We are holding an in-person Field Day operation at Keyes Memorial Park in Milford, NH. Here’s some more on our plans for Field Day 2021.
Stations and Antennas for Field Day 2021
We will be a 4A Station with the following Station available for members to use:
- 20m HF Station (All Mode, can do SSB Phone, CW, or FT8/FT4 Digital)
- 40m HF Station (All Mode, can do SSB Phone, CW, or FT8/FT4 Digital)
- 10m/15m/80 HF Station (All Mode, can do SSB Phone, CW, or FT8/FT4 Digital)
- 6m VHF Station (All Mode, can do SSB Phone, CW, or FT8/FT4 Digital)
- Computer Controlled 2m/70cm Satellite Ground Station (Can do SSB Phone and CW)
We will have a Tower up with a Triband Yagi and Wire Antennas to Cover 80m – 10m. We will have a 6m LFA Yagi up for the Magic Band. Finally, we will have a Computer-Controlled portable satellite station with Yagis for 2m and 70cm.
You can see a prediction of the Satellite Passes during Field Day here.
Station setup will take place on Friday, June 25th with on-site activities beginning at 11 am.
We will hold a training session on our Stations and other Field Day fun on Saturday, June 26th starting at 12:30 pm. Training will cover:
- Operating FT8 Digital and Using the 6m Station
- Operating Using the Satellite Ground Station
- Fox Hunting
Field Day Operations will begin at 2 pm on Saturday, June 26th, and go for 24-hours ending at 2 pm on Sunday, June 27th. We will take down our station beginning at 2 pm on Sunday.
We will be holding a Message Passing activity on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 pm. This is a great activity for Technicians – bring your HT and learn how to pass emergency message traffic at Field Day. Contact Aron at [email protected] for more information and to sign up.
Sign-Up To Operate!
Members can sign-up to operate in our Field Day forum.
Field Day Coaches
Field Day at the Nashua Area Radio Society is all about learning and trying new things. We encourage you to sign-up to operate our stations and to learn about modes and bands you may not have experience with. In addition to our planned training, we will have Field Day Coaches available to help you get started and learn to use our Station, and have fun operating.
Field Day Tech Night
We have held two Tech Night sessions to provide training on how to operate at Field Day. Members can view the videos and training presentations for these sessions on our Tech Night Page.
Visitors and the Public are Welcome
If you’d like to learn more about Amateur Radio, we’d like to invite you to visit us at Keyes Memorial Park during Field Day. Noon into the evening on Saturday, June 26th, and Sunday morning, June 27th, up until 2 pm in the afternoon would be a great time to stop by. We’ll be happy to show you around our site, answer your questions, and even get you on the air a bit if you’d like. Also, if you have an HT, bring it and you can hunt our Foxes (hidden radio transmitters).
Logistics for Field Day
We will be operating in the Open-Air Pavillion at Keyes Memorial Park. This will provide shelter should we have any rain. The Pavillion is one-air and this will facilitate safe social distancing and an outdoor environment.
We encourage everyone to get vaccinated for COVID-19 if possible before Field Day. Our site is set up to facilitate social distancing and we will have masks and sanitization supplies available onsite for those who need them.
Several members have graciously volunteered to handle Take Out food runs during Field Day operations. We will also have water and light snacks available.
If you have any questions about Field Day, please post them as part of this thread or email us at [email protected]. We hope that you’ll join us for Field Day!
The NARS Field Day Team
