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Field Day 2024 at Hudson Memorial School

Information, Food and Operating Tents
Information, Food, and Operating Tents

We are almost ready for Field Day 2024 at Hudson Memorial School. The antennas are up, stations are built, everything is connected, and we’re doing final testing.

Tower Team Raising the Tower
Tower Team Raising the Tower

We have one HF Tower with a tribander for 10m, 15m and 20m, and wire antennas for 40m and 80m.  Thanks to Brian, W1XMM, our Field Day chairman and Tower Team lead.

HF Antenna Tower
HF Antenna Tower

We also have a shorter tower with a 6-meter beam.

6 meter antenna tower
6 meter antenna tower

We will be 3A, with 3 HF stations (20m, 10m/40m, and 15m/80m.). Thanks to Joe, AC1LN for hours of setting up and testing all of the computers and transceivers ahead of Field Day.

20 meter station
20 meter station

We also have plenty of food thanks to John, W1SMN.

Food Tent
Food Tent

Our Field Day planning team has done a great job of preparing for Field Day.

Stop by and visit us this weekend.  Our Field Day site is at Hudson Memorial School, 1 Memorial Drive in Hudson, NH.  Operations are from 2pm Saturday through 2pm Sunda.

 

Field Day 2024 Presentation Tuesday June 4th

Greetings All, this coming Tuesday June 4th, we will be discussing the Field Day 2024 setup and activities.

Please join us Tuesday 7PM.  We will be going over the site layout, Schedule of events, Equipment layout, Field Day Bonus Points, and what to bring.  We’re planning on several youth activities, so bring the youth. OH, and FREE food.

What every, your level of license or experience we want to help you get on the air.  So please consider coming to the presentation and of course to Field Day.

If you can’t make the presentation, please mark on your calendar June 22 & 23 for Field Day.  We will start at 2PM and complete activities at 2PM on Sunday.  Please Sign up for operating times at:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tbsVtxvkATxNUlGudJ_fTZNDGHRvV3xQ4WDZpcxHo8s/edit?usp=sharing

At the Tech Night meeting on June 11th at 7PM we will focus on Field Day operations.

Tech Night will provide everyone with the knowledge of how to operate N1MM contact logging Software and we will also go over how to operate the radio.  The presentation will also include our Station Handbook.  It included cheat sheets for N1MM, radio controls, and how to make contacts. Also found in the handbook will be emergency shutdown procedures, and Safety guidelines.

Consider helping out with the setup that will start around 1PM on June 21st at the Hudson Memorial School.

Please don’t forget this is a CLUB (NARS & ARRL) sponsored event and encourages all of you to participate in the Field Day operations and setup if able.

Finally, if you can’t make Field Day in Hudson, NH, you can still help out the club by taking part in Field Day at home.  Any points you make can be used to help the club by putting “Nashua Area Radio Society” in the club field on your entry form.

Thanks,

Brian

W1XMM

Ham Bootcamp is Coming Up – Saturday May 11th

The Nashua Area Radio Society will be holding an online Ham Bootcamp on Saturday, May 11th from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern Time.

Ham Bootcamp is a program to help new, inactive, and prospective hams gain the skills and information that they need to Get On The Air.  It is open to any interested Ham or Prospective Ham in the US and Canada and there is no charge to attendees.

The morning session is geared toward operating on the VHF/UHF bands:

  • Putting together a Station for Repeaters – How to pick an HT or Mobile Radio and an Antenna
  • Radio Programming Tutorial
  • Making Contacts and Joining a Repeater Net
  • Getting Started with Amateur Radio Satellites
  • Getting Started with Fox Hunting
Abby on Fox Hunting
Abby Speaks About Fox Hunting in Fall 2020 Ham Bootcamp

The afternoon session is geared toward operating on the HF Bands:

  • Putting together an HF Station for SSB, CW, and Digital
  • Picking and putting up an HF Antenna, Feedlines, and Grounds
  • Operating on the HF bands using SSB Voice
  • Getting started with WSJT-X and FT8 Digital

We will also have a breakout session where attendees can choose one of the following sessions:

  • Learning CW
  • Intro to EmComm
  • Finding DX, Logging and QSLing
  • Portable Operating

… and more!

Registration is now open for the May 11th session.

You can get more information about Ham Bootcamp, including a link to register at n1fd.org/bootcamp 

You must register to receive the link to join the web conference.

If you have any questions, you can contact us at [email protected].

 

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