Hi All,
As we make final preparations for Field Day weekend, I have three quick
thoughts I'd like to share...
Whether you are a contester or not, please get on the air and make some Field
Day contacts this weekend!
Less than 74 hours from now, Field Day 2014 will be finishing up. Between now
and then, groups all over the continent are making final preparations, getting
equipment, generators, food, rigs and computers together, antennas airborne,
coordinating operating schedules and all the little things that make Field Day
go. In many cases they will be on the air for many hours, striving to both
show off the amazing hobby of Amateur Radio and turn in a competitive score.
It is a huge amount of fun and a heck of a lot of work! Please help reward
their great efforts by providing plenty of QSOs for their logs!
Even if you aren't a contester and you only have an hour to spare this weekend,
please fire up your rig and give as many stations as you can a contact. Every
group you call will really appreciate your QSO and it will make their Field Day
that much more enjoyable! In addition, you might be able to pick up a few more
states towards your Worked All States Award. If you are ambitious, it is very
possible that you can achieve the goal of working every state this weekend
alone!
For folks new to Field Day, if you are on a single transmitter home station
with commercial power, your exchange is simple. You'll simply send your Call,
your Class as 1D and your ARRL section. Just be aware you can't call other 1D
stations for contest points, but all the other station categories will love for
you to give them a call!
If you are new to Field Day, you'll find the complete rules here:
http://www.arrl.org/field-day
And if you would like to find a local Field Day group, this locator will point
the way:
http://www.arrl.org/field-day-locator
Encouraging visitors can change a life (and even affect yours)!
When I was 13 years old, a family friend took my Dad and me to a local Field
Day on a Saturday evening. That was my first exposure to Amateur Radio. I
didn't understand the significance at the time, but the guys had an amazing run
going as we arrived at their site. Still, they took the time to explain what
was going on, the exchange and they were completely willing to abandon their
run to encourage this shy, 13 year old to take over the mic. Anyone who has
ever been at the bottom of a pile up, running a frequency, knows the thrill.
They said I was a natural and I was hooked!
Had it not been for the positive, encouraging spirit of that great group,
willing to forego an awesome run for the sake of possibly encouraging a kid,
I'd very likely never have become an Amateur Radio operator. I wouldn't be
doing what I'm doing today and there would never have been N3FJP Software for
you to use. Those couple hours changed my life and hopefully, though my
software, has brought some added enjoyment to yours too!
If you see a visitor with a hint of intrigue in their eye, please offer them
that same gracious encouragement that was given to me. It's very possible that
you will be helping to shape a destiny and we will all be better for it!
Help for setting up Field Day networking.
If you are planning on networking the Field Day software this weekend,
hopefully you've already gotten your PCs / network equipment together before
now and have that configured to go. If you haven't, do it this evening! You
don't want to be troubleshooting Saturday morning with the clock ticking!
For those of you that still have that task ahead, these links will help get you
going:
General setup information:
http://www.n3fjp.com/help/networkinghelp.html
How to correct SQL Command errors:
http://www.n3fjp.com/faq.html#q69
If you are running multiple stations but aren't networking, here is how to
combine your log data after the contest:
http://www.n3fjp.com/faq.html#q65
Have Fun!
I am planning to run 1E (home station emergency power) from here at the house.
Kimberly and I hope to work you this weekend!
Above all, be safe, have fun and enjoy the Field Day experience this weekend!
There is nothing else like it!
73, Scott
N3FJP
http://www.n3fjp.com
Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging
software since 1997.
1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you
to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and
respect...
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