we found the band
conditions absolutely OUTSTANDING although some QRN on Saturday night on both 40 and 80. The
beverages really helped out with their increased Signal to Noise characteristics and the K3
diversity capability.  We worked 79 out of 84 possible sections, missing Alaska, Northwest
Territory, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba and Virgin Islands.  We did get several KL prefixes in the
log but they were all portable outside of Alaska.

One interesting fact about this weekend and the entry class of D was that a full 60%, or 1079, of
the QSOs we made were with other class D stations. Just imagine what a different event this would
have been if the ARRL did not finally wake up and make that rule change!

Although we didn't get a chance to operate as a group, the goal of Field Day was met in my case. 
The gear functioned properly, the Generator ran like a champ.

If I had to deploy in an emergency to support communications in the event of an emergency, I have
full confidence to deploy under any conditions.

I would like my points donated to the Warren County NY RC. Thank you, I worked from home this given
the odd circumstances. The club call for the 2020 FD event was W2C.

10M was fun on Sunday form 1345Z until the end. Worked two W6's and several Arizona stations, lots
of W4,W8,W9 and W0, a then WPA stations were coming too. 6M was also fun with double hop to STX &
WTX coming in.

Set up as a 1B station in the woods a good hike behind my house.  Fun time hauling the gear out
there.  Set up a 100 ft long doublet antenna with an open wire line. 
 Primarily made contacts via FT-8.  Also learned to send radiograms this year, so I was able to snag
the bonus points there.  

Wanted to do a bit of SSB operating, but I found it difficult to break through the pileups as
compared to the last Field Day I operated.  Ended up with ~140 digital contacts and 12 SSB contacts
vs the 90 SSB contacts I had in 2018.  I'm sure the 1D class rule change helped ensure that many
people participated this year, but I'm hoping by FD2021 things can go back to normal.  We'll see.

Overall a great time though, it was good to see the bands crowded in spite of current restrictions. 
Looking forward to 2021!

It was very different this year to be operating away from our Oxford County ARES Group. 
The negative of this change was that I discovered many of my pieces of equipment were not working. 
Saturday I began checking antennas with one of my newest analyzers and discovered I had feedline and
antennas issues. So I grabbed a Cobra Jr antenna that had been sitting in the bag since three or
four NEARFESTS ago and put it up. 
When I checked this antenna I discovered the analyzer read the same as all of my other antennas. I
realized the analyzer was the issue. I grabbed my old MFJ259B to check the antennas. Three out of
five were acceptable going to the house. At this point it was Saturday night and still no contacts.
I then fired up my Icom but it wouldn't transmit. So swapped the cables to My old Ts530 but it
wouldn't tune any of the antennas. 
Sunday morning, I threw up the screen tent in the yard, pounded a stake in the ground, hooked up the
spare tS440 and started tuning up. 
My original goal was at least one contact per band. 
160m & 75m were dead and noisy. 40m & 20m showed some promise. With some effort on both sides, I
made contacts there. 
I found 15m open and made quite a few contacts there.  
So lessons learned (or relearned as the case may be): 
1. Do complete periodic checks of your home station. 
2. Never assume the test gear is working correctly until you check it. In this case a recharge and
recalibration of the unit was the fix. 
3. Have a plan B,C,& D backup plan when plan A goes south. 
Thank you to the stations that worked hard to pull me out of the noise!
73
N1YIS Wayne

July, 17, 2020.
AWESOME! Have never heard so many stations for Field Day. Bit of a challenge when running 5 watts.
I fell ill Friday night, recovered Sunday morning. Was able to operate 10AM onward. As stations left
the air, I was able to make more contacts, HI.
Perhaps power levels rule might be appropriate for Delta and Easy stations, to level the playing
field for the Alpha and Bravo stn's. (Just a thought.)
I was very pleased to hear all of the fellow(and Ladies) operators that were on the air anyhow.
(Improvise, Adapt, Overcome!)
Great FD 2020, de N2DM, "Skinny-Atlas Falls, NY".

First Field day using all FT8. 
Had loads of fun. Looking forward to next one.

My setup for FD at Echo Lake Park,Howell, NJ.
Used battery and solar power and an IC 7300.
My daughters dog Bruno stopped by to check things out.

It was nice to see the good band conditions and the number of stations that were operating from
home. Thanks for changing the rules this year to allow "D" class stations to work other "D" class
stations for points. I hope that this change becomes permanent in future Field Days? 73 de N2LD

Worked only FT8 and a handful of FT4 on 20M, 6M and 2M into indoor antennas in my attic. Even picked
up a few new grids for VUCC!

Our first attempt at doing Field Day by the Bear Rocks Community Club.  Many members stopped by to
see the activity.  Three people want to study for a license.

This was our 50th consecutive Field Day operation.  Really!

https://www.facebook.com/eparc.wv/

First time in a very long time I've actually gotten on the air and made contacts during FD. 
Normally, I'm doing all sorts of back end coordination activities for the club, helping with set up,
ensuring things are moving correctly and helping to make a good learning environment for the other
members. While this was not the best of situations, it was refreshing to actually operate for a
change and nice to know that despite the trying times, there were many that made this a very cordial
and fun FD.  I was happy to hear only a few curmudgeons bashing FD activities. To whomever made the
decision to allow 1D stations to work each other and contribute to their club scores... THANK YOU! 
73! de N3XG

My submission shows PENDING DOCUMENTS but as you can see I have attached the document to my
submission as a PDF file.  

I RESUBMITTED with the log file and there is a PDF attached with the SEC acknowledgement of my
Message to him.   If that is not OK, then delete the 100 points.

Please let me know when you accept my submission.
(703)317-9305
73 RIck

Field Day is an activity our club looks forward to each year. We were very disappointed that the
pandemic had changed Field Day. After reviewing the options we decided to have a small Field Day
made up of 5 members that had been quarantined and encouraged our club members to get on the air
from their homes and list our club for the club scores. 

A friend let 5 of us use his cottage in North Carolina for the weekend. We set up 2 stations on the
porch and and hung wires in the trees. We had fun on the radio, ate some good food and had fun. We
are looking forward next year when we can get everyone together,

Had a lot of fun as usual although the Knightlites club event was sorely missed. The station was a
K2 at 5W QRP to a 44ft doublet up 50ft class 1B(battery). QTH was Falls Lake State Park NC, camp
site 80 (N of Raleigh). Condx were fair on 40m & 20m. CW only and S&P.

Just want to make sure all my points go to my home club-W0MG.  I did learn a few things from this
experience.  I had planned to use two antennas but found out I didn't have enough barrel connectors.
 I used a telescopic vertical and it worked very well.

Wasn’t the same as being with my normal group but we made the best of it and had a great time
anyway!

The bands were wide open including 10 and 6 meters. Great to see so much CW activity (the mode is
not dead!). Reminds me of the good old days. 73 to all.

The airwaves looked alot different, the field day site looked alot different and I bet the results
will look alot different this year but I am thankful for the learning experience even though I have
been a ham many years.
Hope all are safe,
Dwayne N4MIO

I need more solar panels.  This was just a test.

The Tampa ARC ran a totally remote station operation using the club's Flex 6400 and the station's
antenna system.  Each operator had full control of the radio, selection from 5 different antennas
and rotor control. Each operator worked from his home. We had to set up the remote station in little
more than a week before FD.

Day one: Storms, rain, and winds. One antenna down from the tress and other one up to replace it.
Wet as can be,back to the table, under cover and the QRP rig. Two (2) 12 volt 7ah batteries for the
contest. 
Day two:  Still had power enough on battery 2 for 5 or more hours. They lasted long than me. More
rain and storms on way, calling it a day.

Fun weekend working FD from our back yard. Solar powered QRP rig on 20 meter SSB is pretty
challenging but every exchange was an achievement. Nice to see 10 meters open! 73 de N5CSU Dallas

Elecraft KX1 qrp rig was powered by either by internal batteries or external Bioenno BLF-1203W
LiFePO4 battery.  No recharging was done.  No reliance on mains or generator was done.

As  expected, far less groups operating from the "field" this year. So working a particular call on
multiple bands by multiple group operators much lower.

I had fun working 1E Patio Portable for both HF and Satellite.

My favorite event and this year 15m and 10m were open, despite forecasted poor propagation.  Not my
best score this year but I think more fun with the 1-D to 1-D rule change.

Thank you for modifying the rules for COVID-19. It was the best decision made!

1st time in FD for over 15 years  Had a blast using 100W and hmbrew EFHW @20 ft.
Used an IC-7100 and CW memories and N!MM for psk.

Kenwood TS-2000, thru AL8-11A, thru AT600ProII tuner out to stealthy 119ft end fed inverted L at
30'. Also TYT-9800 Quad band FM transmitter on 2M and 70CM, out to a GP-6 stealth vertical.

Simple but fun!

It was interesting operating from home QTH due to Covid-19.  Participated in club function as well
with score going to North Arkansas Amateur Radio Society

Band was fickle as is normal for this contest.  Worked just about everything I could hear that could
hear me.  Worked 1E with 100 watts to a three element tri-bander on the roof of my QTH.  Elevation
2175 FT. from north central Arkansas.
FB contest,  See you next year!
73,  Joe N5QYC

Mike Fandell N5QYQ, is a board certified Safety Professional in comprehensive practice and Member of
the combined Gorham-Westbrook, Maine Chambers of Commerce. Mike completed his own FD2020 Safety plan
and served as a representative of a served agency as well!!!

