1. W6HA Field Day 2019 Results
N6VZF, KM6NRL, N6MDV
July 18, 2019

2. Note of Appreciation from Redondo Beach City
Hi Mike,
We hope you had a nice weekend! I am so happy to hear that ARRL Field Day was a success at Wilderness Park! We appreciate you choosing Wilderness Park year after year as your venue to showcase your big event. My husband, daughter and I came by on Saturday afternoon to see what Radio Field Day was all about and had a great time! Since stopping by and learning about radio communication I have heard and actually understood 3 separate ham radio references!
I am glad that Wilderness Park Rangers Riku and Scotty helped direct visitors to your exhibit at Pine camp. I would not be surprised if they went to the licensing class in October because they both said they really enjoyed learning what you had to teach. Looking forward to more ARRL Field Days at Wilderness Park in the future!
Kind regards,
Erica Brown
Alta Vista & Wilderness Park Programs Coordinator

3. 5 Stations – Emergency Power

4. Many Yagi, Wire, & Vertical Antennas Triplexer to share main yagi

5. 46 Visitors and Many Club Members

6. Many Activities – Great Involvement by All

7. Field Day 2019 – How Many Points?
QSO Points
21 CW +122 Digital Phone = 869 QSOs
2018: 10 CW +22 Digital Phone = 1418 QSOs
Power Multiplier and Point multiplier: 2024 QSO Points
Bonus Points: 1670
We got points in nearly every bonus category!
Total Field Day Points = 3694
2018: Total Field Day Points = 4606

8. Field Day 2019 – People We Had Lots of People Helping Out
Friday Setup: 17+
Field Day: 24+
Visitors – We Improved dramatically – nice ambience
We had 46 visitors sign the log
2018: We had 14 visitors sign the log

9. Plenty of QSO’s First Contacts for Many

10. Gathered Nearly All Bonus Point Options

11. Many Operators

12. Antenna and Digital Summary KM6NRL
Field Day 2019
Antenna and Digital Summary
KM6NRL

13. Antenna Details: 40M Dipole - Strung “Flat Top” at around 35-45 Feet
- 64 Feet of #14 AWG Stranded Wire (Twisted down from 68 Feet)
- Unadilla HF Current Balun (W2DU-HF)
- 75 Feet of ABR 218XATC (LMR240)
- 50 Feet of RG213

14. Antenna Performance - EZNEC Projections

15. Antenna Performance - Analyzer Measurements

16. Antenna Performance - Analyzer Measurements

17. Antenna Smith Chart

18. Antenna Smith Chart Details

19. Dipole Math

20. FT8 - Lessons Learned
Waterfall from
Note the different zones of activity in the waterfall
When calling CQ (always work “split”):
Red: Don’t transmit or receive here
Yellow: Avoid if possible
Blue: Transmit here
Black: Listen here

21. FT8 + 40M Dipole: How Well Did It Work Saturday?
Mostly negative, double-digit signal reports from the East Coast
Eastern United States was reachable nearly the entire time FT8 was running Saturday Night
No East Coast 40M FT8 contacts made the next morning
Out of all logged FT8 contacts, 1 out of 4 were made to the Eastern United States

22. FT8: Midwest Coverage (Half of All Contacts Made)

23. FT8 + 40M Dipole: Local Contacts?
1 out 4 logged contacts was from California
Contacts made with others in California every hour FT8 was running
Good mix of single-digit negative signal reports and low positives ( with the occasional outlier