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2016 F IELD D AY R ECAP Field Day Planning Team July 5 th , 2016 Nashua Area Radio Club

Our Field Day Planning Team Member Call Leading Tom Mahon AB1NS Safety Officer, Station Master Fred Kemmerer AB1OC Field Day Incident Commander, Station Master Anita Kemmerer AB1QB Scoring Chairman Mike Rush KU1V Wire Antenna Chairperson (with help from Fred) Mike Ryan K1WVO Tower/Beam Co‐ Chairperson, Station Master Wayne Grant KB1HYL Tower/Beam Co‐ Chairperson, GOTA Station Master John Wight KB1RWI Station Master Don Risley KC1CRK Power Chairperson; Equipment Co‐Chairperson Merle Insinga W1MSI Food Chairperson Greg Fuller W1TEN Solar Chairman, Station Master Lee Hill N1BA Station Master Dave Michaels N1RF Equipment Co‐Chairpersons Murray Hensch K1MUR 10

Hollis Brookline High School Site Layout Leo • Maximize Tower Public Sat GOTA Food Info 20m Spacing Tnt BP • Dotted circles are Tower 1 ‐ SSB fall zones SSB/Digital Tnt1 • Aim all HF Antennas w/75 Inv‐V SSB & 70cm ATV 260 o Tnt2 • HF Tribander fixed mounted on CW tower Generator • Rotator on CW Tower for 6m Yagi 40m SSB • Must aim 70 cm V‐Beam Array Antenna on Tower 1 to NVRC Site (205 o ) • 7/8” Hardline to Tnt3 • Leo Sat Station on table (sun shade) Tower 2 ‐ CW • Public Information w/40m & 80m Inv‐V, Tent visible from 6m Yagi on parking lot Rotator • Place tarp under CW CW 6M Not to Scale generator Tnt 1 Tnt 2 Tnt 11

Field Day Highlights New items in bold • HF Antennas: • Two 40 ft. towers with Tri‐band Yagis • 40m V‐Beam Array; 40m, 75m and 80m Inverted‐Vs; GOTA Buddipole • A total of 7 stations (7A) on the air • HF : QRV SSB/ Digita l and CW on 80/75m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m • 20m GOTA Station • VHF: 4 Elements on 6m; QRV SSB Phone, CW and Digital (M‐S) • UHF: Demo of 70cm Digital ATV Link with NVRC Field Day Site • Satellite station – LEO Easy (FM) Sats • High Performance Wire Antenna Training on Saturday • Gourmet Meals at the N1FD Café (cold drinks 24‐7) • Field Day Tech Night Lots of opportunities to Operate and • Public Information Tent learn new things! Not to Scale 12

Score Summary Significant Improvement Over Last Year! • 2015 Field Day – 8A: 7,210 • QSO Score – 5,520 • Bonus – 1,690 • 2016 Field Day – 7A: 9,292 • QSO Score – 7,362 • Bonus – 1,930 Band CW Phone Digital 80m 41 228 40m 524 528 20m 612 192 Total QSOs: 15m 37 176 2,464 6m 97 70cm DATV 1 Satellite 1 2 GOTA 25 Not to Scale Total 1,214 1,247 3 13

Field Day 2016 What Went Well • Great participation, lots of help to setup! • Everyone operated hard – great participation through Saturday night! • Food was excellent! • Fox hunt and VHF/UHF stations were great additions! • Had several lifetime club members pay us a visit – it was nice to see these folks! • Filter Testing and New Coax helped us get out better • Will need to continue to invest here • Did a better job capturing bonus points • Multi‐band radios split between daytime (10m/15m) and nighttime bands (75m/80m) worked well • IC‐7300s were clean and performed well Not to Scale 14

Field Day 2016 What We Can Improve • Need more help on Sunday teardown and gear storage in BOB • Last minute no‐shows of two station masters • We recovered well – thanks to those who stepped in to help! • Some N1MM+/Radio glitches – will consider an IT Chairman for next year • Some relatively minor power setup and equipment assembly problems – we recovered well • Some more pre‐Field Day staging may help • BOB and some of the gear in it needs attention and re‐packing • Mike K1WVO has an excellent list • We need to fully test items for bonus points • Including on‐site tests where ability to get out could be in question • Interference between GOTA and other stations • Improved visibility with general public • Develop more CW Ops! – CW Training Classes Not to Scale 15

Field Day 2016 Under Consideration for Next Year • 6 Elements for 40m V‐Beam ‐ Only Kidding! • Will put up 6 masts next year! • Some sort of 80m Wire Beam • On site internet access, real‐time score sharing between stations • Possible 2M EME station • A third tower, antennas and digital only station(s) Not to Scale 16

Field Day 2016 A Final Message From The Incident Commander THANK YOU!!!! Not to Scale 17