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  • Re: Winter Field Day

    From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Matt Jurcich on Tue Jan 27 22:11:57 2026
    Just wondering how many folks participate in Winter Field Day?

    With Winter Storm Fern blasting the region, I doubt many in Arkansas
    took part.

    I was doing stuff with The Weather Watch Net and Arkansas Skywarn
    for 16 hours over 2 days.

    Daryl, N5VLZ

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Sean Dennis on Tue Jan 27 22:11:57 2026
    Sean,

    Are any of you planning to participate in Winter Field Day?

    Not with Winter Storm Fern blasting through here.

    Daryl, N5VLZ

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Rug Rat on Tue Jan 27 22:11:57 2026
    Possibly, but I refuse to take a radio into the bathroom with
    me!

    My late XYL asked if she should move the computer and ham radio
    stuff into the bathroom, as I seemed to spend so much time in there.

    Daryl, N5VLZ

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  • From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Daryl Stout on Wed Jan 28 11:15:18 2026
    Re: Re: Winter Field Day
    By: Daryl Stout to Rug Rat on Tue Jan 27 2026 22:11:57

    My late XYL asked if she should move the computer and ham radio stuff into the bathroom, as I seemed to spend so much time in there.

    I think the resulting QRM would've been a bit distracting. ;)
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  • From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to Daryl Stout on Wed Jan 28 12:19:39 2026
    On Tue 27-Jan-2026 10:11p, Daryl Stout@1:19/33.0 said to Matt Jurcich:
    Just wondering how many folks participate in Winter Field Day?

    With Winter Storm Fern blasting the region, I doubt many in Arkansas
    took part.

    I didn't think year because of the poor solar conditions.. (Though it turned out the conditions might have actually been good.).

    In the end though it might have been a good call, as we had a huge straight wind gust come through that potentially would have dammaged the antennas had they have been up...

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Mortar M. on Tue Feb 3 17:47:27 2026
    My late XYL asked if she should move the computer and ham radio stuff into the bathroom, as I seemed to spend so much time in there.

    I think the resulting QRM would've been a bit distracting. ;)

    At least I didn't have a foot switch connected to the flushing knob. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Randall Schad@1:226/44 to Daryl Stout on Tue Feb 3 22:51:47 2026
    On 27 Jan 2026, Daryl Stout said the following...

    Not with Winter Storm Fern blasting through here.

    I heard a gentleman say the other day that Winter Field Day should include a graded low temperature multiplier. Operating in the Upper Midwest was a VERY different experience than southern Florida.

    73!
    Randall
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Randall Schad on Thu Feb 5 22:59:09 2026
    Randall,

    I heard a gentleman say the other day that Winter Field Day
    should include a graded low temperature multiplier. Operating
    in the Upper Midwest was a VERY different experience than
    southern Florida.

    That's for sure. I was doing The Weather Watch Net with Arkansas
    Skywarn during that weekend. Now, I'm preparing for our spring
    tornado season.

    I saw where a place in Cuba hit 32 degrees...the first time that
    has ever happened!!

    73,

    Daryl, N5VLZ

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