Category Archives: Field Day

Congratulations to NCRC for OUTSTANDING WFD Results!

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Congratulations to Willy W1LY and the entire Winter Field Day crew for an OUTSTANDING performance in the 2019 Winter Field Day.  W1SYE came in 4th place nationally among all Outdoor stations.  We should point out that places 1/2/3 were for 6/4/4 transmitters — so two to three times the number of stations as our “2O” entry, which makes the performance even more exceptional.

In just the 2O category, as mentioned above, we were #1 nationally.  Only one other station in New England came in the top 10.

Sadly there was no other entry posted for RI, nor was there an entry from MA or VT.  There were two entries in Maine, one entry in Connecticut, two in New Hampshire.

Great job to all that participated!

NCRC Scores in Top 10 for Field Day 2018

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Under the leadership of Silent Key John King, WA1ABI, the NCRC Field Day 2018 effort was another one for the record books.  Using the call sign W1LY for the main stations, and W1SYE for GOTA, the club placed 10th nationally and in 2nd place in New England.  Please note that the top ten finishers are among all classes of stations (as many as 15 transmitters, we had 2).  Here is the list published in the December QST:

So how significant is 10th place?  There were a total of 2,903 stations competing so NCRC placed 10th out of 2,903 entires.  Within our own 2A class, we were second place nationally, out of the more than 1,200 stations in that category.  Only 403 more SSB contacts, or 202 more CW contacts would have gotten 1st place in category 2A.

John, you will be missed in future years, but you did an excellent job of showing us how to run the event safely and smartly.  Thanks to all the operators, the folks that helped setting up and taking down, and the wonderful cooks that kept us all on our feet.

Deadline for Field Day Dinner Reservation June 19!

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Every year our food crew (Ed W1NQH and Brian N1TBT) are nice enough to feed all the hungry souls that help setup and operate our stations, as well as a full club dinner on Saturday night at 6 PM.  The food is wonderful, and we can pay it forward by letting Ed know who and how many will attend the dinner.

The easiest way is to fill in the information on this webpage and click on the SUBMIT button, or if that doesn’t work for you, please email Ed at:  edward.gosling@cox.net  If you aren’t planning on being there, please enter a zero 0 in the dinner count field.

Meeting Reminder: Monday May 14 7PM at KVH

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Just a reminder that our regular club meeting will be this Monday May 14th at 7 PM at KVH.

We will be discussing plans for Field Day (June 22-24 in Glen Park, Portsmouth) as well as our usual business meeting.  Assuming the regular meeting ends quickly we will be showing a video “The Last Big Field Day” about a Maryland FD with 50 transmitters on the air (the ARRL changed their rules the year after which is why it was the last “big” field day).

Hope to see everyone there.