Howdy Roosters, I submitted our Field Day report online to the ARRL yesterday evening. I will mail in our logs for our backup documentation.
Operating score: 1,605 Bonus points: 670 Total: 2,275
I bet we gave the Super Field Day folks a run for the money! That’s a helluva score, guys. You’ll notice under Club Name it says “None”: only clubs operating A, B, or F can operate under the club name – we were operating E. I don’t really understand the distinction.
W2IK | 
Antenna Design, Bexar Operators Group, Contests, General Ham Radio, New Hams | 
07 19th, 2009| 
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Planning is good, but sometimes even the best planning needs some “tweaking” in the real world.
Being flexible in field contesting, just as in emergency communications deployment, is the best way to get things done. All ham radio operators need the experience of going out in to the field to do this sort of thing. It makes them better operators.
I tend to over pack my truck when it comes to doing ham radio events, and for good reason: You never know what obstacles you might encounter and how to overcome them. However, this time I had a minimal amount of gear and supplies. This was the height of my “daring”. Never again!
Lesson number one learned: Pack for the worst, pray for the best and be happy with the in between. New hams need to remember this