We had another fun Field Day at N5T in Cumby, Texas (Hopkins County).  Operators were Jon (WB5KSD)
who did most of the operating and Kerry (WD5ABC) who did most of the logging along with guest
loggers Jessica (KE5HQB) and Russell (N5HAM).  Our only concession to civilization was an AC powered
fan, a necessity for FD in Texas in June.  We're going to upgrade our battery situation next year,
some of our surplus gell cells are getting pretty old.  The 20m elevated vertical and 40m vertical
loop, both in the trees, performed well as did Jon's little FT-817.  It only does about 4 watts
output on batteries but worked fine.  There is a box to check for "natural power" and provide which
contacts were made with natural power but ALL of ours were made with batteries charged by a solar
panel.  We also used it to charge batteries after we used them to cycle them back into service again
later.  Thanks for listening for our little peanut whistle from North Texas!

I set up on my back porch using two AGM batteries connected in parallel. I used a solar panel to
help keep the batteries topped off until dusk. I had more than enough battery power to operate for
my entire 11 hours. Both of my kids made their first contacts on the radio as well. My son, 6,
seemed to really enjoy it.

I was in my usual panic state trying to get prepared right up to the starting time but unlike usual
I was at home not at the fire station with 50 or more people all trying to setup.  Instead I was
enjoying the air conditioning and trying to read my new radio manual and send out pertinent
information to club members via Mailchimp and deciding on my tactical plan.  I was still reading my
new owners manual in between periods of low activity.  The bands were jammed full from 6M to 80M so
I was really excited to hear so many voices and see so much activity on the ICOM spectrum scope. 
When I operated voice I usually had to operate S&P as I could not find a place to elbow in to run. 
I operated WSJT-X in FT4 for the first time heavily which was faster and a lot more fun.  And it was
another consecutive weekend with lots of Sp-E on 6 - it was amazing!  My goal was to operate CW this
year but I simply did not get in the practice so I went back to WSJT-X and voice.  I think the FD
was the first voice contact on my new radio (all other was WSJT and CW practice)!

One of the funny things was when I heard N4ZY calling CQ and I called him back with N5ZY and we both
had a laugh.  Also funny, I went to take a quick nap after 18 hours into the exercise and was later
woken by my wife who was worried I was losing valuable hours (in my sleep deprived stupor I didn’t
set an alarm).  I had evidently been asleep for 3 hours!  

It was also nice to not be underneath a severe storm with lightning and in flooding rain for the
first time in at least 3 Field Days.  Just warm and windy!

I must admit it’s fun to operate Field Day without suffering heat stroke, sunburn and mental
exhaustion from helping to set up so many radios I’ve never seen before and computers, logging,
etc.  Also it was really nice to be home with my wife!

It was a lot of fun to setup my station from scratch in true FD style.
I operated from my home QTH on several wire antennas that were installed just for this event.

Station was an Elecraft K3, P3 and KPA500 [dialed down to 150W]
Antennas was 20m, 40m and 75m double-bazooka strung from a utility pole in the corner of the lot and
across the length of the lot in a fan formation.  The 75m antenna was suspended in a tree outside my
yard on the parking strip.  The other two antennas were suspended from poles on my roofs.

I've included a few photos showing the station, emergency power setup and wire antennas.

Propagation was interesting, not much success with contacts beyond the rocky mountains.
Worked a lot of stations in the western US states and a few in Canada.

73 and stay safe de N6DB

Since I was Class D and home alone, I decided to have a little fun.  I operated phone, CW, RTTY, FT4
and FT8 for a total of 20 band/mode slots.  It would have been more if I hadn't gotten too sleepy
and bailed on 80m phone and 160m altogether.

Had a blast working Field Day from the backyard. I built a portable battery box specifically for
Field Day and portable operation and used a solar panel to keep it charged. Everything worked better
than I expected.

Never worked 2 meters and 70cm at home for field day......

Good conditions on 6M on Saturday morning, but then nothing more.  Fair conditions on the other HF
bands.  Missed going out with my local club (Yavapai ARC), but did enjoy working from home as a 1E
class station.  N6KZ

For Field Day 2020, I operated the N6MI ham van (solo) from 8,013 foot Frazier Peak in Ventura
County, California. I used a Yaesu FTdx101D for the low bands and six meters. I used an Icom 9700
for two meters and 446.0 FM. The low band antenna was a tri band yagi at 60 feet on a pneumatic mast
(installed in the former television news van). See n6mi.com for photos. I was visited by K6GTA,
N6RIN, W1BTW, BTW's son, and more than 20 motorcycle off road riders. I never ran out of stations to
work...thanks in part to the large number of Class 1D stations. 73

Bruce N6THN working FD from home to avoid Covid19.
I am a club member of V V R C, Vaca Valley RC, W6VVR.
Please apply my points to our clubs total score.

Thx, Bruce N6THN

I selected the youth option, as I am a 17-year-old operator.

This was a Sunday satellite only operation from another section on the DN 71/72/81/82 grid corner.
Rig: Yaesu FT-1634 up to 5 watts and Arrow Antenna

N6ZE/M operated, or tried to, from Sacramento Valley & Oregon Sections while driving an R/V from
Beale AFB, CA to Whidbey Island, WA. On 6m, 2m, 70cm, I heard no one when at 2 rest stops in
Northern Sacramento Valley Section. However I did work one station on 6 meters, 2 meters, & 70cm
when I parked at an R/V Campground in Roseburg, OR (CN83)
Rig FT817 & whip.

Ventura County Amateur Radio Society is my home club, but Pacific Northwest VHF Society is my PNW
group.

All good intentions to be at a Washington State Park Ft. Flagler, on an island - Marrowstone Island,
near a Light Beacon - Marrowstone Point and even in a differ county - Jefferson County WA.       I
would be 1E .     The generator then quit and the computer for both digital and logging died.   
Sitting in the front seat in my pickup got very uncomfortable.   Then there was getting to the ferry
before they stopped for the night.   It was fun and I will do it again in a heart beat but it was
trying.

Working portable from my back yard.  First full scale test of the camp/comms trailer systems
together.  I have a list of improvement projects to improve operation time, ergonomics, antenna
efficiency, and speed of setup. It worked for a while, but was not a sustainable as I need for it to
be.

1D was 56% of my log.  I thought there would be a lot more 1E but only 20%.  Disappointing that many
people can't or won't have backup power for their home station.  Wasted a lot of time on 6 meters
hoping for DX.  FT8 is way too slow for HF. Generator ran out of gas 16 minutes after the end-
whew!!!

I have always enjoyed Field Day. The last few years I have operated from home rather than with a
local club. This year will be especially memorable since ARRL modified the rules to allow Class D
stations to count points for contacting other Class D stations. I was delighted to see how many
Class D stations participated in this communications event. Although I had a limited amount of time
to operate during this Field Day, I had a great time with some fun runs even operating low power. 

Bob, N7GTE

It was difficult to compete against all of the home stations this year. Not necessarily a bad thing,
QRP is a challenge to begin with. So I made fewer contacts this year, but the ones I did make were
worth it.

N7PP operated a 2E event from the president's home with COVID 19 safety in mind.   As shown in the
photos we were wearing masks at all time with exception of the SSB operator on the air.  We stayed
the required 6 feet away from everyone.

I decided to operate 2020 Field Day from my South Florida location running a 9v-powered Mountain
Topper to a multi-band ground-mounted, base-loaded vertical with 5 radials. To further simplify, I
logged all contacts on paper. It didn't take long to miss N1MM auto-fill and dupe checking, and DX
Maps. Nevertheless I really enjoyed Field Day, having worked stations from Puerto Rico to Hawaii and
throughout the U.S. The impact of the pandemic was obvious, with so many single operator stations.
What challenges will 2021 bring? Regardless, I know hams are up for it.

Thanks to ARRL officials for making special Field Day accommodations during this COVID-19 emergency.
73, Bruce Prior N7RR

The ARRL decision to allow 1D stations to fully participate this year was appropriate and made a fun
event of what otherwise would have been a very down year for FD given the interpersonal contact
restrictions that responsible people are observing.  73

14 year old ELI's first time operating in the FD contest. he may have admitted that he really
thought it was way more fun than he thought

All QSOs were completed using natural power (solar and solar-charged batteries).  It's nice to live
in a sunny place like Colorado!

First field day with my daughter, KC8GRS. She got he license when she was 14 and lost interest.
About a month ago I showed her FT8 and she is back on the air! 

For FD I ran CW and she ran digital. We were 1E OH

CONDITIONS SEEMED TO BE BELOW AVERAGE.
40 METERS WAS ACTING UP BADLY.
HAD A GREAT TIME, WITH NO HARDWARE FAILURES.
WE DID HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH THE LOGGING PROGRAM, SO WE ALSO KEPT PAPER LOGS TO BE OLD SCHOOL.

Operated for almost an hour aeronautical airborne.
Weather had us end the day early but what a blast! 
It was nice hearing the excitement from hams getting their first airborne contact.
Some people invest in 199' towers. I wish the ARRL would open up aeronautical for contests.

I've been a ham for over forty years, but this is my second consecutive Field Day. Started out
operating FT8, but switched over to PSK31 halfway through the event. I had a blast. Already looking
forward to next year.

We made the best with what we have..

I operated 1E (less than 5 W) from the qth using batteries charged via solar panels.  Life is too
short for qrp.

I had a lot of fun running low power on only three bands, Saturday was a bust and only made 4
contacts because of time constraints. However, I had more time to make contacts on Sunday. Thanks to
the ARRL for changing the rules for this year, which allowed me as a 79 year old to participate.

Worked 8 countries on 6M from Kansas during FD. Biggest thrill was working K1JT on 6M FT8. He
invented FT8!!!

