W5TI operated as 2A again this year in the ARRL Field Day. This was the year of the world famous Houston Flood of 2001. We decided to simplify our setup so we only put up Lawson's HF6V Butternut vertical & used Bob's mobile antennas on his Yukon. George brought his new TS-830, Bob brought his IC-706, and we had the club's TS-950 as backup. Glen brought his generator as a backup to the club's generator. Fortunately, all equipment worked flawlessly.

Otherwise, we took a pretty laid back approach this year. Unfortunately, the mosquitos weren't laid back! But, with the use of TI's high-powered fogging machine, and a few drums of OFF, we survived their onslaught. We had a total of 170 SSB QSOs and 0 CW QSOs. Counting bonus points of 300, our score was 640 points. Again, as last year, we really didn't take the contest seriously. As last year, we didn't put up the HF beam or 6-meter beam either. The weather this year was fairly decent by Houston standards - about 90 degrees in the day & 70 at night. Humidity was pretty normal, but we didn't have any rain. There was a light breeze out of the southeast most of the day, which kept it reasonably comfortable for a June day. We only operated Saturday from start to about 10PM.

I've heard rumblings that next year we are going to get serious again! Could it really be? Stay tuned....

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73..de Lawson (N5ATT).

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^ Left to right: Robert Ontko (KD5IGP), George Ontko (KM5VP), Bryan Hooper (KD5LRQ) standing, and Glen Chamblin (N5AV) shown at George's TS-830 operating position.

^ Left to right: Bob Wolters (W5XC), Jim Paul (KA9QHR), and Jeff Paul (KD5LYZ) at Bob's IC-706 operating position.

^ The mosquito fogging machine that saved our lives.

^ Both operating positions.

^ Bob's station.

^ George & Robert's station.

07/19/01