Our top operators in each mode were: SSB: Abby Finchum, AB1BY with 287 SSB QSOs Abby Finchum, AB1BY CW: Matt Strelow, KC1XX with 315 QSOs Matt Strelow, KC1XX Digital: Brian Quick, W1XMM with 55 QSOs Brian Quick, W1XMM was instrumental to the tower team before settling in to work digital during Field Dayĭuring Field Day we made a total of 1,895 QSOs. Jack, WM0G Operating at Field Day The Trost Family -Thomas, KT0MAS, Ted, W1TED, Tory, K1VAT Abby, AB1BY and Dave, KM3T John (W1MBG) and Joyce (KC1JMK) Keslo Jamey, AC1EV – Better known as “Abby’s Dad” Competes with her for the Top SSB Operator Results Our members enjoyed operating and kept the stations busy throughout the Field Day Operating period. Before the official start of Field Day Operations at 2:00 pm Local time on Saturday, we held 2 Training Sessions, one on Satellite Operation and another on Fox Hunting.
The Nashua Area Radio Society accomplishes this through training and hands-on opportunities during Field Day. Field Day is a great opportunity for new Hams to help out with building stations and develop operating skills. We have helped many new members to become licensed in the past year, but it important to help them get on the air as well. Training and Mentoring are an important part of Field Day. The Tower and Beam teams did an equally great job at setup and N1FD was on the air before dark! We tested FT8 before sundown and were able to hear JA stations on 15 meters! HF Tower with 10m-15m-20m Yagi and 40m and 80m Inverted-V Dipole Antennas Mentoring and Training Abby, AB1BY Provides Training on Fox Hunting Jon, AC1EV for donating his station and helping to set up the HF stations.Ryan, KC1MAJ and Jack, WM0G for setting up “NARS P&L” – the power and lighting.Doug, KC1OUY for running all of the cables and making them neat enough so that they were not a hazard for all of the club members and visitors.Jeffrey, KC1LWE for setting up the Satellite station based on my documentation – few if any changes were needed for Fred to get it to work once the antennas were connected.We appreciate everyone’s hard work with set up as well as takedown. We had a great, hard-working team and got the stations set up in record time. The Station Setup Team included Jon, AC1EV, Jack, WM0G, Ryan, KC1MAJ, Jeffrey, KC1LWE, and Doug, KC1OUY. Overhead lights and desktop lights and fans.The Network and all ethernet connections.4 HF Stations including coax connections to the antennas.
We were responsible for setting up the following:
SETUP FT8 WITH N1MM LOGGER HOW TO
Doug, KC1OUY, Jon, AC1EV, Jim, K1BRM and Fred, AB1OC test out the Field Day StationsĪs chairperson of the Station Team, I created detailed documentation of all of the station equipment and connections, trained the team on how to set up stations, and assigned specific roles. Similar sessions were held to test antennas and also train the teams on how to set up the antenna, tower, and stations and how to operate.
3 weeks before Field Day, we met at AB1OC‘s and AB1QB‘s QTH to setup the stations, logging computers, and the network to make sure they all worked together. Station Setupįor a successful Field Day operation, it is important to have a detailed plan for stations, antennas, operating schedules, transportation, and even food. Field Day 2021 was a great success! It was great to see all of the members who attended, especially those new members who we have previously only met over Zoom. The Nashua Area Radio Society held our first face-to-face event since the start of the pandemic when we gathered at Keyes Memorial Park in Milford, NH for ARRL Field Day from June 25th – 27th.
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