| Fletch Seagroves, N1MEO
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| Fletch Seagroves, N1MEO
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Field day is just 7 weeks away. We still have a lot of planning to do, and many more people are needed. Currently we are up to 22 Alpha (meaning club station, 22 stations, operating on emergency power), but some major stations still do not have station masters. Let’s try for 28 Alpha! We still need people for 10m CW, 6m CW and phone, 220 , 440, and 1200MHz phone. Tents and computers (laptops) are also in need. We also need people for setup and even more importantly, for tear down.
The last two planning meetings are June 3rd, and June 17th at 7 PM in the Chandler Library. Show up and lend a hand!
It you don’t know what Field Day is, it is a contest, an emergency preparedness drill, and the biggest club social event. Lots of friends and families come out just to visit, to watch, or even to operate. If you want to get a feeling for contesting but are a bit uncertain, try logging at one of the stations. Many people have found that logging for this contest has caused them to be bitten by the contest bug! If you are building a station and thinking about putting up a tower, or wondering how a tower is put up, come and help build a few. It is lots of fun!
This will be the last year that we will be at this location. The site will be unavailable after this year. If you know of a place that we could use next year let us know so we can start planning for 98. Lets have fun and make it Number One New Hampshire three years in a row.
Field Day starts at noon Friday, June 27th, at Christopher’s Restaurant in Hollis for pizza. Setup begins at 1400 EDT on Buzz Muzzey’s property on Ridge Rd. Operating runs from 1400 EDT on Saturday, June 28th, to 1400 EDT on Sunday, June 29th. Then we take it all down and put it away.
We need lots of help! Setup and tear down take at least five (preferably ten) people per tower, and we have three 70 foot towers and a 50 foot one. If you can’t come Friday or Saturday but still want to participate, help tearing down the site on Sunday afternoon would be tremendously appreciated! This is really the core of the emergency preparedness drill —how to set up and take down a comprehensive communications installation in a very short time. There is lots to learn, and we have good teachers.
The Nashua Area Radio Club’s field day site
is located in Hollis, New Hampshire,
courtesy of “Buzz” Muzzey, KA1OMJ. To
get there from Nashua, take exit 6 (Route
130) off the Everett Turnpike and head
towards Hollis. When Route 130 bears to
the right in Hollis follow it to the traffic
light at the corner of Routes 130 and 122.
Turn left onto Route 122 South. At the
Hollis cemetery, on the right hand side of
the road, turn right onto Ridge Road. If you
arrive after 2 PM on Saturday there will be a
sign at the corner. Drive down Ridge Road
for about a mile till you reach a white house
that used to have a barn behind it on the left.
Turn left into the dirt driveway. Park at the
hen house or drive farther into the site. If you drive into the site itself, please drive slowly and carefully. There will be people and children running about. Also be careful to not drive over any of the wires and cables on the ground. They provide power to the radios and RF signal to the antennas.