The 2019 Thirteen Colonies Special Event begins today! There are stations in each of the states that grew from the original Thirteen Colonies plus two bonus stations – WM3PEN in Philadelphia, PA an…
K2K New Hamshire will be operating all modes on 160m – 6m (except for 60m) and on Satellites as well. We’ll have a QRP station (K2K/QRP) as well.
The 2019 Thirteen Colonies Special Event begins today. Get on the air and work all Thirteen Colonies as K2A – K2M and don’t forget the two bonus stations – WM3PEN and GB13COL. Have fun!
We will have lots of great activities for folks who are interested in operating on the VHF and above bands at Field Day 2019. Here are some of the activities that we’ll be doing:
Satellite Contacts using a Portable Computer Controlled Satellite Stations
Weak Signal SSB, CW, and FT8 Contacts on 6m, 2m, and 70cm
Fox Hunting using Radio Direction Finding (RDF) to find hidden 2m Radio Transmitters
Satellite Station, VHF+ Station, and Fox Hunting Training
Satellites at Field Day
Field Day 2019 Satellite Passes – Saturday
We will have a lot of great satellite passes during Field Day this year! The table above shows a summary for Saturday. Sunday passes are also very good! You can see view the passes and associated details in our 2019 Field Day Satellite Pass Book.
We are planning a serious VHF+ effort at Field Day 2019. We will be putting up a dedicated 40 ft tower with yagis, low-loss feedlines, and preamps for the 6m, 2m, and 70cm bands.
We will have several “Foxes” out during Field Day 2019. Fox Hunting (locating hidden transmitters using Radio Direction Finding) is a great way sharpen your RDF skills and have fun.
Training, Training, Training
Field Day Satellite Training
We will be offering training on all of these activities at the start of Field Day 2019. Training will begin at 11 am at the VHF+/Satellite Station Tent. We will cover Satellite Operating, VHF+ Operating, and Fox Hunting then.
Fox Hunting Training at Field Day
It might be worth coming to Field Day 2019 just for the training – Don’t Miss It!
Frequency accuracy and stability become more challenging for transceivers that operate at 400 Mhz and above. Our 4.0 Satellite Stations operate at frequencies approaching 1.3 GHz and we want to be sure that their frequencies are accurate and stable. We decided to add GPSDO Freqeuncy Locking to the Icom IC-9700 in our Portable Satellite Station…
We recently added a GPS Disciplined Oscillator (GPSDO) to the IC-9700 in our Portable Satellite Station 4.1. The addition was easy to accomplish and it locks our Icom IC-9700 Transceiver’s frequencies to the very accurate and stable clock from GPS satellites. You can read more about out GPSDO Frequency Locking project via the link above.
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