[K3CAL] CARA Activities

[Shawn Donley]

For NVIS Day, a useful link is https://hamwaves.com/nvis/en/index.html where you can find the maximum usable NVIS frequency which changes by the day and hour.

N3AE

>     On 03/05/2021 11:15 AM Dave via K3CAL <k3cal at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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>     [ARRL Field Day]
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>     Field Day will be June 26 and 27.  See   Field Day (arrl.org) http://www.arrl.org/field-day#rules  for rules and entry requirements.  2021 Rules have not been posted yet.  Further information as it is released.
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>     [Image result for NVIS Antenna Day. Size: 249 x 160. Source: allevents.in]
>     NVIS DAY IS APRIL 25th.
>     Join Dave KB3RAN on April 25th at a location TBD for supporting this event.  Locations in the past have included King's Landing Park, Chesapeake Ranch Estates Airport, Calvert Marine Museum grounds.  Looking for a sideband voice station.  Dave will run PSK ops.  Please contact secretary at k3cal.org for more info or to volunteer.  Low key and fun; a great opportunity to test out field expedient antennae. 
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>       Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) will sponsor “ NVIS Antenna Day http://www.qsl.net/ash_ares/NVIS20APRIL202015.pdf ” on Saturday, April 25. The idea, said Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Stan Broadway, N8BHL, is to determine if the sometimes-vaunted near-vertical incidence skywave — or NVIS — concept really works as an antenna for emergency communication on HF.   NVIS http://www.arrl.org/nvis , is a technique that allows using HF for highly reliable short-range communication.
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>     “We are encouraging groups in every Ohio county to devise several portable NVIS antennas that they think will perform, and then actually test them on the air,” Broadway said. The program grew out of an annual antenna party in Ashtabula Count that has been both operating event and early spring picnic, Broadway said. Participants “found a vast difference in actual antenna performance, and have been able to narrow down their choices for a real emergency setup,” he explained.  Ashtabula County Amateur Radio Club-ARES http://www.qsl.net/ash_ares/  is sponsoring NVIS Antenna Day.
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>     Ohio ARES NVIS Antenna Day will begin at 1400 UTC with operation on both 40 and 80 meters at 100 W, “as you might during a real emergency,” Broadway said. “While a typical session might go through the afternoon, there is no official closing time.” He pointed out that those taking part in NVIS Antenna Day don’t have to set up completely portable or remote stations, the location should offer sufficient space for several antennas and be in a fairly quiet RF environment.
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>     Suggested frequencies are 7240, 7244, 7248, and 7250 kHz, and 3850, 3870 and 3930 kHz on SSB and 3585 and 7072 for digital modes, all plus or minus existing activity.  
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>     From    Ohio ARES (arrl-ohio.org) http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/nvis.html
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>     Dave
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