Conditions where great, really enjoyed it this year !

73's
Rich - N8PFK

This year I tried out WSJT-X FT4 within the N1MM+ logger from my home station in the 2020 ARRL FD. 
My laptop integrated seamlessly for both audio and CAT with my USB Codec-equipped Elecraft K3S/P3. 
My antenna complement includes a homebrew 20M-6M six-band, two-element spider-boom quad up about 40
ft, and a ZS6BKW window-line fed dipole covering 80M-40M, up about 35 ft.  Just because I was
working FD from home (class 1D), doesn't mean I couldn't dress the part -- note the official 2020
ARRL FD shirt, cap and pin (and mug, not pictured)!

With COVID 19 closing many facilities a small group of us made use of a member’s farm. Weather was
predicted to be hot nasty and as usual thunderstorms and rain (Your typical FD weather) to
accommodate the predicted  weather we setup inside one of the horse barns with a station at each
end, this provided shelter and a nice breeze. 

KD8SPA fabricated a very nice trailer mounted portable antenna mounting structure using an old
electric bucket truck boom and section of tower, on this we installed a M2 3 element 6M beam and a 2
element TH2MK3 tribander along with a side arm for an 80 meter Inverted V complete with rotator and
antenna switching. Our other antennas included a pair of 40-meter phased delta loops and a XR5. 

As always what's Field Day without great food, great company, and good laughs- We cannot wait for FD
2021

Still had a great time.

Operation consisted of battery power and limited attic antennas on CW.  N9AB

I've never submitted one of these before (NEW HAM with vanity call N9ASI)! Hope I got it right! On
the Bonus GOTA listing there is NO section for Frequency or Frequency Band. Any reason why not for
the Bonus GOTA Submissions list? Just curious why that's not also there.
Regards,
Scott - N9ASI

Great run on 15 meters on Saturday morning.  Nice to be able to be at home with AC, fridge and
shower.  But, looking forward to 2021 and being out in the field.

A lot of operators on the air resulted in "Wall to Wall" stations on pretty much every band. A lot
of people operating from home. We had a great time operating socially distant at a National forest
campground in NW WI!

73

Operated all SSB 55 to 65 watts using 2 23AH Lithium Batteries from Rend lake Southern Illinois

Hello from Mike, N9GHP operating Field Day 2020 on Saturday June 26th from Buffalo Creek Preserve in
Lake County, IL EN62. Operated 20 and 40m using an IC-7300 to a PAR End Fed wire. Support was a 40
foot Spyderbeam telescoping mast. Sunday skies, hot humid weather but a lot of fun. 

73 de Mike N9GHP

Tough conditions and I chose the probably toughest category using a Flex Radio 6400 and Dell Win10
Pro laptop to a broadband folded dipole in inverted V with apex at 20FT all powered by a Bienno
battery being charged by a solar power panel for the entire 4 hours I had to operate. My orginal
plan was to contribute in person at the Deep south Amateur Radio Club site in Chickasaw, AL but
medical issues limited time but do to new rules this yearI was able to contribute a few points to
the overall club score and had some fun. 73, Josh, N9GQA

Solar Power is whole house with 8kw inverter and 37 panel modules. See photos. Generator was
available but had plenty of sun to charge the batteries. In the summer I sell electricity to the
utility. 

We hope this covid issue never happens again but from the comments I have heard, there are some who
participated this time that have never done this before and all liked the fact their points could be
contributed to the club activity. It might be good to be able to somehow integrate club members
operating from home in the future who are unable to take part at a remote site for various health
reasons. One member said he was able this time because it was from home and had to take care of his
spouse but found time to participate.

102 QRP CW QSOs on battery with a Buddipole and an MP-1 whip antenna. 1E SCV from home and a bike
portable stint for the afternoon at the San Francisco Bay. 37 sections worked.   

While bike portable at the San Francisco Bay, I worked my high-school-aged nephew K4BEN on the coast
of Maine in his first Field Day.

I worked the event with 3 of my college students from Trine University. One of the students drove
from New York to Indiana to participate. None of them had operated an HF radio before, and they had
a blast. They are now motivated to get a GEN license!

Set up my Icom 706 and 20 M vertical in the backyard. That station is always running on emergency
powwer - solar and battery.

Grilled some burgers abd had a pot luck (translation: whatever was in the fridge) in order to have a
true Field Day.

Ony had a few hours to operate this year.

73 & Good DX

Lew, N9WL / CQ -- Confined to Quarters due to Covid-19 precautions.

The club affiliation is the Chicago FM club - WA9ORC

Social Media presence from my personal Twitter Account

What's FD without a visit from Mr. Murphy? After a couple hours on 20, we have a power failure at
the remote site. UPS doesn't feed the 240V amplifier, so it went down hard, apparently while I was
transmitting. Power restored, but the KPA1500 is DOA. Ran barefoot the rest of the time. Trip up the
hill coming soon...

15 was poor Saturday so the entire universe was on 20. Multiple CQers on every freq. So I challenge
myself to work two at once with a single call. Running on 20 was a panic, like being fresh meat.
Pileups were very deep and nicely zero-beated, not the best for rate but quite a thrill to feel so
popular. 15 was great on Sunday, even got some EU.

Had a good time getting everything together but the results were pretty gutting.

Conditions were good from my location.enjoyed operating battery power from home.

While my class was 1E, I used an antenna erected just for Field Day. It is a 40-foot-long center-fed
Zepp fed with open wire line at 50 feet in the air.  Tuned with a Johnson KW Matchbox.  Broadside
East/West on 10, 15 and 20m, the only bands I worked. Station was also temporary, setup on a card
table running an IC-7300 on two 80 AH AGM batteries in parallel.

Oops-when entering my contact info I mistakenly hit enter key after filling in the 160m band data. 
That is a common spreadsheet method to go down to the next row.  By hitting the enter key my
incomplete submission was sent.  My error! 
All my contacts were digital, power=150.
160m 3
80m 32
40m 17
20m 41
15m 20
10m 18
6m   7
GOTA 0

Total 138

Thanks for your help in correcting this.  Let me know if I need to do more.
Thank you for providing a modified Field Day Event that gave many people a chance to participate
from home in a club activity without actually having to be on-site in this Covid-19 pandemic year!
John Himes NC3O

Ah, Field Day. The chance to join others from the Poway Amateur Radio Society (PARS) in a blissful
outdoor location for 24 hours of uninterrupted radio fun. Not this year... Ran 1D from home station
due to COVID-19 local restrictions. I was going to try 1E, but didn't want to fire up my 8 kW
generator and irritate the family and neighbors. So much for preparedness.

The usual "interesting" stuff on the bands, but conditions on 20 M and
down were good for making a ton of contacts. As always, 6 M was pretty useless here for most of the
weekend. I sure do know my local ham friends' calls by now - you can only see them CQing for so many
hours before they get burned into your memory. There was also the excitement of listening to folks
attempt to use bugs and straight keys for the first time in a half-century. Nothing like a station
sending the error dits ten or so times during their exchange. 

I did get to get OTA and hand out almost 500 Qs on CW and FT4/FT8. I made 3 SSB QSOs on 20 M before
I remember why I detest phone contests. The QRM, doubling stations and failure to listen (only a few
stations) really made it an unpleasant experience for me. I went back to CW after five minutes.

I did get to use my VHF Winlink setup to send radiograms via RF, so at least that was in the spirit
of FD for Emcomm. It's nice to know I have that backup for when the Intrawebs go down.

Anyway, a good time was had by all (me). Thanks to everyone for the Qs and
hoping we get outside in groups by FD 2021.

73 de NC6K

Strange Field Day this year, right? But it helped immensely by having our club (Associated Radio
Amateurs of Long Beach) and a small 1D group on Contest Online Scoreboard the whole time in our own
Private Room! We even had a WhatsApp group chat going the whole time too! (WhatsApp can also be used
on a PC, so everything happens on the keyboard in front of you!) It was fun this way, but I prefer
the outdoors. Can't wait until next year!  --Bob NC6Q

One battery, one oversized solar panel, and a QRP rig made for a wonderful weekend in my garage as
1B-battery. Participating with a club is fun, but this year I had the radio all to myself, and I
loved it!

The NF4AC group reached out to the public through social media (twitter, etc), and two TV Stations
came an interviewed Dr. Gordon Gibby that were aired over the weekend.  He explained how amateur
radio operators work with the local Red Cross, Shelters, Emergency Operations Center at the Alachua
County Sherriff's office.

We improved our antennas, operating modes, and incorporated Winlink messaging, 2.4GHz Mesh Network
for all Logging Stations using Ubiquity radios from inside the EOC to the NW Area 560 feet away. 
And, we even tried Satellite for the 1st time.

J. Trites, NO5X

Had a blast on my first Field Day weekend!

Met up with Matt Bennett, AC6X, at a beautiful overlook above Pasadena's Rose Bowl. Thanks to Matt
for sharing the secret spot and showing me the ropes from safe distance.

Cheers to CVRC and JPLARC, to ARRL, and to all operators, new and veteran.

~73~

Most of the FT8 QSOs were with other 1D stations and won't count. With 77 solar panels on the condo
roof below my little 2 element yagi and with zero sunspots, all I have is evening FT8. At least I
had a few contacts this year. Sixty-six years a ham and counting.

Great fun had by all that stopped by. Nice weather for operating ARRL Field Day 2020 and for
learning new things. Thanks to the Waterman's Museum for allowing us to operate along their side
walk along the York River at Yorktown, VA.

