Field Day 2010
Posted on 07.02.10 6:42 AM under Amateur Radio, CW Morse Code
Already another year down with field day 2010 behind us.
This year I hooked up with the Harvard Wireless Club (W1AF) and the MIT Amateur Radio Club (W1MX) for a joint field day effort. Here we are, after pulling down our antennas:
For me, this was a great year. I worked quite a few stations and built the confidence required to call CQ, work through noise and generally find a rhythm. I’d really like to work CW next year, but from what I could tell, most CW operators are going at 20+ wpm, way out of my range.
I was told about a program called morse runner, which I am running under wine on my Mac – it works very well and is a lot of fun. It basically simulates a competition like environment where you have to exchange signal report and a logging number with a computer simulated ham. I think its helping me listen to code in a “real” environment. If you are learning code (and already have a good grasp of it, its not for beginners) then definitely give this a shot.
I’d also like to try PSK31 next year. I heard quite a lot of it during FD and at twice the points, I wonder if its worth it.
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