Newport County Radio Club will be participating in Field Day at Glen Park this year as in all years past, however, due to the pandemic, it has changed from a large social event to a strict operating only event.  CW, Phone, and VHF operations will go on as usual with a strict one person per station rule.  If you are interested in operating please contact Willy W1LY@cox.net and let him know.

For those of us who are staying at home out of concern for COVID-19, you can still participate in Field Day personally, and help the club out as well.  The ARRL has modified the rules to make it easier to operate your home station using your OWN CALL as “1D” (Home) or “1E” (Home Emergency Power).  See the Field Day Rules for more details.  You can even work NE1RI (NCRC’s Field Day Station) on the air for points!  When you submit your log to the ARRL, please enter “Newport County Radio Club” in the “Club or Group Name” box.

Many people chose to do electronic logging, and N3FJP’s Field Day Log is what is used by NCRC for our contests. Those choosing to operate CW may prefer to use N1MM+.  And as always, paper logs are fine too (you submit a list of calls worked on each band/mode).

Don’t forget the various bonus points which quickly add up for small stations.  See the rules for a complete list, but the bonus items listed below add up to 750 points:

• 7.3.1 Emergency Power (for “1E”) 100 points
• 7.3.2 Local Media Publicity (send an article to the Patch, for example)
• 7.3.3 Section Manager Message (Bob W1YRC listening on 145.170 repeater)
• 7.3.6 Ten outbound NTS messages
• 7.3.8 Alternative Power (battery charged by solar/wind, etc)
• 7.3.9 Copying the ARRL Field Day Bulletin Friday night
• 7.3.14 Submitting your entry via the web
• 7.3.16 Social Media

We hope you can still enjoy Field Day at home and help out the club too!