[HCRA] Field Day 2017 - Claimed Score / Stats

[Jeffrey Bail - NT1K]

Hello,

First off I would like to say thank you to all who helped by volunteering
with setup and teardown. I would also like to thank those who came out and
visited, operated, and to those who donated food, money for food and items
to be donated to the Springfield Rescue Mission. Without volunteers, none
of this would have been possible. Of course, we could always use more for
the future. Please considered volunteering for future HCRA events.

For HCRA, field day is really about having fun and showing the general
public just some of what amateur radio has to offer. A lot of visitors are
very impressed with our setup and what we could do. It seemed everyone
involved had a great time with great company, eating great food. It's not
about making contacts or points. It's about having a good time and it
appeared that everyone involved had a great time. Considered very
successful.

One of the aspects of FD is to make contacts and points. Even though the
ARRL doesn't consider FD to be a contest and they don't give out awards,
they assign points for contacts and bonus points for completing certain
tasks. They then publish the results in QST and online for all to see. It's
an excellent way to motivate operators to make contacts with each other.
Some do like the competitions between other field days and even with other
operators at the same site!

HCRA has posted claimed scores and summary on the Field Day 2017 web page

http://www.hcra.org/field-day-2017/

We made 4011 contacts giving us 10,958 points  (with power multiplier).
Along with the 1710 Bonus points, we have a total claimed score of 12,668
points. That is 3076 more points than compared to 2016. This is due to
having 450 more CW contacts, 861 more SSB contacts and having a dedicated
station to 20m SSB and a dedicated station for 15/75m SSB. Excellent job by
the operators!

For detailed stats, please checkout out stats page for 2017

http://hcra.org/fdstats/2017-ARRL-FD-W1NY/

Thanks again!

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Please enjoy your summer! Get on the air and have some fun!

HCRA will be back at it in September. Please stay tuned to the HCRA
website, facebook page and e-mail for more detailed information about
upcoming meetings and other HCRA events!

- Jeffrey Bail (NT1K)
Field Day 2017 Co-Chair