Club:  VCARA

First time out with a new portable setup.  Used an Yaesu FT-891 into a 10-40 EFHW at 25 watts.  It
was powered by a 10Ah battery, recharged with the solar panels on the camper.

I focused on CW, which really exposed my lack of CW skills.  I did not use any CW to decode, and
those stations sending at 30+ WPM were out of my reach.  Rig control was using N1MM+.  The computer
was also charged using the solar panels (through an inverter). 

Already working on improving my CW skills.  We will how the upcoming CW Ops class helps.

Call sign should read N2AJO not NN2AJO

Field Day is always fun... whether at home or out in the field.

I haven't missed too many Field Days since I was licensed in 1978 but this one sure didn't feel much
like FD. However, I didn't miss the Florida heat, bugs, or rain by staying cloistered in my shack!

This year's modified rules gave a much needed boost to VHF & UHF FM activity, making this year's
Field Day the best in many years.  Would be nice if those modified rules could be made permanent.

Kind of wish there was an intermediate QRP category, say 30 watts max. for a X3 multiplier.  I chose
not to run 5 watts because that's not enough to be heard through the pileups on 2 meter FM.  30
watts would be plenty.

Station Equipment:

Elecraft K1
OHR WM-2 QRP wattmeter
40M vertical Delta Loop (corner Feed - 4:1 balun) apex 45 ft.
Wal-Mart brand motorcycle battery for power
KN4YB 90 deg. bug

2020-06-28,01:18:30,2020-06-28,01:21:30,NW0K,DM99,50.314538,FT8,1D,2A,,,
2020-06-28,01:27:30,2020-06-28,01:28:00,W0CW,EM28,50.313981,FT8,1D,2A,,,
2020-06-28,01:29:15,2020-06-28,01:34:45,N2PC,,50.314828,FT8,1D,1D,,,

These 3 I could not figure how to download otherwise.

Despite the separation caused by COVID-19, I enjoyed my front yard Field Day for 2020.

The sunspot activity was nonexistent and overall most stations were weaker than last year. I was
running a home brew transceiver at 5 watts qrp with a battery and a ground mounted mono band quarter
wave vertical on 20 meters. Hopefully by next year cycle 25 will be up and at em!

I was sole handheld, battery powered station on Mt. El Sereno in Los Gatos, California (elevation
2,400'). It's a one hour, forty-five minute ascent on foot to the summit, at Montevina Ridge. 
146.52 FM was busy with FD operations, and I was hearing in all directions -- San Francisco,
Benicia, and Mt. Diablo.  Ironically, communications with the distant stations weren't possible due
to local QRM.  I signed off just after noon, and returned on El Sereno grade, in high desert weather
(90F).

Thanks for the contest!  This was a great opportunity to get my station functioning and back on the
air after a year or so of being dormant. Moving things out of the way of my stations table was only
the start. My coax and dipole connector needed replacing. The radio software and computer software
needed to be updated.  The power cable on the rig needed to be replaced. And, I learned a lot about
my antenna analyzer.  The fact that I got any results is very satisfactory to this 70 something ham
radio operator.
Ted NX6C

Satellite Contact is not in the log!!

K4BFT  2A AL on CAS-4A at 1618Z on 28Jun20

Soapbox

I live on a postage-stamp-size lot in a sort of deed-restricted development.  For several years my
antenna of choice has been a half-size G5RV (aka center-fed Zepp or Collins feed dipole).  Several
years ago I replaced it with a plain old Zepp (I simply removed one leg and Voila! end-fed Zepp). 
As the old-timers knew in the age of BC (before coax) Zepp's worked well.  Due to some rework on the
house recently, I had to remove the Zepp, so it was back to basics for Field Day.  I defaulted to my
trusty two dollar MacGyver Q'nD ("quick and dirty") 20-meter vertical made from junk-box pvc pipe
and a chunk of wire from an old string of Xmas lights. It works fine on 20 (SWR about 1:1 direct)
loads reasonably well on 10 (1.3:1 via tuner).  I made a second, 15-meter version, using a 13-foot
Shakespeare Durango "crappie" pole and placed it in close proximity so I could use a quick
disconnect to switch the coax between them.  I knew I wouldn't be a big gun but I would have fun,
and after all, Field Day is about emergency preparedness, making do, and having fun in the process. 
And, I was on the air.  Remember, Thoreau told us, "Some men fish their entire lives without
realizing it's not fish they're after."

NZ4C - ARRL FIELD DAY 2020 AT HOME

I had a fine time.  All CW.  End fed half wave 80M wire at 12 feet above ground.

WAS ON THE AIR ABOUT 15 HOURS.  AMAZED TO FIND ACTIVITY ON TEN METERS.

EXPERIENCED MYSTERIOUS COMPUTER PROBLEM THAT WOULD NOT LET ME SUBMIT THE ENTRY.
MY SON LIVING IN BC MANAGED TO PUT A BAND AID FIX THAT ALLOWED THE SUBMISSION.

nEXT YEAR QRP/BATTERY FROM A CAMPGROUND WITH G5RV OR?

Conditions where very harsh into Europe, but i managed to get 19 FD stations in the log.

Coming back to Field Day after some years. Was nice to listen some old friends on the air. I can
imagine how weird is to the W/VE guys have a PY calling them during this 'almost-domestic'
contest...

When our regular club Field Day activities had to be cancelled due to Covid-19, I decided to operate
as a 1B station in my cargo trailer using portable antennas in my front yard. I didn't operate
overnight to avoid disturbing neighbours with the generator noise, but I was quite happy with the
performance of the station, completely set up by myself.

Please note that I have missed the first 5 qso's from my log. A sudden downpour obliterated their
details from the top of the log.. The were all on 40m. I apologize to whom ever we contacted as I
cannot decipher them.
Due to the pandemic restrictions, our field day was a family affair in the woods. Better shelter
arrangements needed for next time!
73
John
VA1JON

I had a lot of fun operating from my cottage as 1E at 5 watts using my battery powered Elecraft K2
and a 204 foot doublet at 60 feet. It was great to hear so many stations on the air. 

Cheers

Michael VE3WMB/VA2NB

My 1st FD participation! 

Most of the QSO where done in PSK31 mode.

Did a few on Phone and RTTY.

Will do it again in 2021!

Interesting doing Field Day from home, due to the virus. It was nice to operate from A/C shack than
sweaty tent. Was pleasantly surprised to be able to do a run with just a vertical and 100 Watts on
CW.Time spent was abut 6 hours,could have made many more Qs, had I invested the time. I have
participated in Field Day on and off for nearly 40 years now. Look forward to doing it again in the
outdoors for many more years. Best regards and thanks to all the ops for giving me the QSOs!

from VA3KWG

First Feild Day since 1964 (that is correct 64),
I uploaded the Cabrillo log, what else is required.
Thanks
Ken Gansel
ken@gansel.net

Wishing you all good health, good times, and good DX!

Ran the contest from Crown (Public) Land in Central Ontario, grid FN05MB. All powers was supplied
from solar panels into LiFePO4 cells, antenna was an NI4L 270' OCF dipole across Black River at
elev. of 30'. Was a great contest! See my Twitter (@VA3QR) for picutres! vy 73 de VA3QR

Reclassified entry from SOABLP to Mult-one as I missed rule related to using cluster for assistance.

I used my Yaesu FT2DR radio 5 W QRP with my Arrow Antenna with 3 VHF elements and with 7 UHF
elements.  I made one contact on UHF. The others were on VHF.  My location was pleasing - the
Dominion Arboretum in Ottawa.  It has a high lookout area - good for VHF and free parking spaces and
grass slopes down to Dow's Lake in the distance.

SOTA Activation and Field Day Station, Helena Peak, Alberta

Please note that our club's main plan for a large group activity was cancelled two days prior due to
the city requiring significant safety measures due to COVID19. As a result, the plan could not
occur.  A smaller activity took place with four club members.  One could not attend and the second
was there a short time.  The operation was to be a 3ABC, supported by three club members total, but
a total of five attended, though only two transmitters were active at once, so 2ABC was used.  Two
members used their personal call signs (VA7DBJ and VA7XQ) instead of the club callsign (VE7CMR). 
Because this exchange was provided to others, the logs are submitted as used, but should be credited
toward VE7CMR.  Photos of our event are located at our club's Facebook page (Maple Ridge Amateur
Radio Club).

41 years since my last FD! Added flexibility for 1D this year, along with a new HexBeam, enticed me
to enter.

Usually work with Delta ARS at a Field Day site on one band. This year gave me a chance to work
several bands. 😀

Selected to park my vehicle in the upper lot at Mount Seymour in Vancouver BC.  A short hike off
trail I setup a 20M wire dipole inverted V with a 2m/70cm slim-jim vertical.  The weather was clear
but very cold.  Limited my QSO's to just search and pounce to conserve battery power.  Radios use
were Elecraft KX3 and Kenwood D71A.  Home brew antennas.  20Meter dipole was tenable for 10 and 6
meters.  A solo attempt and submitting my points to pool up with other club members of the Coquitlam
Amateur Radio Emergency Services Society (CARESS) VE7SCC.
73's
Matt VA7ROH

My daughter made some contact in ssb mode

A solo effort this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.  I operated from a soccer field as 1B QC.  I
turned the power down to 5W.  I operated eight or nine hours total.  Thanks to all for their
patience digging my signal out of the noise.

Used 2 12V Batteries in parallel + Solar power ( 250W) charging unit during FD for transmitting and
receiving puposes. 

5 QSO's used were set aside for Natural power PH QSO bonus. The five QSOs were deleted from Cabrillo
list and are listed seperatly.

