[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Field Day Thanks

[William Hranicky]

The Alexandria Radio Club had a great annual Field Day (FD) on June 23 and 24, 2012. Weather was perfect. However, propagation was not our friend. For example, Don (KI4D) did not hear a single 6 meter station. Overall, our FD contacts were down from last year, but we proved that the Club can set up eight working stations and operate them for 24 hours. This was made possible by Band Captains (K5OTZ, N4CWP, KA4GFY, KF7IJZ, KV3W, KI4D, N8IK, and KF4BBT) who set up their stations…lot of great work went into them.

Thanks to Stephanie Adamy’s great effort, the FD food was super. Many thanks to her. 
Jeremy (KF7IJZ ) set up a totally independent 10-15 meter station operating only on solar power
We did two radio ARRL bulletins for points
Both days we had Cub Scouts working radios
We had first-timers on HF
We had newly licensed hams set up the Got-to-Get on the Air station
We had a variety of antennas (most worked very well)
We had 30 people attend, most worked a band station)
 As with last year, the 20 meter station worked the league
We worked stations from Hawaii to Serbia, even Puerto Rico
We had several stations operating the entire 24 hours
We had two CW stations bringing in contacts
We had a PSK station bringing digital calls
We had newspaper coverage
We had an educational table for the public, even the Alex police stopped by
And, we had a great time doing RADIO.
 
Thanks to Roy Wright (K4AXQ) our Webmaster for keeping FD information current on our webpage. Major lesson-learned – we need to do a better job in our antenna set-ups and placements.
 
Many THANKS to all that made this a great Field Day for 2012.
Jack Hranicky
K5OTZ
Field Day Chairman (now retired)