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Field Day 2011: Report and Results
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Results
Once again the club participated in the ARRL's annual Field Day
event. During a 24 hour period (2 p.m. Saturday June 25 to
2 p.m. Sunday June 26), hams in the US and Canada tried to make
as many radio contacts as possible using radios running on
emergency power (batteries, generators, solar panels, etc.). In
addition, we used the event to promote ham radio participation
to the general public, as well as our emergency support
capabilities to the public, elected officials, and emergency
response organizations, such as the Red Cross.
This year due to last minute changes we staffed only our main
station in the field behind the Governor Livingston (GL) High
School in Berkeley Heights at an elevation of 535 feet
atop the second Watchung Mountain.
At the GL site we ran 4 operating stations in portable shelters:
 | 1 VHF
station on 2 and 6 meters (single side band
voice and Morse code) using rotatable beams on a
tower and, |
| 3 HF
stations on 10 through 80 meters (one ran
mostly SSB, the second SSB and CW and the third
was a Get on the Air, GOTA, station).
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To make sure no one went
hungry, a kitchen -- complete with gas grill -- was setup to
provide cold beverages, meals, and snacks . Many folks
stepped in and nobody went hungry or without a chance to
operate.
With beautiful clear weather -- pleasant temperatures and just
the right breeze everyone had a great time.
The band conditions were excellent, threatened nastiness from a
CME a few days previous didn't happen, and 6 meter VHF was
spectacular. On HF all bands were very active with 15
meters providing a great, sunspot driven addition to this year's
activities.
The GOTA station was
also a success this year and, for the first time, honored Jerry
Sevick (SK) by use of his call, W2FMI, that, has been assigned
to the club.
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N2XJ finished #1
for Class 2A in NJ and
#47 nationwide for Class 2A. Our
station made 2,062 QSO's and
had a grand total of 6,120
points. We had a total of XX operators
who put N2XJ on the air.
A. N2XJ Results: Score Summary:
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CW |
Digital |
Phone |
Total | |
Total QSOs |
273 |
20 |
1769 |
xxx |
Total Points
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546
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40
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1769
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2355
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Claimed QSO
Score = 4,710
(QSOs x 2 multiplier) |
| Description |
Points | | 100% Emergency power |
200 | | Media Publicity | 100 | | Set-up in Public Place | 100 | | Information Booth | 100 | | NTS message to ARRL SM/SEC |
100 | | W1AW Field Day Message | 100 | | Formal NTS messages handled -
No.=10 |
100 | | Natural power QSOs completed |
100 | | Site Visit by invited served
agency official | 100 | Youth participation
Youth
operators=4
Youth participants=4 |
80 | | Submitted via the Web |
50 | |
GOTA Bonus
(W2FMI) |
180 | |
Total Bonus Points |
1,410 |
Total 2011 Score (QSOs and Bonus Pts):
6,120
[N2XJ
Final Total Score last year (2010):
2,264]
F-Station Comments
F-station operation was
greatly missed but all the planning in advance
paid off heavily in the excellent operating
environment at the Governor Livingston site.
Thanks to F-station manager Lou Alexander
(WK2I), both for his usual excellent planning as
well as the flexibility to make it all work
essentially flawlessly for the N2XJ site.
Thanks also to those
operators who moved from their F-station
commitment into operating slots at N2XJ.
Those, added to stalwarts at N2XJ, made for an
excellent Field Day.
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