Tuition for 6 youths was given by me during a 45 minute period just before they actually performed
communication operations under my surveillance. 

I do have a video demonstrating of myself giving tuition to youths under 18 yrs, explaning how
communications are performed and the use of International Phonetics.This file is too large to send
to you (113Mb). Please let me know if there is a way that I can send it to you. Regards 73's  Ronald
Racine VE2ESX

Social media ve2gat on twitter

Due to the pandemic, the Club Radio Amateur de Quebec (CRAQ) had a special Field Day "in
confinement" using a meeting website based on a free video conferencing platform; see details in the
document “A special Field Day 2020 in confinement in Quebec.pdf”.

Best 73’s!

Gaétan, VE2GHO

WE WERE TWO OPERATORS ME VE2SUD AND VE2MW

Just to be sure for the "alternate power" I did all contacts using a solar array and batteries. I
included the same log. I was using an Astronomy club cabin.

This was a different experience for us, running 1D from home because of the COVID-19 and not as a
Hamilton Amateur Radio Club event at one of the parks in Hamilton using VE3DC. One of the guys did
run 1B from a public location though. so some people were able to see Ham Radio in action.
      73 Rick VE3BK

See:
https://thewakesileave.wordpress.com/2020/07/01/a-quarantined-qrp-p-field-day-from-the-backyard/

It was different, that's for sure!  I sure missed sharing the station with new or want to be hams,
and to wandering the field seeing what others were doing.  I did have visitors, Stan and Sue
Pickering, VE3LSS, and Sue was an excellent logger.

Field Day 2020 was different by all measures but still had a great weekend!
We ran a portable station at our local Provincial Park, Inverhuron Provincial Park located on the
shore of Lake Huron near Tiverton, On.
My son, VA3AQZ, at age 16 and myself, VE3PCP set up and ran the station each day.
VE3IHR, 1B ONS
Looking forward to next year!

Manual form correction on the 3, 2M contacts. Should have been listed under the PHONE category, not
Digital as submitted.

First time doing a solo Field Day at home and submitting my results.  I operated 1E with 5 watts of
RF power on all bands throughout my FD operations.  The rules say for the 5 watt 5 times multiplier,
you must be on battery power.  My battery power came from my Hyundai Ioniq all Electric Vehicle with
a 28 kW/hr battery, more than enough station power all weekend.  I simply tapped an AC inverter onto
the vehicle’s 12 volt battery which was kept alive with the constant charging from the big 360
volt battery power pack while the car was switched-on in the driveway, going nowhere.   For the last
2 hours of operation and 49 CW contacts, the inverter was switched over to my small battery and 200
watt solar power system.  Nice to see 15 and 10 meter bands come alive on Sunday.

Enjoyed it all.  Even the challenge of preparing software and hardware.  
Prepared two complete stations.  Main Flex-6300 was one station.  
The second station was my KX3 with 3 Gel Cell batteries charged by solar panels for power.  
I only used one at a time.  Used Flex-6300 on Sat. for 93 FT8 contacts.  
Used KX3 using Gel Cells for 59 contacts, FT8 and FT4 on Sunday.  
Originally I was going to switch back to the 20 watts of the Flex, 
but discovered the 5 watts of the KX3 was almost as effect as the 20 watts 
of the Flex, so I stayed with the QRP station.  
I was using DXKeeper for logging and showing DUPES in WSJT-X, transfering 
log data from Flex station computer to KX3 station computer.  
But decided that N1MM would give me the standard contest log with statistics.  
I wound up logging 152 contacts, but N1MM decided I had 2 dupes, so only 150 qso's counted.  
I missed the fact that natural power was not allowed for class 1D.  
But I did get FD message using Fldigi on 40 and 80 meters on Friday night.

If only I knew earlier what I know now.  Because QRP stations are so 
effective in FT8 and FT4,  I would have used 1E class, and used 
battery power at 5 watts to get the 5X multiplier for power.  
Probably less qso's, but more points.  
Plus I'd get 100 points for natural power as an extra.

BTW:  In the FD submission application: For the power sources question (all that apply!). 
I responded commercial, solar, and battery.  BUT, the system responded that 
solar and battery did not apply because I had also had commercial.  
Those errors don't make sense since they asked for "all that apply".  
Strange filter.

Doug, VE3MCF

My all natural power set up to charge batteries prior to FD and keep them going during the contest.
QRP 5 W with my KX3 and laptop powered with the battery set up.

Sure was different than previous years- but we tried to make it as much as possible like a regular
field day- temporary shelter, temporary antennae, generator and battery bank, BBQ food,etc. Since we
are in a hollow here, didn't expect to get many contacts, but we still had a lot of fun, but missed
the team spirit you get at a club field day. 
My wife made up a banner, but only a few people saw it, at least the neighbors knew what we were
doing up at 3:00 AM filling up the generator. Thank heavens the Honda is reasonably quiet. Hope next
year all returns to normal.

VE3NDW/VE3CJX

VE3RC was very conscience of rules surrounding COVID-19. The limit of 10 persons on-site at any one
time particularly adversely affected participation. We had to move down to a 1A from our traditional
2A station. But, we hung in there and a mighty little hardcore crew of operators persevered.

Lots of fun this year despite not participating as a group. A thunderstorm forced me off the air for
an hour but I was still quite happy with my score.

Special thanks to N3FJP for the Web Contest Status Uploader. It was a great addition to the club
website. Being able to compare scores during the event was really neat.

Entered the ARRL Field Day event as a Class 1E using my Knwd TS-590SG reduced to 5W. All contacts
were made at 5W using CW only. About 95% of my QSOs were made with "D" or "E" stations - sign of the
times and they were the ones with bigger/better antennas to hear my weak signals - LOTS of repeats
but it worked! My power was supplied by 2 Marine deep-cycle batteries run in parallel and they
worked the whole event without fail due to low power consumption. Lots of fun; but without so many
stations, QRP would have been difficult - I think I'll stick with QRO (100W) per my normal. Tnx for
the patience .... 73, Al VE3VY~VA3KAI

Several members of the London Amateur Radio Club may have used the press release attached as
evidence of media publicity on their submissions. As President of LARC I asked only those members
who had agreed to be interviewed by the press to use the release. Since I represented the club for
this purpose, I believe the release includes those members. I hope you may agree.

Only operated for about 4 hours with batteries charged with my home solar system.  The KX3 did
really well with my homebrew 20m vertical antenna.  I had a really good time on the air!

It was the perfect field day: Flat battery, cold and rainy, intermittent thunder showers, some kind
of weird tones scattered through the mostly flat bands and still everything came off without
technical problems. Including a trap dipole only used in the back yard once before FD. Exceptions
and Lessons Learned: (1) Windows 10 didn't like my digital interface until the last RTTY bulletin
transmission, with time left for a couple of PSK31 QSO'S. (2) Another upside were three sets of
campers who wanted to know all about ham radio! Notes to self: confirm the digital system works
before leaving home and don't forget the information pamphlets for visitors!

I had a great time operating a Class 1D "Quarantine Field Day" in our back yard under a 10X10 Party
Tent for shade. Stay Safe! - Jan Erik Schneider, VE7EE

See attached photos for Educational activity (electrical circuit for solar powered radio) and social
media (Twitter).

The web entry form supports uploading only one file for the dupe sheets.  Since I had 3 files and
don't know how to combine them, I uploaded them in some unused documentation upload lines in the
bonus points area.

The public place is Seymour Provincial Park, near North Vancouver, BC.  I chose the site at 5:30pm
on Friday.

I am a member of the North Shore Amateur Radio club of North Vancouver, BC, Canada.  This was not
the club's station.  I designated my club here so that my points could aggregate with other club
members for the club totals per the special arrangements for 2020.

I operated 12 of the allowed 24 hours.

I would have sent a Radiogram to my section manager, but I could not figure out who that is.  It is
not listed on the ARRL website.  I asked the Northwestern Division Director, and he replied, but did
not answer my question.  I suggest ARRL specify to whom this message should be sent if the sender is
not inside USA.

While not the same as field days past it was still fun.  My son VE7GXT got his license at the end of
2019.  He managed to get away from his University studies and sit in front of the radio to make his
first HF contacts.  Lots of fun.  I hope it planted the seed for many more years of radio fun.  Lets
hope next years field day does not require social distancing.  Richard VE7XT

I inadvertently used 1A instead of 1DBC during my QSO's.

Worked contest intermittently as time allowed 
Station setup is IC-7300 100w into 160-6m OCF dipole with the short end 30 ft at the top of a
utility pole extending horizontally to the top of the hill behind the house (no Trees on the tundra)
leaving the long end 10-15 ft above the ground.
Barefoot, omidirectional antenna, geographically distant and in a direction most other stations are
not pointing their beams made for tough sledding. Despite this had fun first field day in a long
time.  Next goal is winter field day on sea ice at -30c.

I was surprised how few #A stations I worked. As usual my Elecraft K3S at 5 watts worked well on my
32 ft fiberglass with speaker wire vertical using the chassis of my camper for a counterpoise and 5
watts using two batteries charged by a 100 watt solar panel worked. I missed the social activities
with my friends but did keep social distancing.

It's great having friends with a little land who also let you set up for Field Day! When it comes
with a view, it's a bonus, for sure.  I set up on a farm exactly 4 miles east of NIST Radio Station
WWV, with an S1 noise floor - awesome!  My wife had a break from me for the weekend, and I had a
spectacular time in a field on Field Day.  Much better weather than last year's soggy adventure!

