Number 1 Field Day !
N1FD

Write and or email our esteemed SM, Al Shuman, N1FIK, and tell him we deserve another placque...

And finally, after lo these many years, we actually got mentioned in the actual Field Day Article. On the first page the text states "Besides taking top Field Day honors, the N1FD operation by the Nashua Area RC set a new mark for the 26A class."

And then, even more impressive, they finally included our soapbox submittal and picture. For those of you who are not ARRL members and don't receive QST or have access to the ARRL Members Only home page, here is the submittal from the Field Day Log (The title was provided by the editors of QST).

A Serious Venture into a New Category and Royalty— N1FD

Taking a break from their record setting N1FD operation are operators and guests (L-R standing) K7CTW, N1ZYY, Andrew Wagner, WW1Y; Princess Elettra Giovanelli Marconi, Prince Guglielmo Giovanelli Marconi, Giovanni Pelagalli, Anita Correnty, a guest, KA1GOZ, and (kneeling) W1BC, and W1HRW.

Friday night thunderstorms threw a couple of hours delay into setup, but by 1800 UTC Saturday, the two 70 foot, the 50 foot, and the 100 foot towers were up and fully loaded with beams, verticals and di-poles. Stacked Yagis on 20 and 40 meters helped those stations rack up more than 3000 Qs. The Novice tent, once again owned and operated entirely by teenaged (and younger) club members, more than doubled their previous high score. Packet turned out to be a disappointment, as the change in rules led to only four contacts as opposed to last year’s 107. With almost 9000 contacts in 24 hours, that adds up to a sustained hourly rate of 364, or a contact every nine and a half seconds for the entire event. One of the highlights of the weekend was a visit from the daughter and grandson of Guglielmo Marconi. Princess Elettra Giovanelli Marconi and Prince Guglielmo Giovanelli Marconi were in the US for the opening of the Marconi Museum in Bedford, New Hampshire, and stopped by to see the results of 100 years of wireless.

The picture above and more can be found at the club’s web site at http://www.n1fd.org/fd/1998. Once again the Maureen Heedles provided the picture that made it into the magazine. (Check out the November 1997 QST cover photo of tower 3 at sunset. If that's not impressive, check out the original photograph.

Thanks need to go out to everyone who made Field Day 1998 successful. And successful doesn't just mean high score. The emergency preparedness training and plain fun are more important than overall score.

We may be at a new site for next year. That makes it even more important next year that people participate. A new site will challenge our problem solving abilities. We’d solved all the tough ones at Buzz’s place.

The top finishers this year were:

Once again, absolutely fabulous T-shirts will be available announcing our pride to the world. Price is the same $15 they’ve been in the past.

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