The ARRL Field Day 2019 results are in and our N1FD entry placed Number 1 in the 11A category! We also placed #15 overall with a final score of 12,688.
This was a huge improvement from Field Day 2018, where we placed #2 in Category 10A with a score of 9,620 and placed #46 overall.
Congratulations to everyone who participated in our Field Day operation! Here is a link to the ARRL Field Day Results 2019 Article.
A gallery of photos from ARRL Field Day 2019 can be seen below.
Field Day 2019
Field Day 2019 Team
Field Day Site
Field Day Site
Tower and Antenna Setup
Tower and Antenna Setup
VHF Tower
VHF Tower
Ryan, KC1KJS, operating at Field Day
Ryan, KC1KJS, operating at Field Day
CW Operations
CW Operations
Abby, AB1BY Operating at Night
Abby, AB1BY Operating at Night
Jerry, K1OKD at the Grill
Jerry, K1OKD at the Grill
Keith, KC1IMK at the Digital Station
Keith, KC1IMK at the Digital Station
Sterling, AK1K
Sterling, AK1K
Field Day Site after Field Day
Field Day Site after Field Day
Field Day Results
Field Day Results
If you enjoyed Field Day or did not get an opportunity to participate, plan to join us for Winter Field Day. It will be held on the weekend of January 25th at Keyes Memorial Field in Milford, NH. See this article for more information.
Snow is coming to New England this weekend so we wanted to get the control cables run to our new EME Tower before the ground is covered with snow. The project involved installing a Utility Enclosure…
We made some more progress on our 2m EME Station Project this past weekend. We began by installing a Utility Controller on our new EME Tower. With this done, we next ran three control cables through the conduits between our shack and the Tower. The control cables connect to our Azimuth Rotator, Elevation Rotator, and a planned MAP65 Switching and Preamp System.
Green Heron Az-El Rotator Controller
With the cables run, we connected our Azimuth Rotator to a Green Heron Az/El Rotator Controller in our shack. This enabled us to get our Azimuth Rotator configured and tested.
The next step in our EME Station Project will be to assemble the antennas that we have on order from M2 Antennas Systems and install them along with an H-Frame and related gear on our new Tower. We are hoping that the winter weather will allow us to get this done before spring.
We are continuing to make progress on our preparation for VHF+ Operations at Winter Field Day (WFD) 2020. We had a lot of fun on the VHF+ bands at WFD 2019 and we are planning to add some more bands for our operation this year.
New Winter Field Day VHF+ Mast
Jamey AC1DC Next To New WFD VHF+ Mas
Jamey, AC1DC an I put together a new mast and antennas for the VHF+ bands this weekend. Our new mast comes from Max-Gain Systems. It is a little over 30 ft high and is guyed at 2 levels. We can rotate the mast at the base using the arm-strong method. We’ll be feeding the mast with LMR-600 coax.
VHF+ Antenna Details
Our VHF+ mast holds yagi antennas for the 23cm, 33cm, and 1.25m bands.
M2 Antennas 222-7EZ Yagi
Jerry, K1OKD and I assembled a new 220 MHz Yagi for this setup last weekend. We are using rear-mounted yagis on our mast to simplify mounting and feedline connections and to keep the overall weight on the mast at a reasonable level.
With 50 – 100w in, these antennas will produce 450 – 2500 watts of effective radiated power.
Transverters and Transceivers
33cm Transverter
The Transverters for our VHF+ station have also arrived from Q5 Signal. The unit shown above is for the 33cm (902 MHz) band.
33cm Transverter Rear Panel
Transverters upconvert transmitted and downconvert received signals from one frequency band to another (ex. from the 33cm band to the 28 Mhz or the 10m Band). They also typically include a power amplifier stage that generates 25w – 50w of output power on the target band.
Our station will use transverters along with an Elecraft KX3 Transceiver to put us on three VHF+ bands as well as to add an additional 100W HF Transceiver to our WFD Setup. We will also have an Icom IC-9100 Transceiver to cover the HF, 6m, 2m, 70cm, and 23cm bands.
The Winter Field Day Team is planning some station testing sessions in the near future to get all of our HF and VHF+ rigs ready. All Nashua Area Radio Society Members are invited to join us for these sessions to learn more about the equipment that we use at Field Day. We’ll post information in our Field Day Forum and on our Calendar as these sessions are scheduled.
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