National Field Day (CW) 2015 - 2018
NFD 2015Members of the RSGB Bristol Contest Group entered RSGB CW NFD as G6YB/P on 6/7th June. The location was near Marshfield in Wiltshire. Weather was fine and we had a great weekend. Well worth the effort ! We were in the Open Section, but treated this as a learning exercise as we had never operated a two radio single signal set-up before. As a result we had quite a lot of configuration problems with the logging software and spent some time getting used to the Elecraft K3s, spotting SDR and software. HF antennas were 2 x Optibeam 11-3 at 70ft + 40m rotary dipole, plus dipoles for the LF bands. Result: 4th in the Open Section Operators: G0BKU G3TKF G3XSV G3ZVW G4BVY G4FRE G4FSU NFD 2016Fewer problems with the setup this time, but a similar result to the previous year. Same location and equipment (Elecraft K3s) and antenna line-up as 2015. Not suprisingly we got the same result... Result: 4th again in the Open Section Operators: G3SWH G3TKF G3XSV G3ZVW G4BVY G4FRE G4FSU NFD 2018No operation in NFD 2017, but back in action in Marshfield with a similar 2 radio set-up to the previous years. This year we managed 3rd place in the Low Power Assisted section. Fabulous weather made the weekend really enjoyable ! Conditions were really good with long openings on all the HF bands. However there was a clash with the Friedrichshaven Hamfest which reduced the number of /P stations. No sign of the Scandinavian stations we normally work and reduced number of Russian /P stations. Result: 3rd in the Low Power Assisted Section Operators: G3TKF G3SWH G3XSV G3ZVW and G4FKA |
The Night Shift at NFD 2015
The Team at NFD 2018
(L to R) Alan G3XSV, Robin G3TKF, Colin G3YHV, Dave G4NKT, Geoff G4FKA, Steve G3ZVW |
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NFD 2015
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NFD 2016 - In the paddock
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NFD 2018 Antennas
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NFD 2018 Operating
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