Field Day 2019 was one to remember. We built an 11A station with a new VHF Tower and 160 meters. Setup and takedown went smoothly. The operating positions were full for most of the event. We increased our score by more than 3,000 points over last year!
Hudson Memorial School proved to be a great Field Day Site for the 2nd year.
Transportation and Setup
Setting up at Field Day was a challenge, with 4 towers, the 160-meter wire antenna, and RBOG and the Satellite station. Thanks to a hardworking and organized team led by Craig, N1SFT, we had everything onsite by Thursday evening or Friday morning and the Tower and Antenna setup went very smoothly. We even had some professional help, when Matt, KC1XX showed up!
Here is the newest addition to field day, the VHF Tower. With the antennas on the tower and the use of FT8, we had a record number of 6-meter contacts. And Fred was able to walk the VHF bands with a few clubs to get some QSOs on 2 meters and 70 cm as well.
Field Day 2019 Operation
At 2:00 pm local time, the operations began and continued for 24 hours. It was great to see some of our younger members operating at Field Day.
We also had world class contesters Matt, KC1XX and Bob, WA1Z in the CW Tent along with Dennis, K1LGQ.
We had a very cool high tech Digital setup with 3 stations running FT8 using networked Flex Radios and antennas on a 60 ft tower. Thanks to Dave, K1DLM, for providing this setup.
Operations continued all night. Rumor has it that Abby, AB1BY and her dad Jamey, AC1DC operated SO3R in the Digital tent on FT8.
Great Food
We also had world class food at Field Day. Thanks to Jerry, K1OKD, Food team lead and Andrea, KC1JDX and Peter, KC1FNF, we never went hungry.
Thanks to Sterling, AK1K, we got 200 bonus points for messaging and had fun in the process handling the messages.
We left the site just as it was when we arrived. Thanks to all who helped take everything down and bring it all back to BOB!
Field Day 2019 Results
Here are our 2019 Field Day Results – a big improvement over last year! Thanks to everyone who helped out with Field Day – too many to mention in this article. This was one of our best Field Days ever! You can see more detail on our score and the list of our Top Operators on our Field Day page.
Anita, AB1QB