[FCARC] Update: Field Day 2013

[Craig Szczublewski]

It was nice to see many of you up to the Monroe Hamfest this morning. 
Definitely some good deals to be had for last minute Field Day supplies.

Field Day 2013 is less then one week away.  I wanted to give you an update on 
who we've heard from regarding running this year.  So far, we have the following 
confirmed stations:

Craig Szczublewski - KD8KBU - PSK31/RTTY on any available HF
Brian Chaffins - KC8ZBC - PSK31/RTTY on any available HF
Doug Abramczyk - KD8NAU - HF Phone
Bryan Patterson - KB8ELG/AB8RC - VHF (6m) phone, HF phone on available bands
Lindsay Infante/Angela Infante - K8LI/KB2AVN - 40m phone
Ben Murray - KD8JBS - HF Phone
Tom Servoss - KC8UOM - 10m phone

Still no takers on GOTA, so we just may not be running a GOTA station this year.

With W8AN unable to attend, we also lose a dedicated CW station.  If anyone is 
interested in running CW, it's a great way to get 2 points per QSO.

A few people have asked, and I do have a couple spare laptops for logging which 
I will bring along.  I tested out the 2.4GHz WiFi hotspot we used last year and 
all seems to be well.

For anyone running and using the logging software, here are a few helpful links 
for entering QSOs and a list of section codes for the contest:

http://k8bxq.org/tmp/fdlogmanual_excerpt.txt
http://k8bxq.org/tmp/arrl_sect.txt

Last, more info on Field Day 2012 can be found here:
http://www.arrl.org/field-day

The rules and scoring packets can be found here:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2013/2013-FD-Packet-V3.pdf

Hope to see you all at the Club meeting tomorrow evening!

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Craig Szczublewski - KD8KBU