Dave Swartz, W0DAS
swartzdave@comcast.net

This was different for us Prairie Dog Amateur Radio Club members but I love FD and wouldn't have
missed this opportunity even if I did operate 1E. Thanks to all that worked me. 73 Bill W0EJ

My 61st FD.  Put up an antenna just to get on HF for FD.  It must have coupled RF into the power
wires destroying several GCFI's and tripping several breakers (none on the ham shack circuit).  Wife
complained of GCFI's buzzing loudly culminating in a loud bang. --W0GN

We thought it was important to operate Field Day from an actual field this year, so we set up in a
local park and operated for a couple of hours between other commitments.  The HF station was on 20
exclusively, and worked about a dozen contacts in a couple of hours of casual operating.  The VHF
station consisted of a 2 meter handheld, but didn't raise anyone, despite several calls.

Most fun I've had at Field Day in years! Operated 1B from my backyard with Lithium AA batteries
(started with Alkaline but they only lasted an hour) to a SOTABEAMS three-band portable dipole.

I started out with FT4, but WSJT-X crashed every few minutes, so I switched to
FT8.  20m was busy Saturday and Sunday, but I switched to 10m for the last
couple of hours.  This is my first Field Day as a 1 and as a C.  The Waterton
Contest Club has been 7E for the last few years.

I love a good Field Day - And this was no exception.  My main rig is a Flex, which does not lend
itself to 1B Battery operation.  This led to a last-minute purchase of a 5W, 4-band Xiegu G1M for
the operation. Since, in a true emergency, logging would need to be done on emergency power, I chose
an iPad with bluetooth keyboard and the Field Day logger on-line app from the QRUQSP group. 
Overall, it was the best choice despite losing a few contacts when the network dropped out. The
whole thing ran from a pair of 12v, 8AH SLAs and a 60 watt solar panel for the duration of the
contest.  My only regret was a failure to realize earlier that a 40m dipole is also resonant on 15!

Additional clarification on natural (/alternative) power is needed. 

Colorado Springs Utilities has a program where the city owns a large solar panel farm, and customers
like me can sign up for 100% solar power. There is a small premium on my electric bill as a result.

So does this count as natural power? It's obviously not emergency power, because if the grid fails
then the power is out. But it seems as if the goal of awarding points for natural power is to
encourage solar/wind/etc. In that case, the Colorado Springs Utilities system should count as
natural power even though it is delivered through the grid infrastructure.

This year I am struggling with cancer and didn't want to adjoin the ARES team due to a compromised
immune system. 
I had intended to use my two 5500w generators but read the COVID-19 Class D changes and decided to
just run commercial power this year due to my related strength issues.
My wife assisted me this year as well.
Thanks for all your effort. 
73 "Woody"  w0ui  W0ui@arrl.net

Please associate my score with Jackson ARC-KS0JA Holton, Ks in accordance with the provision in the
2020 rules.  Thank you.

add my score to GREEN MOUNTAIN WIRELESS SOCIETY (Vermont) as per COVID rule changes tnx 73

First time I've used a coax as the radiating element after antenna failure! Still got 51 digital
QSO's on the coax using 2W of power.

I like the home station club rule this year. I suggest it be used for those club members that can't
go to the field day site. A limit would be needed.
Bob W1CTC

Correction to my Cabrillo's Soapbox:
Unlicensed ops were present, but chose not to operate; K7IOG (Ernie DeLeon) was not able to attend
(medical reasons); only Chris Carter, N7HVC stopped by the site and operated for about an hour
(S&P).
The rest of the duration I was the sole operator/logger.
 - Mike Belanger, W1DGL

Had a great time experimenting and making comments.

It is too bad that the rules weren't modified to allow portable operation from your yard to be
counted as portable.  If a person puts up antennas specifically for the event and uses emergency
power, I cannot understand why that is not counted as being portable.  Many clubs use field day
sites that are nearly like being in a house--if someone operates in their yard in a tent, using
temporary antennas and emergency power, this seems much more like good practice for an emergency
than many club operations.

Great Field Day. Thank you for adjusting the rules a bit for COVID-19

The Easy Reader is a local newspaper. The EasyReaderArticle.pdf contains an interview of several
members of W6HA. I've highlighted my name in red.

Our 3 operators were Dick Barch, W1MII, Betty Barch, N6VZF, and our newly-licensed nephew, Fidel
Martinez, KN6GHV.

Contacts were made using battery power while airborne in a Cessna 172M
Skyhawk. Registration N46493, owner Mike Brown, WB2JWD. Pilots, Mike Brown WB2JWD and Rich Palatino
KB1WDW. Radio Operator, Marcia Steger KB1WEP. 

Flight was conducted above the New York Finger Lakes between KITH and KDSV. Contacts were made using
portable power at 5 watts.

Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont was able to successfully hold a group Field Day operation (15
operators in 2A) out in the Field, one of the few such operations in Northern New England. We
followed strict COVID-19 procedures, including 6 foot distancing at all times, wearing masks, and
making sure we only had one operator in a tent at a time. Antenna setup had to be carefully planned
to make sure participants were adequately spaced at all times. We had to insure that all phone
operators had their own boom headsets, which made for some interesting compatibility issues. We also
had to forgo some of the Bonus point activities, such as invited politicians, youth operators and
GOTA coaches. And despite rather poor conditions on Saturday, we still managed to make many, many
QSO's. Sadly, we missed the cookouts and a lot of socializing, but we were still able to get
together, play radio and have a load of fun, safely.

An unusual ARRL FD this year!  Most years I operate with the Falmouth Amateur Radio Association (MA)
2A group, but like many others, I setup at home for a 1D operation.  To make it a little more like
Field Day, I setup a portable doublet on a 35 ft telescoping mast by the garden.  The station
equipment came outside to a table under a canopy between the garden and the garage. We used N3FJP FD
software to log, and networked to another club member's server to see live progress amongst other
FARA members during FD. My two older grandkids provided the operating talent (and some chocolate
chip raspberry muffins) while I served as the logger for the event (and provided the chocolate chip
cookies).  We spent about 3 hours on the air on Saturday afternoon then 5 more hours on Sunday until
2 PM. The older grandkid, K1GAY, made 30 of the 35 total QSOs.  A good time was had by all!

Only had a few spare hours on Sunday but set up a battery powered FT897 and the batteries were
charged by solar panels. Have to call a lot to make a contact with 5 Watts and a dipole but hey, it
was fun nevertheless.

FD 2020 is the most realistic Field Day I have ever experienced.  In December of 2008 the North
Central Massachusetts region, suffer from a devastating ice storm that knocked out power for up to
two weeks.  During that time, many communities utilized ham radio for logistical support.  In the
City of Gardner, there were ham stations posted at the police station, middle school shelter, and
shelter at the Mass National Guard Armory.  That is just three field operations.  All the other
active hams, particularly licensed CERT members, worked from their homes under emergency power. 
Short of hams responding to calls for support out of their home area, I believe most ham radio
operators would be working from home which makes this Field Day event most realistic.

The Mohawk Amateur Radio Club that serves the Greater Gardner Area.  Paul Topolski, W1SEX activated
the city Emergency Operations Center which has an impressive ham radio installation.  In the spirit
of Field Day, Paul and club members install additional temporary antennae and an HF station for the
event.  

One asset we did not have in 2008 was the inexpensive video conferencing applications that are here
today.  To maintain club adhesion the members used a Zoom Room conference application to keep in
touch.  The Zoom room allowed members to ask questions of each other and report progress during the
event.  In order to keep the conference live for the twenty-four plus hours of the event, Ken
Burstall, WB8PKK offered the use of his subscription.

Pictured above are Ken Burstall WB8PKK, Paul Topolski W1SEX, Todd Sanders K1TKS, Kevin Erickson
N1ERS, Pete Osowski K6IPO, and Bob Coleman, K1QED

It's not a contest??  Sure sounded like and felt like on to me.  People trying to steal frequencies,
etc.

But the big story was 10M!  There is a light at the end of the tunnel!  Sunday Am I decided to go up
and see if I could pick up a few an immediately heard and had a contact with some stations in
France.  Really strong and they were off the back of the beam.  Then one of the French stations
spotted me and the damn broke...  I expected to be there a few minutes but ended up staying to the
end.  Made 618 contacts and it never slowed down.The only band I made more contacts on was 40 where
I had 872.

All the bands were pretty good but I couldn't work 160 because that antenna is down (by design) and
80 was quite noisy.  But 20 never closed and 15 and 10 were great.

OK, so it's not a contest.  But it felt like one.  My rate for the entire
contest exceeded exceeded 138 for the entire 16 hours plus.

A number of us decided to submit scores for the FD effort under the name of out Western CT subset of
YCCC under our local "Murphys Marauders".  If my
results are indicative it should be a good group score!

73, Tom

Twin State Radio Club entry W1UC maritime mobile in the Gulf of Maine. All solar powered on HF and
VHF!

Enjoyed FD 2020, although the Covid-19 situation forced me to operate from home as 1D WCF. Made 34
contacts, mostly FT4 & FT8 using just 19 watts on my attic dipole. 73! Bill W1WAB

W2ACE - 1B - 20 Watts, battery power, camping along the Skykomish River near Baring, WA.

