[HCRA] Field Day with the HCRA

Sat Jun 4 08:46:53 EDT 2022

Hi Lauren,

Great on you staying all weekend. I'll be there with my little camper and I
think W1TRK will be in his tent and I think one or two others too.

For staying over, you'll need your own breakfast and lunch on Saturday and
we usually all pitch in for dinner Friday night for pizza or something. The
rest of the meals the club provides.

There will be plenty of people here that can help you get comfortable with
the logging program and how everything works. Often on SSB especially,
there will be someone at the mic and another person logging. Often the
logger coaches the person at the mic.

We're not high stress contesting. It's more a teaching and fun contest that
a run at first place. So you can make your own pace and enjoy it too.

Obviously dress for the weather. I used to tell my scouts be prepared for
10 degrees colder than predicted and 10 degrees hotter as they weather
people seldom get it correct. Always have rain gear and the lawn tends to
be damp in the mornings, so appropriate footwear, bug repellent, sun
screen, folding chair, sun hat plus the usual.

I put you down for pulled pork that you'll be bringing.

The group will start setting up around 1 pm on Friday. I probably won't be
there that early myself, probably more like 3-4 and will be there through
the end on Sunday.

We're good on computers, radios and generators now. But feel free to bring
anything you think you or the club might need or want. It's better to have
and not use.

Thank you for volunteering. You will have an enjoyable weeked!

Larry, W1AST

   - ARRL WMA ACC
   - HCRA President
   - Visit my Ham Radio club website at: www.HCRA.org
   <http://www.hcra.org/>
   - Team K2H - 13 Colonies Massachusetts State Manager
   - Project Big E 2022 Organizer

On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 9:24 PM Lauren Kelley <laurenkelley413 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey Larry,
>
> this is lauren ke1dw.  Tonight I’m helping at a scout camp out and missed
> the meeting.   I’m available for the entire weekend and will help set up,
> operate, and will bring some food like pulled pork to share.  I was hoping
> to fill in and watch operators before i jump in  as I haven’t done a lot of
> contesting.  My last field day was 2002 or so.  I am a skilled operator
> though and have done cw. I would be interested in hearing about the setup
> like if a computer is used to reply.  I will be staying over in my van
>
> Lauren ke1dw
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 31, 2022, at 6:19 PM, Larry Krainson <wb1dby at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > -------Hampden County Radio Association-------
> > -----------e-mail list (reflector)-------------
> > ______________________________________________
> > Attention All Hams,
> >
> > June 24-26th is Field Day weekend. It is the most fun ham radio weekend
> > event that everyone looks forward to. Will you be participating this
> year?
> >
> > Friday, June 24th at 1pm we start setting up. We need someone that can
> tow
> > 5000 lbs or more to tow the trailer from Southwick to the Field Day site
> > and then Sunday afternoon, tow it back to its storage location in
> > Southwick.  Can YOU help tow?
> >
> > We need help assembling antennas, erecting towers and organizing where
> the
> > stations will go. Can YOU help assemble?
> >
> > Are YOU available?
> >
> > Usually in 3-4 hours, 3 antennas can be built and mounted on the portable
> > towers and raised part of full way up.
> >
> > Join us Friday night as we stay over at the Field Day site.  Can YOU do
> > that?
> >
> > Saturday morning is complete antenna setup, setup tents and stations and
> > test everything. Plans are for 2 SSB stations and one CW station. Can YOU
> > help set up Saturday?
> >
> > Can you operate? The fun begins at 2pm Saturday and runs 24 hours to 2pm
> > Sunday. If you want to operate a certain block of time and a certain
> mode,
> > let me know when that is. We will have 40m SSB, 20m SSB and 40m CW. When
> > would YOU like to operate?
> >
> > Each year the HCRA does a Field Day picnic. Join us for hamburgers and
> > hotdogs and all sorts of good to go withs. We ask that you bring
> something
> > to share with everyone else food wise. What can YOU bring? Will YOU be
> > there? We need to know so we have enough food.
> >
> > We also need ops for the middle of the night between 11pm and 7 am. Are
> YOU
> > available then? A bunch of us will be camping out Saturday night too.
> Join
> > us? Bring your tent, RV or whatnot and spend the night at the Field Day
> > site.
> >
> > Sunday brings more operating to 2pm and then tear down. Are YOU available
> > to help?
> >
> > Please either reply to this email or email Larry, W1AST at
> W1AST at arrl.net
> > if you are available to help in any way for Field Day.
> >
> > We do have a workers and operators raffle again this year. Anyone who
> helps
> > or operates for 3 hours or more automatically gets a free raffle ticket
> and
> > could win a pair of Heil Proset headphones or a Soldering Station. The
> > prizes will be drawn once everything is taken down and stored back in the
> > trailer.
> >
> > YOU can make a difference and have fun at Field Day this year. Make new
> > friends and long lasting memories. Join the HCRA for Field Day 2022.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Larry, W1AST
> >
> >   - HCRA President
> >   - Visit my Ham Radio club at: www.HCRA.org
> >   <http://www.hcra.org/>
> >   - ARRL WMA ACC
> >   <http://www.hcra.org/>
> >   - Team K2H - 13 Colonies Massachusetts State Manager
> >   - Project Big E 2022 Organizer (https://nediv.arrl.org/project-big-e)
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