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

Fri Jun 5 09:49:11 EDT 2026

Good Morning Everyone.Here is Nigel's Field Day 2026 Welcome message in plain text:
" CARA 2026 ARRL Field Day
Everyone is welcome! Grab your family, friends, or neighbors — even grab the neighbors 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 2026LOCATIONBroomes Island Community Center4080 School Rd, Broomes Island, MD 20615TALK-IN — K3CAL REPEATERS146.985 / 444.950 (PL 156.7)K3CAL-L on EchoLink============================================================SATURDAY, 27 JUNE 2026SET-UP: 8:00 – 8:30 AMHelp needed with: antenna mast, antennas, guy lines, feed lines, radios, computers, power cables, tables, food — pretty much everything.ON THE AIR BY 2:00 PMOperators welcome for five band-specific filtered stations: 10m, 15m, 20m, 40m and 80m.Any mode — SSB, CW or DIGITALBring your own headphones, plus 1/8" and 1/4" adaptersYou can bring your own radio and power supply if you'd like to use it with CARA's antenna systemALL contacts will be logged by CARA's networked computers running N3FJP Field Day softwarePlease be considerate of those operating — move eyeball QSOs to the room across the hall.3:00 PM — BOY SCOUTS EXPECTEDVolunteer 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 2026CLUB BREAKFAST — ?? AMOperations continue as long as we have interested operators, until no later than 2 pm.2:00 PM (POSSIBLY EARLIER) — ALL HANDS ON DECKTear-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 EVENINGRecover 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 WHATLet'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.OPERATORSNigel, 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-UPNigel, G0JKNDaireANTENNA FARM AND FEED LINESJonathan============================================================EQUIPMENTWhat's committed so far. Please reply-all to add yours, or to flag anything you can lend.RADIOS2 x Kenwood TS-450SAT1 x Yaesu FT-847Club HF rig2 x Diplexers5 x Band-pass filtersCOMPUTERS4 x Dell laptops running N3FJP logging softwareMulti-port network hubEthernet cablesSUPPORT EQUIPMENT2 x GeneratorsStarlink internet connectionMains adapters============================================================FOOD — POT LUCKIf 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,NigelG0JKN "

Daire Hughes - AC3KX

dairevc at yahoo.com

    On Friday, June 5, 2026 at 08:13:25 AM EDT, Phillip Nelson via K3CAL <k3cal at mailman.qth.net> wrote:  

 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
RegardsNigel _ G0JKN/W3

Sent from Mailspring, the best free email app for workOn Jun 4 2026, at 8:40 pm, Dennis Dakin <lewis20657 at outlook.com> wrote:
Nigel,
     This post is very hard to read.
Dennis L Dakin Jr.KC3MAAFrom: k3cal-bounces at mailman.qth.net <k3cal-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Nigel Fenton via K3CAL <k3cal at mailman.qth.net>Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2026 2:03 PMTo: 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 2026LOCATIONBroomes Island Community Center4080 School Rd, Broomes Island, MD 20615TALK-IN — K3CAL REPEATERS146.985 / 444.950 (PL 156.7)K3CAL-L on EchoLink

============================================================SATURDAY, 27 JUNE 2026SET-UP: 8:00 – 8:30 AMHelp needed with: antenna mast, antennas, guy lines, feed lines, radios, computers, power cables, tables, food — pretty much everything.ON THE AIR BY 2:00 PMOperators 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 EXPECTEDVolunteer 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 2026CLUB BREAKFAST — ?? AMOperations continue as long as we have interested operators, until no later than 2 pm.2:00 PM (POSSIBLY EARLIER) — ALL HANDS ON DECKTear-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 EVENINGRecover 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 WHATLet'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

============================================================EQUIPMENTWhat'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 LUCKIf 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,NigelG0JKN
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