WSJT-X co-developer Joe Taylor, K1JT, has announced that major changes are coming to the FT8 and MSK144 digital protocols when WSJT-X 2.0 arrives in a few months. Taylor said version 2.0 should be ready for prime time by January.
“Much of the necessary programming is finished,” Taylor said in a post to the Packrats reflector. “Many of the new features have been tested on the air, and we find them to work well.”
Well, Field Day 2018 is but a memory for us now. We have a great Field Day operation this year with many NARS members and visitors participating.
Field Day 2018 QSO Map
The map above shows the station that we worked during Field Day. We were able to make more contacts than last year with the balance shifting toward SSB Phone and Digital. You can see the full results and learnings from our Field Day operation here and be sure the visit our Field Day page for more details.
We had great press and media coverage this year and we even made the 6 pm news on WMUR Channel 9!
60 Ft Tower at FD 2018
60 Ft Tower at FD 2018
ARISS Training
ARISS Training
Field Day Cake
Field Day Cake
CW at Field Day - K1LGQ and K1AVM
CW at Field Day - K1LGQ and K1AVM
Birds Eye View of Antenna Setup
Birds Eye View of Antenna Setup
Flex Radio Setup near 60 ft Tower
Flex Radio Setup near 60 ft Tower
GOTA Ops
GOTA and 15 meter Digital Stations
Hamilton CW
Hamilton at the 10/15/80 meter CW Station
N1FD Banner
N1FD On The Air - 10A NH
Operating Tents
Keith, KC1IMK working Digital Modes
Keith, KC1IMK working Digital Modes
Planning Meeting
Field Day Planning Meeting
Public Info
Public Information Tent
Sat Antenna
Satellite Antenna
Sat Ops
Curtis, Charlie and Trish working the Satellites
Scott NE1RD Operating at Field Day
Scott, NE1RD on 15 meter SSB
Solar Bonus
Solar Bonus
Team Finchum on the Air
Team Finchum on the Air
Transportation
Craig, N1SFT, our Transportation Chairman
V-Beam
40 meter V-Beam
40m V-Beam 2
40m V-Beam 2
40m V-Beam 3
40m V-Beam 3
Connor Building the Network
Connor Building the Network
FD Feast 1
FD Feast 1
FD Feast 2
FD Feast 2
FD Feast 3
FD Feast 3
FD Feast 4
FD Planning Team 1
FD Planning Team 1
FD Planning Team 2
FD Planning Team 2
FD Site Plan
FD Site Plan
FD Transport Team
FD Transport Team
Generators
Generators
GOTA Operators 1
GOTA Operators 1
GOTA Operators 2
GOTA Operators 2
Learning FD Skills at NARS
Learning FD Skills at NARS
M0XIE
M0XIE
Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil
NARS FD
NARS FD
Operating 6m
Operating 6m
Operating CW 1
Operating CW 1
Operating CW 2
Operating CW 2
Operating CW 3
Operating CW 3
Operating Digital 1
Operating Digital 1
Operating Digital 2
Operating Digital 2
Operating Digital 3
Operating Digital 3
Operating SSB 1
Operating SSB 1
Operating SSB 2
Operating SSB 2
Operating SSB 3
Operating SSB 3
Operating SSB 4
Operating SSB 4
Public Info Tent
Public Info Tent
Field Day 2018 QSO Map
Field Day 2018 QSO Map
Satellite Station Training at Field Day
Sat Station 1
Sat Station 2
Sat Station 2
Sat Station 3
Sat Station 3
Sat Station 4
Sat Station 4
Sat Station 5
Sat Station 5
SDRs at FD
SDRs at FD
Solar Bonus at FD
Solar Bonus at FD
FD SSB Station
FD SSB Station
FD Tent Row
FD Tent Row
FD Tower - CW
FD Tower - CW
FD Tower - Digital
FD Tower - Digital
FD Tower - SSB
FD Tower - SSB
Tower Team 1
Tower Team 1
Tower Team 2
Tower Team 2
Tower Team 3
Tower Team 3
Tower Team 4
Tower Team 4
Tower Team 5
Tower Team 5
Tower Team 6
Tower Team 6
Training at FD
Training at FD
TV Crew at FD
TV Crew at FD
FD TV Coverage - WMUR
FD TV Coverage - WMUR
Folks took some really nice photos during Field Day. You can enjoy viewing some of them in the gallery above.
As we do each year, we’ve put together a memory book video from our Field Day 2018 operation. We hope that you enjoy it.
Many, many thanks to everyone who helped make our 2018 Field Day a success!
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 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!
Field Day Planning Meeting
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!
Craig, N1SFT, our Transportation Chairman
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.
Birds Eye View of Antenna Setup
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.
40-meter V-Beam
The 40-meter V-Beam worked great and we got more QSOs on 40m SSB than any other band/mode in the event!
Satellite Antenna
The Satellite antenna was impressive to watch as it rotates around to follow the Satellite passes.
Flex Radio Setup near 60 ft Tower
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!
ARISS Training
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.
N1FD On The Air – 10A NH
Guests to Field Day were greeted by our new Banner!
Public Information Tent
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.
Team Finchum on the Air
Jamey, AC1DC and Abby, AB1BY spent many hours on 20m and 40m SSB and made many QSOs!
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 at the 10/15/80 meter CW Station
Hamilton, K1HMS, one of our 3 Field Day Chairpersons, worked CW QSOs on our 10/15/80 meter station.
Curtis, Charlie, and Trish working the Satellites
Curtis, N1CMD, Charlie, W1CBD, and Trish had fun working QSOs with other Field Day stations through Low Earth Orbit Satellites.
Field Day Cake
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.
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