Year of the Noise!

Each year, the Colorado QRP Club is fond of running two Field Day efforts. Our Aloha site, as evidenced by the Hawaiian shirt (below), is a casual experience that's more into operator participation than scores and points. Our competitive site, usually up on Rampart Range (35 miles southwest of Denver) is a bit more serious but has its fun moments too. Dirt bike racers are a pretty competitive bunch, too, but the noise they generate around our site has everyone in agreement that 2008 was the "Year of biker noise!" All joking aside, the ORV noise has gotten so bad along Rampart Range we'll be looking for a different site next year...

Here for info on next CQC's Field Day effort for next year!

Competitive site by Al, KØFRP CQC 2008 FD competitive site Just collected all the data for Field Day Location Rampart Range Road 8500 ft Antennas 4 el 20m mono 50 ft 4 el 15m mono 50 ft 3 el 10m yagi mono 20 ft A4 100ft crank up on trailer 2 el 80m loops 90 ft apex 40m loop 85 ft apex Ops KT5E, KF7MD, KR0U, K0FRP GOTA K0FEI Radios Elecraft K3 and K2 N1MM logger, FT726 VHF GOTA K2 1190 Q's CW 109 SSB Bonus points 14,190 points Total WØCQC (the Colorado QRP Club's official station) came in first place in the 2A Battery class for Field Day 2008! Click Here for QST's large pdf listing of all Field Day scores for 2008...

Aloha site by Dick, ABØCd Location: Cherry Creek State Park Group Campsite/Arapahoe Circle/SE Denver Amenities: Our own dedicated shelter with heated bathroom, hot & cold running water, 50-amp electric circuits, full outdoor kitchen with sink, picnic tables, grill, fire circle, cement floor, large overhead shelter, 6 RV sites with power and water, 6 tent sites. Right across the road: new bathrooms & showers. Stations: HF-1 (Dick, ABØCD): Elecraft K2 (w/ATU), Schurr Paddle HF-2 (Dick, ABØCD): Yaesu FT-817, LDG Z100 ATU, Bencher Paddle HF-3 (Scott, KCØHSV): Yaesu FT-450 (w/ATU), straight key VHF/UHF (Scott, KCØHSV): Yaesu FT-817 Station Locations: All the stations were set up on the two picnic benches beneath the shelter, and closest to the kitchen area. Feedlines for the antenna farm were all run into the shelter area. Antennas: Multi-Band Doublet/Homebrew (Pete, NO2D): Mil Surplus Aluminum Mast 40M & 20M Tee Pee V/Homebrew (Dick, ABØCD): MFJ Pushup Mast 20M-10M End-fed "NØLX Vertical"/Homebrew (Vince, KIØRB): Fishing Pole Mast 20M Vertical/Gap (Scott, KCØHSV): Ground Mounted 6M-2M-70CM Beam/Cushcraft (Dick, ABØCD): Mil Surplus Fiberglass Mast Batteries: 2-120 AH Gel Cells (Al, KØFRP/ICM Corp.) Exide Marathon automotive battery; 7 AH Helios (Scott, KCØHSV) 2-7.2 AH Gel Cells-Solar Charged (Dick, ABØCD) 1-85 AH Marine Deep Cycle-Backup (Dick, ABØCD)

1. KF7MD	2. KCØHSV ABØCD	3. Conrad and Athena	4. Operating	5. CQC antenna trailer
6. Vertical	7. Al, Paul & Frank	8. Some assembly required	9. KØFRP	10. 1:1 SWR
11. Beam	12. KF7MD	13. ABØCD	14. Dizzy photographer	15. Pry
16. Kite flying	17. Sky hook	18. Home sweet home	19. Trees & antennas	20. Cherry Creek
21. Guy wirers	22. Beam	23. Construction	24. KF7MD	25. KF7MD
26. Operations central	27. Tree balun	28. Frank	29. KØFEI	30. Jay - KT5E
31. Solar	32. Al	33. Al and Jay	34. Frank	35. Aloha site
36. Expedition tent	37. Operations	38. KF7MD	39. Sleeping on watch	40. KØFRP
41. Operating	42. Typing	43. ARRL, QSL, NCJ & CQ	44. Operating	45. Logging
46. Logging	47. Scott and Dick	48. Cherry Creek	49. Aloha	50.
51. Beam & vertical	52. Picnic table	53. K2	54. VHF	55. Scott

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