We had a great Field Day this year at the Hudson Memorial School! Thanks to our Field Day Chairmen, Dave Merchant, K1DLM, Hamilton Stewart, K1HMS and Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC for putting together a great Field Day for us.
Our publicity chairperson, John W1SMN went above and beyond this year as we had coverage in print, video as well as on WMUR, the local Manchester ABC station!
Here are links to our press coverage:
- WMUR Sunday News: https://www.n1fd.org.
- Hudson Litchfield News: http://www.areanewsgroup.com/calling-all-hams-for-a-field-day-at-hudson-memorial-school/
- Hudson Community Television: http://www.hudsonctv.com/CablecastPublicSite/show/7707?channel=1
Here are a few of the sights from Field Day 2018. Join our next Meeting on Tuesday, July 3rd at 7:00 pm at the First Church Nashua for the full readout!
Thanks also to all of the committee chairpersons and all others who worked so hard to make this year’s Field Day a great experience!
Step 1 is to get all of our Field Day equipment onsite from multiple locations. Our transportation chairperson, Craig, N1SFT did a great job of planning and carrying this out.
Many members came out on Thursday evening and Friday to set up 3 towers, with Yagis, the V-Beam, the Satellite Antenna and 13 stations! Here is a shot that was taken by Desmond, WK1V from his drone.
The 40-meter V-Beam worked great and we got more QSOs on 40m SSB than any other band/mode in the event!
The Satellite antenna was impressive to watch as it rotates around to follow the Satellite passes.
4 Flex Radios were the heart of our Digital and GOTA stations. They were located near the 60-foot digital tower and accessed remotely via laptops and a Maestro in the Digital/GOTA tents. Thanks to Bill Barber, NE1B and John Keslo, W1MBG for contributing their Flex Radios to the effort. And most thanks to Dave, K1DLM for setting these up and keeping them and the network running for the duration of the event!
Adam Goldstein, a teacher from Hudson Memorial School and a sponsor of the HAB-3 effort at HMS gave us training on ARISS and how HMS was able to get a contact with the ISS, which will be this coming November.
Guests to Field Day were greeted by our new Banner!
Guests could sign in and learn more about Field Day and the Nashua Area Radio Society at our Public Infomation Tent. We also had an N1MM scoreboard and a weather radar display so we could be prepared for any incoming storms.
Jamey, AC1DC and Abby, AB1BY spent many hours on 20m and 40m SSB and made many QSOs!
Scott, NE1RD was one of our top operators!
Keith, KC1IMK made his first digital contacts on PSK31.
Dennis, K1LGQ and Jean K1AVM worked CW.
Here is Keith’s Dad, Mark, KC1IML with coach Ira, KC1EMJ making contacts on the GOTA station. Dave Merchant, K1DLM is working on the 15m Digital station. Thanks to Dave for all the work he did in setting up and keeping the network and digital stations running!
Hamilton, K1HMS, one of our 3 Field Day Chairpersons, worked CW QSOs on our 10/15/80 meter station.
Curtis, N1CMD, Charlie, W1CBD, and Trish had fun working QSOs with other Field Day stations through Low Earth Orbit Satellites.
We had delicious food thanks to Valerie Merchant, who provide meals and drinks during setup as well as Field Day operations.
We are still working on the final scoring and we’ll have a final readout at the July 3rd membership meeting.
Please share any pictures or video that you have from Field Day to Fred, AB1OC.
Anita, AB1QB