[HCRA] HCRA Field Day - Schools St. Park, Agawam, MA - are you coming???

[Jim Mullen]

About seven days from now HCRA will be blasting the airwaves with "CQ
Field" day from School St. Park in nearby Agawam, MA. Our plans
have solidified to a 5A operation, perhaps even 6A, the usual superb four
towers with beams on 40, 20, 15 and 10 and dipoles for 80/75. a Saturday VE
session, lots of operators, KX2 raffle tickets and....

*FOOD!* *Alan/AB1XW will be serving up dogs and burgers, "on the house"
Saturday evening. A perfect way to stoke the fires for an all-night
operation.*

Read all the details and see the participants by clicking here
<http://www.hcra.org/field-day/field-day-2016/>.  After looking through the
list you'll see a few spots where we could use *YOUR* help. What would you
like to do?

1. We can make 100 points by simply originating an NTS message to our
Section Manager and up to an additional 100 points by sending 10
radiograms. Are you ready for the challenge? It's easy and shouldn't take
more than an hour at most. Want to give it a try? Contact Jim/KK1W for more
info.

2. Are you a good teacher? There's another 100 points on the table for
organizing an educational activity. It could be as simple as showing how to
get active on digital modes or constructing a wire dipole. Interested,
contact Jeff/NT1K or Jim/KK1W and we can get you going.

3. Finally, we can make up to another 100 points for "Youth Participation".
Any operator under 18, that makes at least one FD QSO earns HCRA 20 points.
If we get five youth operators we make another 100 points! How cool is
that? Remember they (or you) don't have to be licensed to operate at Field
Day. It's a perfect opportunity to expose youngsters to a hobby that could
shape their future. No need to contact anyone about this, grab a kid and
bring them to School St. Park. Time your visit just before Saturday
evening and have a burger or hot dog for your (and their) efforts.

Don't forget to pick up a KX2 raffle ticket while visiting Field Day. A
mere $10 donation could bring you a spanking new Elecraft KX2!

The weather forecast looks promising and plans are in place. What are you
waiting for, all we need is *YOU*!