Field Day 2007
This time, I decided not to set any specific goals or to target any sum of points. The only wish was for all the equipment to survive and for the weather to work out unlike the preceding contests.
The WX conditions were not satisfactory and to avoid getting wet on the top of JO70SS on Friday afternoon, I peacefully packed everything up that afternoon to be ready to leave the next morning. A friend of mine from Moravia was a helping hand during the entire preparatory procedure. Thanks to him, I was able to go on the air quite a few hours before the start of the "event". Also, despite the favorable WX forecast for the weekend, my QTH/P in JO70SS was traditionally hidden in a thick cloud when my friend Petr and I got there. Fortunately, it did not rain so that we stayed dry throughout the lifting of the towers and after. The wind gusts were approaching the ominous figure of 100 km/h. As a result, the cloud was soon torn apart and we could better see what we were doing up there 
The antennas were up and hooked up at noon.
Omnipresent tourists – they disregard the weather and keep coming and going.
What a strange experience to find a car on top of the mountain with weird-looking antennas and a crazy guy sitting inside a car screaming something into the microphone And here is me!
I love this CW keyer of mine. More on this later.
Here is my contest work-place before it all started out.
Even though I did bring my laptop with me, I decided not to use it. It is always easier to stay awake at night by constantly checking the log for double QSO's, calling CQ, turning the beams, and watching the twinkling lights in the distance. Obviously, there is no chance to take pictures of distant objects at night and so I leave this up to your imagination.
Here is a view of the eastern side of the Giant Mountains.
How does it look after the sunset Saturday evening? Like this?
The wind had abated a little bit and the propagation was reasonable. The major propagation pattern was North-West South-East. There were very few stations from the west and south-west. I managed to work only one station from Italy which is a pity. North-east was also dim. I was happy to receive two calls in a row from SM. The idea of having one antenna cover the directions from 270 over NW to 30 azimuthal degrees proved beneficial. Scandinavia is within reach even with 60 or so watts. I was putting out 100 watts into SE, S, SW, and W and only 60 watts from W over NW to N and NE. When there is an opening, 60 watts is a sufficient amount of power to reach places 500 to 1000 kilometers away.
Back to the chronology of the contest. Sunday morning was definitely not a warm one. The wind grew stronger again and a thick cloud sat on the top of the entire mountain range.
With that happening, the propagation conditions were impaired and the hourly rate dropped below 12 QSO's/hour. I could not resist to close my eyes for 30 minutes. Furthermore, there were times when I wanted to give it up due to the incredible amount of splattering caused by certain stations. Some of them had their SSB signal reaching into the CW portion of the band. I am being discouraged more and more every contest. Kilowatts and nothing more than kilowatts. Grossly unnecessary, burdensome, and most of all affecting the peaceful operation of many of those with QRP = 100 watts
After a while, I was back on the air and searching the band for unworked stations. I was pleased to have been called by 5 OZ stations and 3 French ones. Yet, there was a paucity of SP and I stations. The same goes for PA and ON.
Again, a few hours later, the wind shattered the cloud into pieces and the beautiful view of the mother nature was reinstated again.
I was again successful in getting YU, T9, 9A stations calling me before the end of the contest on CW. Slow operation makes it possible to work a few extra DX before the closing of the 24-hour event. Those guys really follow the same strategy which can add quite a few thousand points and improve the overall results. That is when I get to appreciate CW with my lovely-looking CW key paddle.
The contest came to an end and the view of the Snezka mountain in the distance was magnificent along with the entire mountain range east of JO70SS.
Conclusion ? 479 QSO's, roughly 120,000 points, 66 WWL squares, 108 DL, 13 YU, S5 x 12, HA x 12, 9A x 12, HB9 only 1, SM only 2, OM x 43.
The condx were at an average level.