The East Bay RI Newspaper has published a story about our Field Day this year. You can see the post by CLICKING HERE.
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Field Day Updates
Field Day setup begins at 9 AM on Friday June 27, then on-the-air action starts at 2 PM on Saturday and finishes at 2 PM on Sunday.
The Field Day Page has been substantially updated with Operating Schedules and lots of supporting information.
Feel free to lend a hand during setup or take-down (hard hat and work gloves are a must), or stop in and see us while we are operating.
GOTA Operators Needed for Field Day
If you are a newly licensed ham (less than a year), or a ham that has been off the air for two years, your help would be greatly appreciated as an operator for our Get On The Air (GOTA) station, this Field Day (June 28 from 2 PM, until June 29 at 2 PM). See our Field Day 2014 Web Page for details. If you might be interested, please contact Bob, WB4SON
Third Place Finish for NCRC Field Day 2013
Newport County Radio Club/Sakonnet 49ers Placed 3rd Nationwide in Field Day 2013. Results of the top ten are posted below. Congratulations to all the operators and helpers!
This is the best finish and the highest score, along with the largest number of participants (back as far as the online records go). Prior to this the best finish was 7th place. Plus this marks the third time that we have finished in the top 10 nationwide.
| # | Call | Score | Category | QSOs | Power Mult | GOTA Call | Section | Participants | Club |
| 1 | K5UZ | 20,696 | 2A | 6,085 | 2 | KD5J | AR | 10 | Batesville ARC |
| 2 | W1NVT | 13,876 | 2A | 4,547 | 2 | W1PU | VT | 30 | Radio Amateurs of No VT |
| 3 | W1LY | 11,130 | 2A | 3,354 | 2 | W1SYE | RI | 64 | Newport Co RC / Sakonnet 49ers |
| 4 | N5KW | 10,754 | 2A | 2,685 | 2 | NN5Q | OK | 16 | Muskogee ARC |
| 5 | W5ZR | 10,538 | 2A | 3,171 | 2 | W5RZY | LA | 30 | LA Cane Field CC |
| 6 | WK5T | 9,554 | 2A | 2,631 | 2 | NM | 7 | ||
| 7 | W8AL | 9,424 | 2A | 2,240 | 2 | KD8XD | OH | 39 | Canton ARC |
| 8 | W7R | 9,306 | 2A | 2,791 | 2 | W7Y | WWA | 21 | Pacific Co ARC |
| 9 | N3IC | 9,278 | 2A | 2,696 | 2 | K3MZ | MDC | 17 | Randallstown ARC |
| 10 | W6KB | 9,254 | 2A | 2,832 | 2 | W6SG | SF | 42 | REDXA & Marin ARS |
The initial results reported by the ARRL indicated the club was in 4th place, but they have corrected their mistake.
Now Planning — Field Day 2014!!
You might notice that the timer widget on the right side of the page is now counting down from 367 days. That’s all the time between now and Field Day 2014 that we have left to plan! Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday, which would be June 28, 2014.
If you have comments about what went right or what went wrong with Field Day 2013 (now in the history books) you are invited to Thursday Breakfast at Chelsea’s, located next door to the Red Cross Center starting at 8:15 June 27th. Those comments will be used to assist in planning for next year.