It’s now just a fond memory; Field Day 2016 is now in the books. Great fun, great food, great teams, and great results. It looks like our score will be up this year.
A wonderful visitor to Glen Park, David Brown, took the time to provide a unique view of Field Day with this Drone video. It’s 2 minutes long:
David will be talking about the equipment used to make the video at our next meeting!
NCRC’s Field Day 2016 page is up and running. For details on Field Day activities please click here!
The NCRC Intrepid DX Crew (thank you Willy) have been busy working needed DX stations. As of today, W1SYE has 98 confirmed countries in Logbook of the World. Only 2 remain before we obtain DXCC.
A list of the missing countries sorted by prefix can be found by clicking here
Club members have been very busy working DX on behalf of W1SYE. As of today, we have 93 confirmed countries. Seven more to go before NCRC is awarded its first DXCC Certificate!
There are a total of 339 DX entities that hams can work, so even when we get to 100, there are lots more to go. For a list of all the countries, including the ones we have already worked, please go check out this list.
By the way, ATNO, is a DX term that means “All Time New One”; a DX entity that you have never worked before on any band.
It was 71 years in the making — Newport County Radio Club has received its WAS certificate from the ARRL.
