I want to thank everyone who helped with Winter Field Day 2024. NCRC operated 1O phone only (1 station, outdoors) this year instead of the usual 2O phone & CW. We completed 748 HF Contacts, 1 satellite QSO, and sent and received 1 Winlink Message. We did not have the best weather this year. Weather was fine on Saturday, but Sunday was raining all day and cold. However, it was nice and cozy in ticket booth shack. Midnight to 8 am we had no operators so we had to shut down the station. Again, Thank You to all.
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Dave Neal W2DAN
Category Archives: Contests
New to Morse Code? Give K1USN SST a Try!
Regular practice is a key part of improving Morse Code proficiency. Simply doing endless recorded practice sessions becomes boring after awhile and doesn’t mimic real-world band conditions very well. For those trying to grow your CW speed to 15 to 20 WPM, participating in the K1USN SST mini-contests is a sure fire way to improve both your sending and receiving skills.
Fridays 20:00-21:00 UTC: 4-5pm EDT
Mondays 00:00-01:00 UTC: 8-9pm EDT
80 meters 3.528 – 3.545 MHz
40 meters 7.028 – 7.045 MHz
20 meters 14.028 – 14.045 MHz
15 meters 21.028 – 21.045 MHz
10 meters 28.028 – 28.045 MHz
The contest exchange is quite simple. Stations will exchange their call signs, name and state. Give it a try!
New England QSO Party May 2-3
Want to help other stations work RI and gain points for the New England QSO party, check out the rules here: https://neqp.org/rules.html
Congratulations to NCRC for OUTSTANDING WFD Results!
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!
Winter Field Day Underway
Right on schedule at 14:00 EST, W1SYE was on the air for Winter Field Day from Glen Park in Portsmouth. Willy W1LY and helpers made short work of the setup, and had two ladder line antennas in the trees, and two tents setup for operation by noon. There was some concern about HF noise from a new generator, and the noise went away when it was swapped out. And as you might expect there was a scramble to get the logging computers up and going.
Two tents and two simple multiband antennas
Things were working well later this afternoon. Reverse Beacon Network spots indicated that the CW tent was putting out a fine signal
The gang is busy on phone during WFD — that’s a new tech (waiting for license) at the mic
Bob WB4SON made a satellite (only one allowed) with N1FD who was 4O NH (4 transmitters Outdoors in New Hampshire). The first satellite pass happened 13 minutes after the contest began, and the contact was in the log as soon as the satellite was above the horizon.
Satellite Antenna (crossed 2m/70cm beam)
2m/70cm all-mode radio, laptop to correct Doppler, and 30 AH Battery inside truck (warm)