WSJT-X co-developer Joe Taylor, K1JT, has announced that major changes are coming to the FT8 and MSK144 digital protocols when WSJT-X 2.0 arrives in a few months. Taylor said version 2.0 should be ready for prime time by January.
“Much of the necessary programming is finished,” Taylor said in a post to the Packrats reflector. “Many of the new features have been tested on the air, and we find them to work well.”
2018 has been a summer 6m E-Skip (Es) season to remember. The Es openings have been strong this year and they are continuing into the second half of July. We are enjoying almost daily openings to E…
If you are interested in trying the 6m Band, plan on attending our August Tech Night. We’ve changed our plans and will be talking about getting started with the FT8 mode and how it can be used on the 6m and HF bands. The preceding link is an excellent source of information on how to get started with FT8.
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!
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
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
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
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
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
The Satellite antenna was impressive to watch as it rotates around to follow the Satellite passes.
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
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
Guests to Field Day were greeted by our new Banner!
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
Jamey, AC1DC and Abby, AB1BY spent many hours on 20m and 40m SSB and made many QSOs!
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, 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, N1CMD, Charlie, W1CBD, and Trish had fun working QSOs with other Field Day stations through Low Earth Orbit Satellites.
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.
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