{"id":108,"date":"2020-08-04T02:13:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T02:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/?p=108"},"modified":"2020-08-04T02:13:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T02:13:49","slug":"field-day-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/2020\/08\/04\/field-day-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Day 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMGP0987s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMGP0987s.jpg 800w, http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMGP0987s-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMGP0987s-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMGP0987s-210x140.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A friend of mine suggested we participate in Field Day 2020.  Having not done any contesting before, much less in the field, I wasn&#8217;t sure how this would work out but I really enjoyed it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our setup was a simple 12v car battery and our HF rigs.  I had handheld 2m radios but we didn&#8217;t use them very much.  Our antenna was an inverted V dipole that we shot into the trees with a bow, a fishing pole, and guy line.  We set up a campsite and then focused on operating the station.  My friend made a significant number of voice contacts and we discovered the rules gave an advantage to digital contacts.  I have used digital modes mostly in JS8Call and Contestia, but I could only make a small handful of PSK contacts.  The action seemed to be in what sounded like JS8Call, but I found later the mode was FT8.  Having spent some time since learning this mode, I should be in good shape for the next field event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We ended up needing a generator a couple times, which introduced interference with radio operation.  For the next event I&#8217;ll be looking for some foldable solar panel sets to charge the station batteries and a Raspberry Pi\/tablet combo for power efficiency with the digital aspect.  My home station battery setup can run for a few days without sun, but that is mostly listening so i&#8217;ll have to work up the math on contesting, which is a great deal more transmitting, thus power consumption, than I am accustomed to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine suggested we participate in Field Day 2020. Having not done any contesting before, much less in the field, I wasn&#8217;t sure how this would work out but I really enjoyed it. Our setup was a simple 12v car battery and our HF rigs. I had handheld 2m radios but we didn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}