With the virus circumstances and modified rules, there seemed 
MANY more stations on the air, and many fewer multi-transmitter 
class A stations. Nice to hear so much activity. Strictly cw 
operation for me. Standby generator here at home. My usual 
antenna: end-fed wire at ~50'. Conditions poor for first few 
hours, but seemed to steadily improve for the rest of the event. 
80 cw very nice Saturday night and 20 in good shape Sunday 
mid-day. My favorite band (40) let me down this year. Heard some 
very poor cw signals: chirps and splatter galore. Enjoyed 
operating and thank all for the QSOs.     73, Rich, W2EG

It was a big difference in the way to we do  field day for the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club,
WE ARE NORMALLY A 6F STATION WITH BIG HYD BOOMS HOLDING OUR BEAMS AND DIPOLES UP 

WE DID MISS THE GREAT BBQ FOOD AND FUN TIMES BUT WE DID NOT MISS THE TAKE-DOWN

I OPERATED AS A 1E NLI RAN MY STANDBY GENERATOR THE WHOLE TIME I OPERATED WORKED LIKE A CHARM NOW
IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE ENGINE OIL  AND PUT IT BACK ON STANDBY  

73
W2HCB
JOHN M PRESIDENT GSBARC

EVENT WAS RUN AS MARITIME MOBILE ON WATERS OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND STONY BROOK HARBOR, NEW YORK

I had a wonderful time operating my digital modes station on my deck at my house. The weather was
perfect on Saturday and Sunday. -- David, W2LNX

Our 5A site consisted of 3 campers, 2 utility trailers, several tents, and a barn. We were able to
socially distance, and the 1000' site allowed by rule was very helpful to that goal. We had several
operators, some new hams, some seasoned ops, and some returning to the hobby. Great food as always!

The virus might have kept us away from operating together in the field, but it didn't stop us from
having fun or demonstrating our skills to communicate.  The 1D operation isn't as exciting as field
operation, but it certainly is more comfortable.

Fun FD, nice to see 10 mtrs open!

The Steel City ARC club had a lot of fun with this Field Day it was great to see all the band so
active letting us make a lot of contacts

OOPS! The Section should WPA 
We had a visitor! W3BC Joe, WPA Section manager.
AA3JM rig: Yaesu FT-450D and a homebrew soundcard
to radio interface made by me!

My first ARRL Field Day was in 1961. For the last 10 years I have really enjoyed operating with the
other members of the New England Radio Discussion Society (NERDS) in Kennebunk, Maine. In my
experience,for the first time, since 1961, this year was different. I operating 1E from my home QTH.
It wasn't bad, just different. I missed the group adventure and collaboration, but enjoyed being
closer to my home bed as well as operating for a longer period.
This pandemic will pass, and we will again enjoy our traditional, social Field Day.

I enjoyed operating Field Day from home this year. It gave me a chance to try my new transceiver and
vertical antenna. I did miss not being at our club's Field Day location this year. But we decided
that it was better to be safe than sorry in possible exposure to that blaster corona virus covid19
that has effected all of us world.

It’s in the log. Howard N3FEL, Roy KB3LNP, Steve KB3ORG and myself AF4NC put W3SK on the air and
had a great time.   Special thanks to Howard for organizing and keeping up with our operation.  He
put a lot into it!    Thanks Howard!

Saturday we saw high wind and rain at times. I had my headset on, heard a lot of noise on 40 CW then
I realized what the noise was!   It was my canopy, the wind lifted it over my head and it took off
for Montgomery County!   It was destroyed.  Nothing else damaged, no one hurt so the canopy can be
replaced.  

Sunday with nothing for shade I decided to operate from the mobile wit the air condition on and work
phone vs CW on Saturday.       

We had a great time, wished everyone could have been there.  

73

Tom AF4NC

I used commercial power, but next year will try to have battery power installed.  

How about a "FIELD DAY" in the fall and the spring? How about four field days each year?  How about
a QRP only Field Day or Days?  CW only Field day?

We created a website for social media:
www.wpafda.webnode.com

Used a 7 inch touch-screen tablet built from a Raspberry Pi 3 to run Fldigi for logging and CW
keying/assisting.  Much more power efficient than a laptop, was even able to power off batteries and
nicely matched to KX3.

With a 20KW Onan whole house generator humming in the background, operation from the deck was almost
like a real field day. I even had a cooler filled with Pepsi, a grill for the burgers and a couple
of Citronella candles to keep the skeeters at bay.The only unreal thing was being close to the
ceramic convenience. I got some wierd looks from the neighbors, but nobody ventured close. All in
all, it was a very enjoyable weekend.
 
At this point, I must say thanks to Scott, N3FJP, for his extreme patience in "Elmering" me through
filing the contact report. We exchanged a half dozen emails after the contest and he was there all
the way. His contest software is very easy to use, but I am hard headed and needed help.

Lets do it again sans the virus!

Life Members are Operating 1D from Senior Communities with NO antennas.

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A definitely different Field Day! Couldn't get the alternate antenna I wanted to use installed, and
being at home distractions and interruptions intervened (unsurprisingly), but it was an interesting
Field Day nonetheless. Most missed was the camaraderie and fellowship of being with other club
members for the weekend. Here's hoping for a conventional Field Day in 2021!

Field Day was fun! My wife (KM4FDL) and I(W4DAI) had a great time!

Always great fun. WB4CSG would have loved this FD. He was and is missed. Let's do it again in
October. In fact, let's do FD in October next year and every year from now on. Thanks to K4AL for
all his help over the years.

Even with Covid-19 the WGARS club had a great turn-out and a flurry of activity.  We spaced the
stations well over 10 feet apart.  I have attached a photo of some youth activity that we had.  This
is what it's all about.

We have also put together a slick sheet that was made available on our information table.  This
sheet is also handed out at monthly testing sessions.  This sheet is attached.

This was my first time ever doing Field Day alone. I used to do this with KTARC Club in Oconee
County SC. But since the Covid hit. An so i try to do this alone. I learn alot from this. An learn
to stay on one band. An not go more bands. But on other hand. I put all my radio skiles into this.
An been ham for 17yrs. I really learn an have so much fun. I will do this next year. An im very
happy about this.

I noticed a difference in what areas I could receive.  I wonder how much the propogation was
affected by the Sahara dust particels.  

This was my last contest as my HF station has been sold due to downsizing.

Proud to activate Vic's W4KFC call for this field day! Had many CW chats with ham who knew Vic well
and I let them know about the Clark Memorial Amateur Radio Club!

No I was not using Vic's "CQ FD W4KFC" code wheel but if you want to see a picture of Vic's
invention - and read his exact CQ message around the edge! - you can see it here:
https://www.pvrc.org/images/w4kfc_code_wheel.jpg

Would usually operate from W3AO, camping out overnight on site, but this time I had the luxury from
operating from home! Because the most productive single band CW radios at W3AO make above 2000 QSO's
for more than 8000 points, I made my personal goal 8000 points.

But I was going to do it different: QRP with 5x multiplier.

Rig and computer powered by solar-charged battery. Fortunately the rig only takes 1.2A on receive
and the computer, an Intel NUC, runs just fine on 12V. (I had owned the NUC for years thinking it
needed 19V but some research showed that it was specced for 12V all along!)

Started out on digital too see how much I could push FT4. Quickly figured out that bozos not using
field day exchange absolutely ruined the rate. Shouldn't have even tried digital, should've stuck to
CW all the way.

Took me a while to find my groove on Saturday afternoon operating QRP in FD for the first time. Was
able to do some running on 40 and 80 by going to the periphery of the band

100 bonus points - 100% Emergency Power
100 bonus points - Alternate power
100 bonus points - W1AW Bulletin. Copied the 10AM CW bulletin. The first time I'd copied a field day
bulletin since I was a teenager.
50 bonus points - Web submission

And 5x multiplier on the QSO points - all QRP, all solar-charged battery!

Field Day 2020 was a much watered down event, because of the precautions needed for COVID-19. In
years past, this was our club's 2nd biggest activity, next to our yearly Hamfest & it was always
well attended & everyone looked forward to Field Day. 

With the COVID-19 restrictions & a membership having a lot of senior folks in our club at risk, we
decided it was best to not move forward with the normal Field Day activities. We still operated from
our club station, but with an extremely limited handpicked crew, with everyone on the team being
well, understanding the risks & also maintaining the COVID-19 precautions, such as social
distancing, etc. 

Because of the restrictions & having a limited team at the station, we did not do most of the normal
Field Day recommended activities, such as publicity (no one come come out anyway!), GOTA station,
Education, Field Day Messages, etc, just to name a few. We actually encouraged members NOT to come
out to the station, unless they had been approved as an operator for the team. Even then, we took
precautions for the operators, to only have just the operators required for that shift at the
station. 

The team functioned as they do for many of the other contests during the year. There was no extra
fanfare of the Field Day activities, no comradeship among the members except for the team, etc. We
turned in our score & while we don't think we did too bad, we know that the extra stuff was not done
& we will be far away from our normal standings. This whole year will just be a wash. We can only
hope COVID-19 will subside next yer & things will see a return to normal. Truthfully, submitting the
Field Day form this year, felt like your NFL team didn't make it to the playoffs.

On a possible brighter note, because only a select few operated at the club station, many members
attempted to operate from their home stations, with the relaxed Field Day rules this year. We
encouraged members to operate from home if they were able to, & several members were noted as being
on the air over this weekend for Field Day. Maybe this is something that ARRL needs to look at for
the future.

Here's hoping 2021 will be a better year. 

WB5ZGA
PCARS 2020 Field Day Chairman

Used On-Line Video Chat to view other Club Members working Field Day.

Note: I failed to update my N3FJP logging software to allow contacts with other “D” class
stations to count.

W4RR, 4431397

This was my first Field Day so I thought I needed to participate in some way.  It actually worked
out that we could operate from home because I, at least, had some knowledge regarding my home shack
and what I could do from there.  I did a little voice but mostly worked FT4 and FT8 on 10, 15, 20,
and 40 and had a blast.

