What can Techs do at Field Day?

[Fred Kemmerer]

If you hold a Technician License you might be wondering – “What can I do at Field Day?”. All Nashua Area Radio Society Field Days are designed to provide lots of great learning experiences. This is especially true for folks who are recently licensed and/or hold a Technician Level Amateur Radio License.

So what can you do? Well, first off, we will be putting together a very good 6m station at Field Day which will allow you to operate using SSB Voice or FT8 digital with your Tech License. Don’t know how to operate on 6m? No worries, experienced folks will be available to show you how at Field Day.

Computer-controlled Portable Satellite Ground Station

We will also have a portable, computer-controlled, satellite ground station for 2m and 70cm at Field Day as well. We’ll show you how to use it to make contacts through linear and FM satellites and help you learn to “work the birds”.

We will also have our Foxes (hidden transmitters) out and you can use your HT to track them down. We’ll be doing a training session on how to do Fox Hunting at 1 pm on Saturday, June 25th.

We’ll be doing an emergency message passing activity on 2m simplex. This is a great way to use your HT and learn how to pass emergency message traffic. Again, we’ll teach you how to do this at Field Day. Don’t have an HT? We’ll have some available at Field Day that you can use.

FT8 Digital Contacts on the 10m Band

Maybe you’re interested in trying out the HF bands? We’ll have a 10m HF station where you can use your Technician License to make FT8 Digital and SSB Phone contacts. Experienced operators will be available to help you get started and have fun using the gear that we will have at Field Day.

State-of-the-Art Field Day Station

One of the best learning experiences that we have available at Field day for everyone including folks with a Technician License is to participate and learn how to build stations. You don’t need to worry if you haven’t put a station together yet or have limited experience do so, experience folks will be on your team that will show you how to do it. You’ll get to work with state-of-the-art radios, towers, and antennas in the process.

Putting up a 6m Yagi at Field Day

Are you thinking about upgrading to a General or Extra Class License? Field Day is a great way to participate in and do activities that will help you to learn about HF bands, multi-transmitter stations, directional antennas, towers, new operating modes, and lots of other things which you’ll need to know to pass your General or Extra License exam.

Summer Field Day 2021 Site Plan

The Nashua Area Radio Society will hold its 2021 Summer Field Day operation at Keyes Memorial Park in Milford, NH. Field Day will be held on Friday, June 25th through Sunday, June 27th. All NARS members are invited to participate! If you sign up to help with station building on Friday/Sunday (see this post for details), you’ll get the first shot at sign-ups for one of the best operating times.

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