[GCARC] Where the Field Day stations are in USA

[MARK]

Good Morning, 

What bands/modes still need to be covered? 

Mark 

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From: "Jim Wright" <jim.n2gxj at gmail.com> 
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Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 11:40:50 PM 
Subject: Fwd: Where the Field Day stations are in USA 


Any of you guys considering some field day action this year? 
You might find the attached interesting too..... 

(Modes - each considered separate band for score) 
BAND PHONE (1pt), CW (2pt), DIGITAL (2pt) 
23 cm x x x 
70 cm x x x 
1.25 M x x x 
2 Meters x x x 
6 Meters x x x 
10 Meters x x x 
15 Meters x x x 
20 Meters x x x <= serious ops 
40 Meters x x x <= serious ops 
80 meters x x x 
160 Meters x x x 

33 band slots available. Mark (Field Day Chair) handles requests/assignments. 
Max credit for up to 20 simultaneous transmitters for points, 
plus GOTA and plus Satelite, plus free VHF if want it. 

Boy Scout Troup 9 will be there camping Friday night June 26 - Sunday June 29. 
We will be there day June 28, night June 28, day June 29. 

Mark to pick who is handling the logging software and collecting the scores? 
Is it N3FJP's Field Day Log SW? Is Kyle to do the data merge afterwards? 

Bonus Points 
100 emergency power 
100 media publicity 
100 public location 
100 public info table 
10-100 handling messages 
100 satellite qso 
100 demo natural power (5 qso min to qualify) 
100 copy special CW FD bulletin from w1aw 
100 site visit by elected gov official 
100 site visit by served agency rep 
100 demo/activity (e.g. on-foot fox hunt) 
50 web submit of FD entry 
20-100 youth participation (18 or younger, min 1 contact ea) 
20-500 GOTA bonus (min 20 qso per operator) must keep list of operators 
Power mult of x2 if all with output power less than 150 Watts. 

Historically, "Big" stations tend to have most QSO on 20 meter and 40 meter bands. 




---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
From: Jim Wright < jim.n2gxj at gmail.com > 
Date: Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:28 PM 
Subject: Where the Field Day stations are in USA 
To: Mark Townsend < w2ocy.snj at gmail.com >, k2men < k2men at comcast.net >, "John Zaruba Jr. K2ZA" < k2za at icloud.com >, Jerry Jacobus < jjacobus2 at comcast.net >, Jeffrey Garth < jeff.garth at comcast.net >, Al KB2AYU < kb2ayu at verizon.net >, Merrill Brown < WK2GCW at gmail.com >, Chuck Colabrese < colabrese at comcast.net > 


Hi Mark, 
forward to the Field Day chairmen, please. 
While thinking about importance of Field Day directional antennas, the PDF attached shows various information about where field day stations tend to be, and the compass bearings to them. 
Have fun, 
Jim