Field Day 2025 Results
ARRL Field Day is in the logs! Temp outside was in the low 90s but felt like 100 here in North Texas. Outside I operated for 4 hours as 2B - 100W, though the first 12 Ah LiFePO4 battery only last about 2 hours. I swapped to my fully charged 15 Ah backup was able to continue without much of a delay.
I had 3 portable antennas set up for field day: a Spark Plug EFHW antenna supported by a 19 ft spiderbeam push up mast; a Chameleon Tactical Delta loop mounted on a ground stake, and the Wolf River Coil mounted on a tripod with telescoping vertical whip and 6 radials.
I was able to get good SWR matches for 20 and 15M for all three antennas, but the sparkplug was easily the best field day performer in terms of contacts. The spark plug is rated for 100w but I noticed some of the hot glue was melted off the toroid when I was packing it up.
For Sunday morning I switched to 1D -100W, so that I could work 80M and 40M before sunrise and get the 5 call area sections - I go them all except for Louisiana!
211 Contacts, 71 Sections worked. #ARRLFD #HAMRADIO #NTX.
I had 3 portable antennas set up for field day: a Spark Plug EFHW antenna supported by a 19 ft spiderbeam push up mast; a Chameleon Tactical Delta loop mounted on a ground stake, and the Wolf River Coil mounted on a tripod with telescoping vertical whip and 6 radials.
I was able to get good SWR matches for 20 and 15M for all three antennas, but the sparkplug was easily the best field day performer in terms of contacts. The spark plug is rated for 100w but I noticed some of the hot glue was melted off the toroid when I was packing it up.
For Sunday morning I switched to 1D -100W, so that I could work 80M and 40M before sunrise and get the 5 call area sections - I go them all except for Louisiana!
211 Contacts, 71 Sections worked. #ARRLFD #HAMRADIO #NTX.
73, Chris de WX7V
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