Our weekly repeater net is held on Sunday Evenings at 7:30 pm. We will use a round-robin chat format – discussion topics will change each week. This is a great opportunity for all hams and Nashua Area Radio Society members to get on the air. EchoLink is available for those that don’t yet have a rig – search for N1IMO-R. Here is the repeater information:
The Nashua Area Radio Society held our first face-to-face event since the start of the pandemic when we gathered at Keyes Memorial Park in Milford, NH for ARRL Field Day from June 25th – 27th. Field Day 2021 was a great success! It was great to see all of the members who attended, especially those new members who we have previously only met over Zoom.
Station Setup
For a successful Field Day operation, it is important to have a detailed plan for stations, antennas, operating schedules, transportation, and even food. 3 weeks before Field Day, we met at AB1OC‘s and AB1QB‘s QTH to setup the stations, logging computers, and the network to make sure they all worked together. Similar sessions were held to test antennas and also train the teams on how to set up the antenna, tower, and stations and how to operate.
Doug, KC1OUY, Jon, AC1EV, Jim, K1BRM and Fred, AB1OC test out the Field Day Stations
As chairperson of the Station Team, I created detailed documentation of all of the station equipment and connections, trained the team on how to set up stations, and assigned specific roles. We were responsible for setting up the following:
4 HF Stations including coax connections to the antennas
The Satellite Station
The Network and all ethernet connections
The Generators and power distribution
Overhead lights and desktop lights and fans
The Food and Public Information Tables
The Station Setup Team included Jon, AC1EV, Jack, WM0G, Ryan, KC1MAJ, Jeffrey, KC1LWE, and Doug, KC1OUY. We had a great, hard-working team and got the stations set up in record time. We appreciate everyone’s hard work with set up as well as takedown. Special thanks go out to:
Jeffrey , KC1LWE for setting up the Satellite station based on my documentation – few if any changes were needed for Fred to get it to work once the antennas were connected.
Doug, KC1OUY for running all of the cables and making them neat enough so that they were not a hazard for all of the club members and visitors.
Ryan, KC1MAJ and Jack, WM0G for setting up “NARS P&L” – the power and lighting.
Jon, AC1EV for donating his station and helping to set up the HF stations.
Tower Team
Tower and Antenna Setup
The Tower and Beam teams did an equally great job at setup and N1FD was on the air before dark! We tested FT8 before sundown and were able to hear JA stations on 15 meters!
HF Tower with 10m-15m-20m Yagi and 40m and 80m Inverted-V Dipole Antennas
Mentoring and Training
Abby, AB1BY Provides Training on Fox Hunting
Training and Mentoring are an important part of Field Day. We have helped many new members to become licensed in the past year, but it important to help them get on the air as well. Field Day is a great opportunity for new Hams to help out with building stations and develop operating skills. The Nashua Area Radio Society accomplishes this through training and hands-on opportunities during Field Day. Before the official start of Field Day Operations at 2:00 pm Local time on Saturday, we held 2 Training Sessions, one on Satellite Operation and another on Fox Hunting.
Satellite Station Training
Field Day Operations
Our members enjoyed operating and kept the stations busy throughout the Field Day Operating period.
Jack, WM0G Operating at Field DayThe Trost Family -Thomas, KT0MAS, Ted, W1TED, Tory, K1VATAbby, AB1BY and Dave, KM3TJohn (W1MBG) and Joyce (KC1JMK) KesloJamey, AC1EV – Better known as “Abby’s Dad” Competes with her for the Top SSB Operator
Every now and then we get a really good 6m DX opening to Europe on the 6m Band from here in New England. This past Friday, June 4, 2021 presented us with just such an opening. This particular one may…
There were so many strong signals on 6m FT8 from DX stations in Europe, it was difficult to decide which station to call next! I was able to work the opening for most of the day on Friday and was rewarded with over 130 DX contacts into Europe. In addition, I was able to Work 3 new DXCCs and over 40 new Grids (over 30 of these Grids have confirmed on LoTW already)!
You can read more about last Friday’s 6m opening to Europe via the link above. Let’s hope we get some more good 6m openings for Field Day so we can make good use of our 6m Field Day Station!
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