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Sights from Field Day 2018

Field Day 2018 60 ft Digital Tower
Field Day 2018 60 ft Digital Tower

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!

NARS 2018 Field Day on WMUR
NARS 2018 Field Day on WMUR

Here are links to our press coverage:

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
N1FD On The Air – 10A NH

Guests to Field Day were greeted by our new Banner!

Public Information Tent
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
Team Finchum on the Air

Jamey, AC1DC and Abby, AB1BY spent many hours on 20m and 40m SSB and made many QSOs!

Scott, NE1RD on 15 meter SSB
Scott, NE1RD on 15 meter SSB

Scott, NE1RD was one of our top operators!

Keith, KC1IMK working Digital Modes
Keith, KC1IMK working Digital Modes

Keith, KC1IMK made his first digital contacts on PSK31.

CW at Field Day
CW at Field Day

Dennis, K1LGQ and Jean K1AVM worked CW.

GOTA and 15 meter Digital Stations
GOTA and 15-meter Digital Stations

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 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, 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
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.

Anita, AB1QB

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CW Class Starting February 17th

Morse Code
Morse Code

Do you understand the morse code above?    Are you planning to build our February Tech Night Project and want to learn to use it?   Do you want to make more DX contacts?  Even though Morse Code proficiency is no longer required for your Ham Radio license, there is still more CW on the air than Phone and Digital modes combined. You don’t want to miss out on these contacts!

Keys 2
CW Keys

CW Class Starting February 17th

Thanks to our Morse Code Instructors, Mike, K1WVO, and Dennis, K1LGQ, we will be holding another CW Class.  The classes will start on February 17th from 9:00 am to 11:00 am and will run for at least 6 weeks.  It will be held at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Nashua.    You will be able to practice copying CW as well as sending CW during the class.  Toward the end of the class, if you practice regularly, you will get on the air via a CW slow net or scheduled QSOs among the students.

Our CW Class Instructors
Our CW Class Instructors

The class will be geared to the needs of those attending, whether you are just learning or if you attended a previous class and hope to build up your speed.

Hope to see you at the class.  Plan to bring a notebook and pen or pencil to copy CW.

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Remote Control Ham Station Enhancements

As explained in a previous article, we have been working on enhancing our Remote Control Ham Station system. The upgrades include additional remote client options, better remote networking via the Internet, and better integration with our microHAM system.

Source: Remote Operating Enhancements | Our HAM Station

As part of the fall upgrade plans at our station, we have completed quite a few enhancements to the Remote Operating Gateway and associated client devices in our station. The upgrades include:

You can read more on our Stationproject Blog about our Remote Control Ham Station Enhancements.

We try to do some station upgrades in the fall of each year to maximize our operating fun during the winter months. We always welcome members who want to join in on our projects as a means to learn about station building. More to come as we make progress with our planned projects.

Special thanks to Dave, K1DLM who has helped us with ideas for several aspects of this project.

Fred, AB1OC

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