[K3CAL] CARA 2026 ARRL Field Day — Everyone Welcome, Full Details Inside
jimmy mumper
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Fri Jun 5 12:50:11 EDT 2026
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On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM jimmy mumper <jimmymumper562 at gmail.com>
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> On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 9:50 AM Daire Hughes via K3CAL <
> k3cal at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>> 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 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 "
>>
>>
>>
>> *Daire Hughes - AC3KX*
>>
>> *dairevc at yahoo.com <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
>>
>> Regards
>> Nigel _ G0JKN/W3
>>
>>
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>> <https://link.getmailspring.com/link/[email protected]/0?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fgetmailspring.com%2F&recipient=azNjYWxAbWFpbG1hbi5xdGgubmV0>,
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>> On 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.
>> KC3MAA
>> *From:* 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 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
>>
>> Sent from Mailspring
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