<div dir="ltr"><table width="610" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td height="5" colspan="2"><table width="610" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="465" height="20"><font color="#999999" size="1"></font></td><td width="145" height="20"><div align="right"> <div class=""><br><div class=""></div></div><div align="right">
</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div id="story"><h1><img width="200" align="right" src="https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13631669_1181477631875754_741836549807560671_n.jpg?oh=29cb46c564c061e8237475fde9694c21&oe=57FF137D">HamRadioNow: 5 Watt Field Day</h1><p>In this video <strong>Gary Pearce KN4AQ</strong> shows us amateur radio low power QRP operation during Field Day </p><p>The Field of Beams was in Orange County, North Carolina for a couple days toward the end of <br> June - yes, Field Day - set up by hams from the Durham FM Association and the Orange County Radio Amateurs. </p><p> You'll find their call sign, W4EZ in the #3 spot in the Top Ten box in 2015, and a few other top ten's in previous years. An impressive showing, especially considering their 9A 5 Watt battery class.<br><br> The only thing that might shade this accomplishment is that the #2 operation, K6EI in California, was also 5 watt battery, with 11 stations. (The #4 operation, W5YA, was also 5 watt battery with just 3 stations!)<br><br> KN4AQ hit the road to visit this operation and see how they did it. He didn't have to hit the road too hard. W4EZ was just a few miles west of his home. So he added one more group, the Alamance Amateur Radio Club K4EG to the trip. This group may not end up in the top 10 box, but they have just as much fun.<br><br> In the last third of the show (around 1:03:50), Gary plays all the video he shot at one of the W4EZ CW stations (a totally expert operation) and one of their Phone stations (with a new, young ham having all the classic difficulties, "amplified" by the QRP power level).<br><br> INDEX:<br> The W4EZ operation starts at 4:10<br> The K4EG operation starts at 44:35<br> An in-depth look at the 5 Watt CW station is at 1:03:50<br> An 'instructive' look at the 5 Watt Phone station is at 1:14:25<br> W4OT works KN4AQ's Field Day Mobile at 1:30:50<br> PayPal is back on the 'Contribute' page at 1:33:30<br> SWAG (Shirts, Mugs) 1:35:52<br><br> Watch HRN 258: 5 Watt Field Day (or... Field of Beams) on HamRadioNow <br><br></p><br><a href="https://youtu.be/-40t6fXteh8">https://youtu.be/-40t6fXteh8</a><br><br> Previous editions of HamRadioNow<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/HamRadioNow/videos" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/HamRadioNow/videos</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>