[SMCARA] Field Day June 28 - 29

Fri May 16 13:42:02 EDT 2008

Radios:  I can bring the IC-735 and IC-751A from K3NAL.

Laptops: Same thing, I have 2-3 available.  These are old 386 DOS
machines, but they work for the logger.  Maybe K3DSP can tune them up
for us to make sure the logging works.

Generator: Probably taking up valuable floor space in Pete's garage. We
need a distribution system (multi outlets and extension cords) also.

Antenna:  I will bring the GRC-?? Army green antenna pole for hoisting
up a VHF ant, etc.

More as I think about it....

73 de Tom/W4OKW

Tom Clarke
Wyle Labs,  Aeronautics
NATOPS Program Support Specialist
USN/USMC National Airworthiness Office
Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-4.0P
(301) 995-3793/DSN 995-3793
Fax: (301) 757-6599
Cell (301) 904-2053
frederic.clarke at navy.mil

-----Original Message-----
From: smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric Heard
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 21:11
To: SMCARA
Subject: [SMCARA] Field Day June 28 - 29

St. Mary's County Amateur Radio Association presents:

Field Day 

June 28 - 29, 2008 

Always the fourth full weekend in June 

CQ St. Mary's County Hams de N3UH

This year the SMCARA will sponsor Field Day at the Hollywood VFD on
Three Notch Road in Hollywood, Maryland.

As your elected/drafted Field Day coordinator I need help in getting
SMCARA on the air and making points for Field Day.

BIG Tent: Garner --W3SI

Recreational Vehicle: help needed

Fooooooddddd: help needed

Grill: Me --N3UH

Needed Big Burly Ice Road Trucker dudes that can lift 3000 lb picnic
tables to set up under the tent!

Ladder Fire Truck for Antennae:Gene Talley N3NO

Power Generator: The club has one somewhere .

Radios:

Laptops with logging programs

Antennae:

Listed below are the abreviated rules and needs for Field Day!!!!! See
my notes. 

"2. Object: To work as many stations as possible on any and all amateur
bands (excluding the 60, 30, 17, and 12-meter bands) and in doing so to
learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions.
A premium is placed on developing skills to meet the challenges of
emergency preparedness as well as to acquaint the general public with
the capabilities of Amateur Radio."

>>>The object here is to have fun and invite people and make contacts.

"3. Date and Time Period: Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of
June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and ending at 2100 UTC Sunday.
Field Day 2008 will be held June 28-29, 2008."

>>>>2 pm Saturday till we all get tired and that is usually before the
end of the contest. 

"4.1. (Class A) Club / non-club portable: Club or a non-club group of
three or more persons set up specifically for Field Day. Such stations
must be located in places that are not regular station locations and
must not use facilities installed for permanent station use, or use any
structure installed permanently for Field Day. A single licensee or
trustee for the entry is responsible for the group entry. All equipment
(including antennas) must lie within a circle whose diameter does not
exceed 300 meters (1000 feet). To be listed as Class A, all contacts
must be made with transmitter(s) and receiver(s) operating independent
of commercial power mains. Entrants whom for any reason operate a
transmitter or receiver from a commercial main for one or more contacts
will be listed separately as Class A-Commercial."

>>>We will be class A. Transmitters?? Call Sign--Same as last year?

"

4.1.1. Get-On-The-Air (GOTA) Station. Any Class A (or F) entry whose
transmitter classification is two or more transmitters may also operate
one additional station without changing its base entry category, known
as the GET-ON-THE-AIR (GOTA) station. This GOTA station may operate on
any Field Day band, HF or VHF, but is limited to one transmitted signal
at any time."

>>>>>Good way to get non hams on the air. There is a complicated point
scheme in section 7.

7. Scoring:

"7.1. QSO Points 7.1.1. Phone contacts count one point each. 7.1.2. CW
contacts count two points each. 7.1.3. Digital contacts count two points
each

7.2.3. If any or all contacts are made using an output power up to 150
Watts or less, the power multiplier is 2 (two)."

>>>>This is the hard way to earn points. There will be a lot of QRM on
FD on SSB, however, if die hard CW hams are willing to set up a CW only
station in a trailer or something that nature let me know. A CW station
will rack up points for the FD total. Likewise with a digital station.
for racking up points.

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Easy points

Look at all these easy points!!!!!

"7.3.1. 100% Emergency Power: 100 points"

>>>>>The club generator gives us these points. Who has the generator?

"7.3.2. Media Publicity: 100 bonus points" 

>>>>>>>I need some one to be the Public Information Officer for this
event. Get the word out, advertise, put signs up, contact the
newspaper/radio etc...

"7.3.3. Public Location: 100 bonus points"

>>>>Fire Department location should take care of this.

"7.3.4. Public Information Table: 100 bonus points "

>

>>> Anyone???? Easy points here!

"7.3.5. Message Origination to Section Manager: 100 bonus points"

>>>Anyone????

"7.3.7. Satellite QSO: 100 bonus points "

>>>One day we will make contact with that darned Space Station! Anyone?

"7.3.8. Alternate Power: 100 bonus points"

>>>>Anyone have solar cells etc...

"7.3.9. W1AW Bulletin: 100 bonus points"

>>>Any takers? This should be an easy points.

"7.3.10. Educational activity bonus: One (1) 100-point bonus"

>>>>This is new this year and could be a topic of discussion at the next
club meeting. This would be a good way to get youth into the hobby.

"7.3.11. Site Visitation by an elected governmental official: One (1)
100-point bonus"

>>>>>I will personally vote for Steny Hoyer this election year if he
shows up this year at Field Day.

"7.3.12. Site Visitation by a representative of an agency: One (1)
100-point bonus (American Red Cross, Salvation Army, local Emergency
Management, law enforcement, etc) "

>>>> Red Cross has shown up during previous years, any chance of that
happening again this year?

"7.3.13. GOTA Bonus."

>>>Complicated see rules.

"7.3.14. Web submission. A 50-point bonus"

>>>Wow what an easy 50 points

"7.3.15. Field Day Youth Participation. 7.3.15.1. A 20-point bonus
(maximum of 100) may be earned by any Class A, C, D, E, or F group for
each participant age 18 or younger at your Field Day operation that
completes at least one QSO."

>>>>> This is new this year. Any Boy Scouts? Girl Scouts? CAP? Youth?
Your kids?

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Thanks for making it this far. There will be more to come. Feel free to
email me if I omitted anything. Hope to see you there.

73 N3UH

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