[CTSARA] Field Day: SARA Comparison With GNARC

[Hugo W. Catta]

  Jon,

Congratulations for the successful Field Day operation!
SARA is doing a _fantastic_ work spreading the radio gospel and 
especially exposing radio to the younger blood.
I did not participate in Field Day this year. When I do, I operate CW.
What /high speed /modes with FEC where used at SARA's FD this year?
Fifty eight Q's on data is a good number considering the total data QSOs 
in any given Field Day.
How many Hams would you say can be ready to operate in an emergency 
using data compared to phone or cw?
See, there will be many more CW messages relied via Curacao and 
returning to Fairfield County via carrier pigeon than via high speed (on 
HF??) data. (I don't get it,...... why relay, why Curacao and why the 
pigeon?).
By the way, among others, one reason to keep practicing CW: You learn to 
listen not only CW but you learn to listen, period. Which is the 
_foundation_ of any good radio operator in any mode and VERY especially 
in emergencies.
Reading your comments I gather than you either do not operate CW or have 
not bother to learn it.
Out of curiosity, what would you include in a "go kit"... also what have 
you seen included in actual real world go-kits?

73,
Hugo - AA1XV


On 06/29/2010 01:22 AM, Jon Perelstein wrote:
> GNARC has just posted their preliminary FD results.  In many ways we outdid them, as follows:
> Phone:  SARA 1942 QSOs vs. GNARC 1596 QSOs  (both figures include GOTA but our numbers were higher in both the "for real" QSOs and the GOTA QSOs)CW:      SARA 530 QSOs vs GNARC 1106 QSOsDigital:  SARA 58 QSOs vs GNARC 0 QSOs
> Both clubs had comparable kinds of activity on the bonus points such as elected officials, field day messages, youth participation, etc.  SARA did pass formal NTS message traffic, which GNARC did not pass (and we did it via digital means).  Although we don't get Field Day points for it, at this Field Day we cemented the deal to teach a Ham Radio licensing course to a major served agency here in Fairfield County this fall.
> Clearly the big difference in points is going to be the CW QSOs (which are each worth 4 points versus 2 points for the phone QSOs), but we've started to make up that difference with increased use of digital modes (which are also worth 4 points each).  The difference is that in an emergency, we'll be able to meet the needs of our served agencies by passing data and handling logistics using high speed digital modes with built-in error correction while GNARC will still be relying on sending CW messages to Curacao so that the messages can then be returned to Fairfield County via carrier pigeon.
> Jon KB1QBZ
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