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Field Day 2010

Field Day Update

Field Day Video from Newsday North Fulton

Report presented by Field Day Chairman Ian AK4IK at the July 20 club meeting

Congratulations on another successful event!!
Total attendance – 246 (just 13 below 2009)
Visiting dignitaries included Lynne Riley (Fulton County Commission) and Becky Wynn (Roswell City Council)
Outstanding food for the event – thank you Lynn Kahn, KJ4DYH; Shelia Staton, KD4NKE; and Steve Knittel, KC4YBO
Radio Merit Badges Earned – 19
Our total score – 9540 (up 1430 from 2009)
QSO Breakdown –
- 80m – 122 CW and 155 SSB
- 40m – 279 CW and 278 SSB
- 20m – 456 CW and 937 SSB
- 6 m – 180 SSB
- GOTA – 434 SSB
- Totals – 931 CW, 1993 SSB, 2924 total QSOs (up 653 total QSOs over 2009)

Field Day 2010 Preparations

Once again, Field Day is rapidly approaching. Field Day is the ARRL’s annual premier operating event for showcasing amateur radio’s capabilities during an emergency or disaster. This year the event, which always takes place the last full weekend in June, takes place June 26 and 27. This year’s theme is “I am a ham – The world is my playground.” Operating time runs from 2:00 PM EDT Saturday until 2:00 PM EDT Sunday, with setup and tear-down immediately before and after operations. Please plan to join us and play in our global playground for a few hours.

We’re gearing up for another fun and exciting Field Day. Last year we set a record (for the club, at least) for the number of attendees, with 256 visitors, and had the most-attended event in the country. This year we’d like to beat that number. We also plan to hold another Boy Scout radio merit badge class and have a delicious barbecue dinner Saturday evening. Oh, and we’ll probably operate some radio during the 24 hours, as well.

The station captains are soliciting for operators. Please respond to their requests and operate as much as you can. The station captains for 2010 are:

Link to 2010 Composite Field Day Operating Schedule

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the operating schedule

20m – Chuck Catledge, AE4CW and Steve Mays, KS4KJ
40m – Joe Camilli, N7QPP and John Kludt, K7SYS
CW – Mike Roden, W5JR and Bob Carroll, W3WG
GOTA – Wes Lamboley, W3WL
VHF/UHF – Bob Mantell, K4ESA and David Moore, KU4MT

If you have any questions about their stations or want to volunteer to operate (or help in other ways), please contact them directly.

If you have any general questions, comments, or suggestions about Field Day, please email fieldday@nfarl.org. If you have specific concerns, questions, or comments that should be brought to my attention, or would like to join the committee (we can always use more help!) please email me directly at ak4ik@nfarl.org.

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Thank you, and let’s make 2010’s event the best Field Day NFARL has ever seen!

73,

Ian Kahn, AK4IK
2010 Field Day Chairman

Bulletins from the Boss (AK4IK)

Radio Merit Badge Course

A Radio Merit Badge course will be put on by North Fulton Amateur Radio League on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at Waller Park Extension on Dobbs Road in Roswell. Unfortunately, registration for the class is closed.

Please check back in the fall for a class during our Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) event.

Also, please visit us at Waller Park Extention on June 26 and 27 to see what Amateur radio and NFARL are all about. We will be operating between 2:00pm Saturday and 2:00pm Sunday.

Location

Activities will take place at Waller Park Extension on Dobbs Road in Roswell from 2:00 PM on Saturday June 26 until 2:00 PM Sunday the 27th.

Talk-in to the site will be on 145.470(-) PL100.

Here is a map showing the park's location:

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