Nashua Area Radio Society is holding an in-person Field Day operation at Hudson Memorial School at the end of June. Here’s some more on our plans for Field Day 2023.

Stations and Antennas for Field Day 2023

We will be a 3A Station with the following radios available for members to use:
• 20m HF Station (All Mode, can do SSB Phone, CW, or FT8/FT4 Digital)
• 10m/40m HF Station (All Mode, can do SSB Phone, CW, or FT8/FT4 Digital)
• 15m/80m HF Station (All Mode, can do SSB Phone, CW, or FT8/FT4 Digital)
• 6m VHF Station (All Mode, can do SSB Phone, CW, or FT8/FT4 Digital)

Field Day 2023 Site Layout
Hudson Memorial School, Hudson, NH

Plans include a 40’ tower with a Triband Yagi and Wire Antennas to Cover 80m – 10m. We will also have a 6m – 5 element Yagi – antenna up around 20 feet.

There will be a training session on our Stations and other Field Day fun on Saturday, June 24th starting at 12:30 pm. Training will cover:
• Operating in any mode from out IC 7300 radios
• Using N1MM+ to log your QSOs

Field Day Operations will begin at 2 pm on Saturday, June 24th, and go for 24-hours ending at 2 pm on Sunday, June 25th. We will take down our station beginning at 2 pm on Sunday.

Sign-Up To Operate!

Members can sign up to operate on Field Day here.

The spreadsheet on Google Sheets has time slots for each station and also tabs along the bottom with propagation predictions for each time window and bands that are open. You can use this feature to help you select a good time to operate and know which band will be best for that time.

Field Day Coaches

Field Day at the Nashua Area Radio Society is all about learning and trying new things. We encourage you to sign up to operate our stations and to learn about modes and bands you may not have experience with. In addition to our planned training, we will have Field Day Coaches available to help you get started and learn to use our Stations and have fun operating.

Field Day Tech Night

NARS has had past Tech Night sessions to provide training on how to operate at Field Day. Club members can view the videos and training presentations for these sessions on our Tech Night Page. Next week on Tuesday June 13^th, 2023, the Field Day Committee will present topics of interest about Field Day for this year. Links to the Zoom can be found on N1FD.Org

Visitors and the Public are Welcome

If you’d like to learn more about Amateur Radio, we’d like to invite you to visit us at Hudson Memorial School during Field Day. Noon into the evening on Saturday, June 24th, and Sunday morning, June 25th, up until 2 pm in the afternoon would be a great time to stop by. We’ll be happy to show you around our site, answer your questions, and even get you on the air a bit if you’d like. Also, if you have an HT, bring it and you can hunt our Foxes (hidden radio transmitters).

Logistics for Field Day

We will be operating on the athletic field at HMS. We have tents for shelter for our stations and gear and canopies for shelter from the sun or rain. There is ice, water, and other drinks to stay hydrated along with light snacks. A porta-potty is also available.

Though not required, we do encourage operators to bring their own IC-7300 compatible headsets or CW paddles with them and we can assist with setting them up.

If you have any questions about Field Day, please post them as part of this thread or email us at [email protected]. We hope that you’ll join us for Field Day!

Links to some recent Field Day articles

Hands On Tower and Beam Antenna Training for 2022 Field Day (n1fd.org)

Nashua Area Radio Society Field Day 2022 (n1fd.org)

Getting Ready for Summer Field Day 2023 (n1fd.org)

We look forward to seeing you there.

73,

The NARS Field Day Team