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Submitting your Score for Field Day

Field Day 2020 is now over and you have until Tuesday, July 28th to submit your log and bonus points.  Members can find details in our Field Day Forum on the bonus points that we achieved as a group. Here are some guidelines on how to submit your score.

Steps to Submit your Score

  1. Export a Cabrillo file from your logging software
  2. Capture the breakdown of your score by band and mode from your logging program.  For N1MM it is the score window.

    N1MM Score Window
    N1MM Score Window
  3. Collect the evidence required for your bonus points:
    • Natural Power Bonus – List of QSOs made on natural power
    • Formal messaging – Copies of each message you originated, relayed or received (up to 10)
    • Message to ARRL Section Manager (Copy of fully serviced message)
    • Field Day Bulletin – an accurate copy of the message
    • Publicity from the local media – a copy of a press release sent to the local media or a copy of the actual media publicity received.
  4. You can submit your score via the web form provided by ARRL.  The link to this is http://field-day.arrl.org/fdentry.php
  5. On the web form, fill in your information (Call, ARRL Section, Number of Participants, Entry Class, etc.)  For the Club or Group Name, you can enter Nashua Area Radio Society so that your points count toward our club score.
  6. Check off the bonus points that you earned and upload the documents that you collected in step 3.
  7. Use the score breakdown from your logger to fill in the Band/Mode QSO Breakdown.  Note that you may need to combine your QSOs from multiple digital modes on each band to fill in the Digital QSO columns.  For example, in the Score window illustrated above, on 40 meters, we had 128 FT4 QSOs and 9 FT8 QSOS, so I would enter 137 for the total 40m digital QSOs.

    ARRL Webform - QSO Breakdown
    ARRL Webform – QSO Breakdown
  8. Use the “Choose File” button to upload your Cabrillo file.
  9. Check over all of your entries on the web form.  Then fill in your Name, Call, and email at the bottom and submit your entry.
  10. Any questions about bonus points, scoring, or other Field Day rules?  Consult the ARRL Field Day page and review the rules.

Anita, AB1QB presented a segment on Submitting your Field Day score as part of the June Tech Night on Field Day from Home.  For more details on Field Day score submission, you can watch the video of that Tech Night and view the slides on our Tech Night page

The 2020 13 Colonies Special Event Begins on July 1st

The 2020 13 Colonies Special Event begins on Wednesday, July 1st at 9 am Eastern Time! There will be stations in each of the states that grew from the original Thirteen Colonies plus two bonu…

Source: 13 Colonies Special Event Begins on July 1st

The 2020 13 Colonies Special Event is almost here! We’ve got a great team of operators lined up for K2K, New Hampshire this year and we’re looking forward to a great event and some on the air fun. The 2020 event starts at 9 am on July 1st and ends on July 7th at midnight eastern time.

2020 13 Colonies Special Event QSL Card for K2K, New Hampshire
13 Colonies Special Event QSL Card for K2K, New Hampshire

The idea is to try to work all 13 Colonies Special Event stations K2A – K2M and the two bonus stations – WM3PEN and GB13COL. There is a nice certificate available for working one or more of the Colonies as well as QSL cards from each of the K2x stations. Check qrz.com for QSL information and the Thirteen Colonies Special Event website for certificate information.

K2K New Hampshire will be operating from a number of locations in the great state of New Hampshire including from AB1OC/AB1QB and KC1XX. We will be operating SSB, CW, Digital (FT8/FT4), and via Satellites! We are going to spend some time on 6m and perhaps 2m and 70cm if we have some Tropo openings.

You can learn more about the 2020 event via the link above. I hope we’ll see you in the pileups!

Fred, AB1OC

So Close – A 6m Opening to Japan from New England

Recently, we saw one of the best 6m openings between the United States and Japan that we have encountered here in New England. The image above shows contacts being made via the FT8 Digital Mode between Japan and the United States on June 18th, 2020 in the evening eastern time…

Source: So Close – A 6m Opening to Japan from New England

We’ve had a very good 6m Es Season this year. We’ve had almost daily openings to Europe and the Western United States. We recently came very close to a 6m opening from here in New England to Japan! The article shares information on contacts between the United States and Japan that were captured via PSK Reporter. The article above shares more about that opening.

Fred, AB1OC

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