W5TI operated as 3A this year in the ARRL Field Day. After being absent from FD last year due to a predicted 100% chance of rain - which didn't materialize - we decided to have a scaled-back event this year. We only operated Saturday until about 9PM with no operatons on Sunday.

Setting up stations again near the lake and ballfields were Glenn (N5AV), Bill (W5HTG) and Bob (W5XC). The weather was pleasant for June in Houston and no danger of rain observed. Glenn used a wire dipole antenna, Bob used the club's 6-meter beam and HF verticals, while Bill used a Wilson trapped vertical that Lawson supplied. Equipment and generator worked well.

Band conditions were OK, but nothing to get excited about. With the current sunspot cycle near a low, ten and fifteen meters were nearly worthless. Six meters did provide some nice contacts, however.

Now to our contest results. We made a total of 95 SSB contacts and 115 CW contacts (210 total contacts). We recived 300 bonus points for 100% emergency power and 50 points for submitting our log to the ARRL via the web. Our total score was [(95 x 1) + (115 x 2)] x 2 + 350 =1000 points. {View W5TI Field Day Log}

73..de Lawson (N5ATT).

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^ Lawson (N5ATT) keeps the log on the laptop while Bill (W5HTG) makes another CW QSO.

^ Bob's (W5XC) station... where's Bob?

11/02/05