[K3CAL] CARA 2026 ARRL Field Day — Everyone Welcome, Full Details Inside

Fri Jun 5 08:12:18 EDT 2026

I did a copy and pasted it into a Word document.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2026, 10:01 PM Nigel Fenton via K3CAL <k3cal at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> yeah its the reflector cant do "normal" text ;) i will try to re format it
> i dont know why it does this -
>
> will try again tomorrow
>
> Regards
> Nigel _ G0JKN/W3
>
>
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> On Jun 4 2026, at 8:40 pm, Dennis Dakin <lewis20657 at outlook.com> wrote:
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> Nigel,
>
>      This post is very hard to read.
>
> Dennis L Dakin Jr.
> KC3MAA
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> behalf of Nigel Fenton via K3CAL <k3cal at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 4, 2026 2:03 PM
> *To:* Calvert Amateur Radio Association - K3CAL <k3cal at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [K3CAL] CARA 2026 ARRL Field Day — Everyone Welcome, Full
> Details Inside
>
>
> CARA 2026 ARRL Field Day
>
> Everyone is welcome! Grab your family, friends, or neighbours — even grab
> the neighbours' friends — and join the fun at CARA for the 2026 ARRL Field
> Day. Stay all day or just for a bit. Stop by, leave, and come back. Stay
> all night, or show up Saturday, or Sunday, or both. Help set up, help clean
> up, get on the air, or just hang out. Do whatever works for you — so long
> as you stop by.
> Check out all the details below. Hope to see you there!
> (Brian, KB3WFV, wrote such a great opening for last year's FD that I'm
> shamelessly recycling it — full credit to him for the original spirit.)
> 73,
> Nigel — G0JKN
> ============================================================
> CARA FIELD DAY 2026
> LOCATION
> Broomes Island Community Center
> 4080 School Rd, Broomes Island, MD 20615
> TALK-IN — K3CAL REPEATERS
> 146.985 / 444.950 (PL 156.7)
> K3CAL-L on EchoLink
> ============================================================
> SATURDAY, 27 JUNE 2026
> SET-UP: 8:00 – 8:30 AM
> Help needed with: antenna mast, antennas, guy lines, feed lines, radios,
> computers, power cables, tables, food — pretty much everything.
> ON THE AIR BY 2:00 PM
> Operators welcome for five band-specific filtered stations: 10m, 15m, 20m,
> 40m and 80m.
>
>    - Any mode — SSB, CW or DIGITAL
>    - Bring your own headphones, plus 1/8" and 1/4" adapters
>    - You can bring your own radio and power supply if you'd like to use
>    it with CARA's antenna system
>    - ALL contacts will be logged by CARA's networked computers running
>    N3FJP Field Day software
>
> Please be considerate of those operating — move eyeball QSOs to the room
> across the hall.
> 3:00 PM — BOY SCOUTS EXPECTED
> Volunteer needed to prepare hot dogs for the Scouts.
> 5:00 PM-ISH — CLUB DINNER (POT LUCK)
> Bring something to share — see the food list below.
> We'll operate as late as operators want to stay. We have permission to
> stay overnight, but no one has yet committed to doing so. If you're
> planning to arrive late (after 9–10 pm), please check the K3CAL repeater
> first to see if anyone is still there.
> ============================================================
> SUNDAY, 28 JUNE 2026
> CLUB BREAKFAST — ?? AM
> Operations continue as long as we have interested operators, until no
> later than 2 pm.
> 2:00 PM (POSSIBLY EARLIER) — ALL HANDS ON DECK
> Tear-down, pack-up, clean-up, take out the trash, mop the floors. We can't
> leave until this is done — please don't leave it to the same handful of
> club members. Show up and pitch in.
> SUNDAY EVENING
> Recover from too much food, too little sleep, lots of contacts, and lots
> of fun with lots of good friends. Fall asleep dreaming about next year's
> Field Day.
> ============================================================
> SIGN-UP — WHO'S DOING WHAT
> Let's build the list below as people commit, so we can spot gaps early.
> Reply-all so everyone sees the running total.
> I thoroughly enjoyed last year and will aim to be there for the full 24
> hours. Anyone else up for the full stretch? Please shout.
> OPERATORS
>
>    - Nigel, G0JKN — aiming for the full 24 hours
>    - (reply-all to add yourself — band/mode preference welcome but not
>    required)
>
> RADIO ROOM — COMPUTERS AND RADIO SET-UP
>
>    - Nigel, G0JKN
>    - Daire
>
> ANTENNA FARM AND FEED LINES
>
>    - Jonathan
>
> ============================================================
> EQUIPMENT
> What's committed so far. Please reply-all to add yours, or to flag
> anything you can lend.
> RADIOS
>
>    - 2 x Kenwood TS-450SAT
>    - 1 x Yaesu FT-847
>    - Club HF rig
>    - 2 x Diplexers
>    - 5 x Band-pass filters
>
> COMPUTERS
>
>    - 4 x Dell laptops running N3FJP logging software
>    - Multi-port network hub
>    - Ethernet cables
>
> SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
>
>    - 2 x Generators
>    - Starlink internet connection
>    - Mains adapters
>
> ============================================================
> FOOD — POT LUCK
> If you're attending and participating, please bring something. It doesn't
> have to be cooked at home — grab something at the store on the way.
> Reply-all to add yourself to this list so we can see what's already covered
> and avoid duplicates.
> COMMITTED SO FAR:
>
>    - Nigel — 4 cases of bottled water
>
> ============================================================
> 73 and see you on the bands,
> Nigel
> G0JKN
>
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