December 2016 QST Contest Announcement Featuring Our Contest Team’s Certificate
We are also mentioned on page 82 in the Field Results as we were #1 in the 7A Category. Congratulations to all of the club members who participated in these achievements!
We will be participating in the Rookie Roundup CW on December 18, 2016. All club members who have received their first license in the past 3 years are welcome to join the team. This is a rookie contest and all participants are new to CW – rates are slow – so don’t be concerned if you are only a beginner at CW. See the calendar entry https://www.n1fd.org/event/arrl-rookie-roundup-cw-contest/ for details. Contact Anita at [email protected] if you are interested in participating.
We got up to some great news this morning. The Nashua Area Radio Club is once again Number 1Field Day!!
2016 Results – 7A Category
We are the Top Club in our Category (7A) for 2016 with a final score of 9,292. The next closest club was W6TRW with a score of 5,610. You can see all the 2016 results on the ARRL score page. For a more detailed breakdown of our score for 2016, check out our Field Day page.
Congratulations to everyone who helped to make our 2016 operation a success! Also, a special thank you to our planning team –
Our Planning TeamMike, K1WVO Helping To Deliver Our Field Day Presentation During Our Club MeetingPresentation At Our Club Meeting
We certainly have many great memories from our 2016 Operation. I spent some time today looking at the photos from our 2016 Operation and the video from our 2016 Operation again. I picked out some photos to share here –
Our 40m V-Beam
Our setup was well planned and the execution was top-notch!
CW/6m Row With One Of Two Of Our Towers And Beams20m CW StationSSB Stations and Digital ATV Station on 70 cmLEO Satellite Station
Many folks in our club pulled together to build our setup and we operated hard during Field Day.
Mike, KU1V OperatingEd, K2TE Operating 40m CWBill, NJ1H Operating 20m CWJamey, KC1ENX, Operating 20m SSBAbby, KC1FFX Operating on 75m SSBBrian, AB1ZO Operating on 40m SSBJeff, WA1HCO Operating On 6mField Day Fun 2016Merle, W1MSI Provided Us With A Feast!
We also helped to introduce folks to Amateur Radio via our GOTA Station.
Our GOTA Station Provided By Wayne, KB1HYL
It’s fun to think about all the great things that went on during Field Day this year.
Our 2016 Highlights Video
Looking forward to our 2017 Field Day operation!!!
The N1FD Team operated from our station (AB1QB/AB1OC).
Joe KB1RLC Operating in CQ Worldwide DX at AB1OC
Many of the club members who joined us had not previously had the opportunity to operate in a major DX contest. Our approach to the contest included a significant amount of time spent to help folks learn how to operate in a major DX contest such as CQ WW DX. All of the members of the N1FD Operator Team did a great job and we worked a lot of DX given the relatively poor band conditions throughout the contest period.
One Of Our N1FD Multi-op Teams In Action (THe Funchum Team – KC1ENX, KC1FFX, and KC1HHX)
We entered the contest as N1FD in the Multi-Op, One Transmitter category and we operated in the High Power, Assisted class. This category allowed us to have two transmitters on the air on different bands simultaneously. One transmitter was the “run” station from which we could call CQ and contact any new callsigns on a given band. The other transmitter was a multiplier only station which was only allowed to work new multipliers (new DXCCs and CQ Zones) on a given band. We had both stations on the air simultaneously for a good portion of the contest period.
N1FD QSOs During The Contest Period
We operated on all of the contest bands from 160m through 10m during the contest. We mostly operated in Search and Pouncemode to focus on maximizing the number of DXCCs and CQ Zones worked. Search and Pounce mode also made it easier for the less experienced folks on our team to learn about contesting. We used a mix of data from the spotting cluster and tuning the bands to find and work stations. We did a bit of operating in Run mode (calling CQ) as well to help put additional QSOs in our log to boost our final score and to learn how to operate by calling CQ in a contest.
N1MM+ Logger Setup For Our Contest Operation
We used the N1MM+ logger in a multi-op, networked configuration during the contest. This allowed us to share a single log between our two stations and to keep track of the multipliers (DXCCs and CQ Zones) that the combination of the two stations worked during the contest.
Final DXCCs Worked By The N1FD Team (DXCCs worked are in Blue)
We worked a total of 108 countries in the contest and brought the total DXCCs worked by the N1FD callsign to 121. This means that we worked a complete DXCC during a single weekend! We added 40 new DXCCs worked as a result of our contest operation. Before the contest, our club call had 62 confirmed countries. We will need 38 more confirmations to qualify for the ARRL DXCC Award. We have received a total of 16 of the needed 38 new DXCC confirmations via LoTW as of the end of today!
We also gave our club a good start toward earning future 5-Band DXCC and DXCC Challenge Awards as we worked a total of 283 band-points during the contest.
Final CQ Zones Worked By The N1FD Team (Zones worked are in Blue)
We also made progress toward earning our CQ WAZ (Worked All CQ Zones) Award – we now have 33 our of 40 zones worked and 28 confirmed.
Our Final Claimed Score Summary For The Contest
We made a total of 607 QSOs during the contest for a claimed score of 588,208. The actual score may be lower than this after the contest adjudication process completes in several months as deductions will be taken for any incorrect calls or exchanges. You can also see our results at the 3830 Score Rumor website.
Mike Rush, KU1V Operating In The Contest
Everyone involved had a lot of fun and learned some new skills. We are thinking about operating again as N1FD in the ARRL Sweepstakes Contest in November (Nov. 19-21). Please let us know if you’d be interested in joining the N1FD Team for this contest.
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