W4UA High Point (NC) Amateur Radio Club Field Day action (in the era of social distancing).

In Conjunction with the Coronavirus, or operating station were minimum of 8-10 ft apart, with
several further than that. We had several comment on the air about our 9A category, and we all
enjoyed that status. The site we have chosen allowed us a large amount of area to afford us to
spread out our antenna and operating fields and still allow electrical runs to our generators. This
was our largest FD operation in resent member. Thank you for NOT canceling this operation, it
provided us with a serious opportunity to demonstrate to the public we can adapt and overcome. 73
Flag Five amateur Radio Assoc Field Day Team

Although different this year, I enjoyed this Field day event. Air Conditioning, Kitchen, Clean
Bathroom, Refrigerator, and a beam at 52 ft. Worked everyone I called. Hope everyone enjoyed it. 73,
Bill  W4WV

It was a very interesting Field Day this year.  When I decided to work as a mobile station (1C), it
did not occur to me that, due to the pandemic, the rule change allowing Delta stations to contact
other Delta stations for points would flood the airwaves with powerful signals.  The plus side of
that is more people could stay home and still operate in Field Day.  But for a tiny mobile station
with ham sticks, it was an excellent exercise in breaking the pile up.  All is not lost because
Murphy showed up and it was a perfect time to test the power of ingenuity, patience, and clear
thinking.  Of course, the experience this year always creates resolve for next year.  Like, next
year I will park the truck under the trees and raise a big antenna.  73

LOTS OF 1D stations this year - which was nice to see so many who couldn't have participated
otherwise.

A great plan to allow stay at home hams to participate in their clubs.

Eric Santon KJ0D=BEAST MODE! He put us on the map in 2020 FD... lots of stations on 1D due to
coronavirus... but we made the best of it. 9 hours operating and 846 q's

Operated on emergency generator power for event (class E).   Attached are photos showing generator
and power feed.

Rig is a FT-1000MP Mk V which is capable of producing 200w of RF however I operate it in class A
mode which limits it to 75 watts - documented in photo showing class a mode light illuminated.

Worked from home due to virus restriction. Used Yaesu RT-450D @ 5W with end-fed 40-10 wire @ 5W. I
wish I had known the 5W bonus was not available using commercial power. I'm sure I would have made
many more contacts with more than QRP. Went from anticipate 850 points down to 320. I still enjoyed
it but am disappointed that it wasn't clear to me from the rules.

ARRL Bulletin was recorded on 40 meters - much QRM on 20 and 40 meters.

I had a great time working my first field day with my HF RIG! It was a great time and I cant wait to
do it again!

This was a great event. We usually have 150+ in attendance, but this year, with Covid-19, we
survived with 10 operators. Same number of QSO's as last year, and lots of fun. Even with Covid-19,
masks, and all the rest we had 18 non-ham (potential) guests stop by over the weekend.

1st time QRP FD at beautiful Huntsville State Park, TX. Park rangers called cops Friday nite after I
left the coax up 50' in tree.  They thought it was the work of terrorists and they were perplexed
how I climbed the tree. I told them I used my trusty fishing pole and they were happy.

We had a very interesting Field day. Set up 2 hex beams, had a member filming the event  with video
camera and with a drone. Everyone had a good time and enjoyed the contacts made.

Great Field Day under the conditions!

Had a lot of fun. Set up a large tent with my four year old and operated until 2am ET. Started up
again at 7am. The little guy went to bed for I did!

Even though I operated class E from my home location, I set up my station under the awning of my
travel trailer to give me that Field Day "feeling".

We worked as Club River City ARCS.  With Team name of the club N6NA for contestscoresonline.com.

We had pretty good participation in the Pandemic year 2020.  Most worked from home.  Some went to a
park.  We will all submit as a aggregate club.

I have been running this year Field Day from home operating on emergency power (batteries).
The radios are IC-7200 for digital work and an FT-891 for phone.
My main antenna is a Hustler 4BTV.

Operating with my KX3 at 5W on battery and solar power. Thanks to everyone who picked up my signal. 
With so many stations operating from home it was sometimes difficult to get through with QRP power.
One battery failure but had over five hours of solar power during the day. I never heard any RTTY
signals this year. Everyone must be on FT8.

K6ON, K6XN, K6YN and K6LNP operated from an elevation of 5000 feet near the top of Remington Hill on
private property located in Nevada County, California, owned by K6XN and K6XXN in the middle of the
Tahoe National Forest. The last two miles to the edge of the forest property is by way of a Forest
Service dirt road ( we mostly use four wheel drive to make it in and out again). We typically share
our location with some local bears that enjoy crossing our location up there to enjoy contiguous
water sources  It was a beautiful weekend. We primarily used some old antique but lovable KLM
antennas we have restored and positioned near the top of the hill : a monster four element KLM 40M
beam, and a KLM KT34 four element 20/15/10M beam plus an inverted Vee antenna suspended from a tall
pine tree for 80 Meters. We have additional towers and beams up but we only used these three this
Field Day. Lots of fun. Thanks for the QSOs all…

My first try of a 1C entry for Field Day. It has challenges that are different from club entries.
All Field Days have been a learning experience, including this one.

A very different Field Day this year, but still lots of fun. Even put some vintage gear on the air,
the Collins S-Line.  I've had this gear since the early 70's and it has use on previous Field Days,
in the field!  

Thank you to the ARRL for adjusting the rules to accommodate our national health crisis!

I am claiming bonus points for "Natural Power" for all of my 226 CW QSOs. The Station I operated on
those QSOs was solar powered.

ZeroFive Antenna

Adapting to pandemic restrictions and ARRL FD accommodations was an adventure that I found
rewarding, though my present gear inventory is limited to VHF and UHF stations. I salute w6uq San
Mateo Radio Club members for many levels of support.
73 Jeff w6jmz

The Santa Clarita Amateur Radio Club operated a single transmitter station at Todd Longshore Park in
Canyon Country from 11:00 am until late afternoon on Saturday. We were equipped to operate on 80,
40, 20, 15, 10 and 2 meter bands. 
Our minimal operation was due to the current Covid 19 pandemic.  We wanted to activate the W6JW call
and be on the air to continue the tradition of our club radio operation on Field Day. With help from
many members we had a successful day on the air.

I hauled 30 lbs of stuff to Mount Lewis (8396') in the San
Gabriel mountains, a half mile, 500 foot gain hike. My station: KX3, 20 Ah LiFePo battery,
IC-2AT/UV-5VR2 (2 m/70 cm), 59 foot EFLW, foldable J-pole. As the sun was setting the wind really
picked up and I decided to pack up and hike down. With a late start and an early stop there were
only 6.5 hours of operating and I was sorry to miss 40 meters. This was an unusual Field Day. It was
harder to be heard with all the home stations calling each other.

This year's CORONA-19 pandemic tossed a jumbo monkey-wrench into our normal planning for Field Day,
which would have been our 20th consecutive year operating as N6R at the prestigious Reagan
Presidential Library and Museum.

Not letting a silly pandemic get the best of us, the local Amateur Radio community pulled together
to support several activities and initiatives to get as many of the local Hams on-the-air.  For
example, we organized a local competition honoring the late K7FE/sk (ref. TerryGraves.org),
providing mentoring and loaner equipment to newbies (and other Hams) to help them enjoy Field Day,
even if they ONLY had a Technician License and maybe an HT.  In addition, we used Contest Online
Scoreboard to share real-time tracking of our progress.  But what was even more effective was that
we supported a 24-hour ZOOM session, and a 24-hour VHF net to provide real-time (e.g., Elmer,...)
support to anyone that needed it. 

As for me, I operated a modest two-transmitter (1D) station (e.g., FT-920 for HF, and IC-706mk2g for
VHF and UHF); but as simple as that was, it was still fun!

Thank-you for continuing to support Field Day, and the Hams that look forward to it each year.

73s

Vern (de W6NCT)

First time on the air in three years.  Took some time to get somewhat back in the groove with the
old stuff; rig, confuzer, interface and logs.  The major brain twister was getting WSJT-X to work
with the K3 and talking to the logging software, that was finally accomplished Saturday evening (OK
it took a half bottle of red wine -  the good stuff).

If the noise does not drive me crazy I may try FT8 & FT4 again, Scientific Set Back does not work
with my hearing and I can tell I need to spend some time with the original digital mode to get back
up to speed. 

Thanks to those that made the software workable to the dummies that can read the books (manuals or
whatever the new generation calls them)

Satellite QSO was with WA6DNR 1D SF on AO-91.

The entry form does not allow (or explain) for the 2020 aggregate club score entry.  It appears to
be the pre-COVID 19ion.

Thank you for doing field day, With safety precautions in place, A lot of our members decided to do
1-D stations.  This was basically a GOTA station (our only station) not specifically designed for
points, but to get new hams, and new General hams on the air, and making contacts, as well as
showing visitors what Amateur radio can do.

100% of QSOs were made using solar power and battery. The setup comprised two 25W solar panels, a
20A charge controller, and a lawnmower starter battery. The controller fed into a RigRunner power
distribution module.

You can have a responsible and socially distant field day with all the trimmings - digital mode,
sandwiches delivered, youth operators, public official visit ad club fun W6SF 7A SJV

The feed line to my hex beam had a short, so no directional gain.
Got a mast to 35 feet to support a giant folded dipole, which needed
a field repair and several rounds of untangling.
That giant folded dipole turned into my best antenna for the weekend,
even though it was oriented to favor the west coast.
Wanted more contacts but considering what else happened I'm satisfied.
Now that I have a solar panel, I may never go back to generators!