Field Day
Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday.
Field Day 2018 will take place on June 23 & 24.
NFARL's 2018 Field Day Chairman is Scott Straw, KB4KBS. Contact him at kb4kbs@gmail.com if you are interested in joining our 2018 Field Day Team.
Planning for Field Day 2018 is in its early stages. Check back here or contact Scott KB4KBS for updates.
Location
NFARL's Field Day activities will take place at Groveway Community Park (previously named Waller Park Extension), 160 Dobbs Drive, Roswell.
Talk-in to the site will be on 147.06 + (600k) with 100 Hz tone.
Greetings from the North Fulton Amateur Radio League Field Day Food Committee.
It's time for Field Day, and that means it is also time for our Annual Field Day Picnic. We will gather for the picnic at 6:00 PM on Saturday, June 23rd at Groveway Community Park, 160 Dobbs Drive in Roswell.
In order to be sure we have an accurate count for dinner, please RSVP by Tuesday, June 19, 2018.
If you are planning to attend, please send an email to FDFood@nfarl.org, and let us know:
Thank you for your response, and we look forward to seeing you at Field Day.
73,
Lynn - N4MSK
BSA Merit Badge Workshop
We will again offer the ever popular Scout Merit Badge Workshop. After you complete the workshop, we hope you stay around Field Day Saturday afternoon to see our operators at work.
For more details about the Merit Badge Workshop, click here.
Registration for the Merit Badge Workshop is open. Click here to go to the registration page in our Mart.
Operating Station Sign-up
GOTA
GOTA station slots may be reserved on-site only in :30 blocks. Current plans are to limit individuals to two blocks but that could change based on demand.
6m Station
Sign up here for an operating slot: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0b45aaaf29a64-sixmeter1
This link will take you to Sign Up Genius where you can sign up to work a shift on the 6M station. We can use both PH and CW operators on this station. "Dual threat" operators are especially welcome.
Prime times for this station are the first four and last four hours of the "event where a score is kept". The 6:00-10:00 PM and 6:00-10:00 AM hours can be good too, but only with someone vigilant sitting in the chair constantly calling CQ. To capitalize on any openings and activity, we will have an excellent antenna array tied to a Flex radio with a pan adapter that acts like a "fish finder" on the band. If you see a spike anywhere on the flat line, that is a station you need to snag. Once logged, you need to aggressively start calling CQ yourself on an adjacent, clear frequency.
The six-meter band is one where you create your own success by being a constant presence, and grabbing everything that pops up on the pan adapter. This station has the potential to add 200+ QSOs to the log, but only if we keep it constantly manned while the band is viable.
CW Stations
Sign up here for an operating slot: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0b45aaaf29a64-cwoperators
Our goal this year is to make 3000 QSOs between the two CW stations. That's going to require each station to make 60-65 Qs/Hr. Of course the more contact we log early on, the better off we'll be when things invariably slow down a bit over night. That is why I really want someone who is comfortable running 30-35+WPM in the lead-off slot from 14:00-16:00. This is going to be the busiest time of the contest and we need to make the most of it - something in the order of run rates in 100+Qs/Hr range.
The 18:00-20:00 shift may find some fun on 10M and 15M as the West Coast starts to see those bands open for them. Otherwise we'll be setting them up and knocking them down on 20M & 40M. If you can copy 20-25 WPM, we need you here.
Saturday night and Sunday morning from 22:00 to 02:00, I'd like operators who can at least sustain the one QSO per minute rate. At 18-20 WPM that is totally doable if you don't require a lot of repeats and fills. We will be milking all that we can from each of the higher bands as they start to peter out. This is the time when we are logging lots of W6, W7, KL6, KL7, and VE7 stations. We'll likely have one station locked on 40M and use the other to sweep through the upper bands before diving into 80M.
From 02:00-04:00 we'll likely be on 80M and 40M with an outside possibility that we may be able to get an antenna in place for 160M.
Remember, we will use keyboard macros for 90% of the sending, so all we really need are your good ears. We will make sure that you are well fed, well hydrated, and even well caffeinated as necessary.
Phone Station
Sign up here for an operating slot: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0b45aaaf29a64-allmode
Our goal is to make 1000+ QSOs on the PH station. To do that we need operators who can make a contest-style contact like this once every 60 seconds:
You: CQ Field Day K4JJ
Them: K4JJ this is W1AW
You: W1AW please copy THREE ALPHA GEORGIA, GOLF ALPHA
Them: K4JJ please copy TWO ALPHA - CHARLIE TANGO
You: W1AW QSL TWO ALPHA CONNECTICUT, 73, QRZ K4JJ
You can do it; easy-peasy. Coffee, soda, water, and snacks will be provided. Grab one of these last two slots while their available. You'll most likely be on 75 Meters which should be a hopping band during these hours.
City of Roswell Proclamation: Ham Radio Week in Roswell
Monday night June 11th at 7:00 PM during Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council, a proclamation will be read declaring the week of June 17-23 Amateur Radio Week in Roswell.
We would like to "pack the pews" (yes they have pews in the council chamber) with NFARL members. NIMBYs and Protesters who like to show their disapproval at council meetings do so by wearing RED. We want to show our APPROVAL of this action by the city by wearing GREEN. Be sure to wear your NFARL shirts.
The meeting tends to start on time and with the Pledge of Allegiance. Once proceedings begin, the first agenda item is usually proclamations like ours. The whole thing last 10-20 minutes. Once this is complete, they will customarily take a brief recess and we are free to leave.
Please plan to attend this brief thirty-minute activity, even if all you have in your closet is red shirts.
KB4KBS
Last updated
November 4, 2018
