[K3CAL] My impressions of Field Day + MD QSO Party + August Library Display

[Dave]

First off, thanks to all that participated, planned, donated, or any way supported CARA Field Day this year.  It was a tremendous success! Lots of cooperative antenna and station building on site on Saturday morning.  Great food. A nice cool indoor site to operate from. We had a visit from an elected official, Chris Gadway, County Commissioner who presented an Amateur Radio month proclamation and a challenge coin to our president.  Retired Deputy Craig Kontra candidate for county sheriff also visited.  Our Section EC Jim Montgomery WB3KAS and Wanda Montgomery KA3AHI came bearing gifts for our newest ham and a few others, along with some stickers and such.
Lots of folks showed up early Saturday morning to erect antennae and get power to our 3A operation. I think we had 6 different antennae up by noon.  Norman KN3D set up a VHF/UHF/HF antenna station for our GOTA station. Dale KC3RKP provided a great burger lunch then a full dinner of barbecue and turkey.  Dick AE3DT brought his famous breakfast casserole Sunday morning.  So, we ate well and often. Plenty of water and drinks were available. Dave KB3RAN operated from a solar panel and battery all weekend on PSK31 digital mode.  We had 191 contacts on 4 bands.  98 CW, 59 Phone and 34 Digital contacts were submitted to ARRL.  We had 3 overnighters on site:  Norman KN3D in his Winnebago, Dale KC3RKP and Debra in his travel trailer, and Dave KB3RAN in his Roadtrek campervan.  We had many stay at the end to help tear down the stations and antennae.  Thanks for everyone's help there also. Dick AE3DT made sure the place was swept and the trash was removed.  Oh, and the weather was just about perfect for a Field Day weekend.  
Our display table set up by Dave W3PQS and designed by former member Monica Noell KC3DAS was well received, and many stopped by to pick up information.  We will move some of this material to the Calvert Library in Prince Frederick on August 1st for a month.  Do I have any volunteers to help me put it up that afternoon? And do you have any old/historic/interesting ham radio artifacts to share with the public for a month?  Nothing too large for a display case, please.  I'd like to see CARA members QSL cards on display.  I'm also looking for a picture of Chris Kirby KB3CLG SK to share a memorial there. Please contact me at secretary at k3cal.org with items to be picked up.  
Maryland QSO Party is coming up on August 13th 10:00 AM to 12:00 midnight EDT.  There are no restrictions on power supplies and such for this.  Where do you want to operate from? 



Dave HardyCARA Secretary
I'm sharing the log of folks that signed the logbook on Saturday.  Let me know if there are errors or corrections or additions to it, please.
*Dave Hardy     KB3RAN     CARA SECT*Andrew Charland KC3WRX*Dick Terlisner        AE3DT  Site CoordinatorBill Hackett        N3XMZ    CARA PRESBob Sheskin    N3PPH    Network Coordinator*Norman Dean KN3D    GOTA Station*Dale Geisweidt        N3ILH    *Dave Weaver    W3PQS    FD Coordinator*Matt Orr    N3IVKDon Kirby    KR3A CARA Station Trustee*Dave Steffee    KC3RWTRobert Carver KD4PSP  Visitor  (819 Cable Court Owings, MD 20736) Nicaens? Carver VisitorMargaret Lipscomb  VisitorLindsey Lipscomb VisitorPhillip Nelson NO3N new member?   102 Wilson Rd Huntingtown, MD 20639 Chris Gadway   Visitor  Calvert County Commissioner with Proclamation for Amateur Radio Month*Shawn Donley N3AE   Calvert ECCraig Contra Visitor  Candidate for Sheriff*Ed Zumstein    WB6NCO Jim Montgomery WB3KAS MDC SECWanda Montgomery KA3AHI MDCASM HOSP PROPatricia Terlisner Visitor*Dale Sollers KC3RKP Food CoordinatorDebra Sollers Visitor*Brian Kress KB3WFV    CARA Net ControllerLisa Kress Logger
On Sunday we added:Steve Hemplling N3IPN visitorRichard Haloska KK4VXY? Visitor from Clemson SC  (Cannot confirm this callsign)Erik Johnson KC3QQD 

* are those who showed up as operators in the logging software or were observed operating.
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