Tom Rupp, KU8T created the video below of the FWRC 2013 Field Day operation:
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FIELD DAY WRAPUP:
The 2013 addition of the ARRL Field Day activity is in the record books! Once again, the Fort Wayne Radio Club has made me the proudest club president in the state. We all came together, got the stations up without any incidents, operated for the full 24 hours, and took down the towers again without any safety concerns. Here are some of the highlights:
Attention all operators:
During the past two activations of IMO SKYWARN quadrant two, the ACARTS 146.88 MHz repeater experienced intermittent transmitter failure. The most recent occurrence was at about 9 p.m. last night, June 24.
Please be aware that if the 146.88 MHz repeater exhibits the same issues during the severe weather expected today and tomorrow, the active net control station (whoever it is at the time) will move SKYWARN operations to the FWRC 146.76 MHz repeater.
This decision will be made on an as-needed basis. Ideally, however, if the issue arises early in the operation, SKYWARN will change frequencies sooner, rather than later, to avoid dealing with the issue during potential periods of heavy spotter reporting.
Photos from the FWRC 2013 Field Day operation are available in our photo gallery.
The Fort Wayne Radio Club’s Field Day 2013 station will be located at Dolnick Learning Center on the north campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (northeast of the intersection of Stellhorn and St. Joe Roads). Use your GPS to get to that intersection and then refer to the campus map below. The best entrance is Dean Dr. from St. Joe Road (first traffic light north of Stellhorn Rd.), except that visitors coming from the east on Stellhorn Rd. might pefer to enter on Sirlin Dr. from Stellhorn Rd.
(Webmaster’s note: The text below is a verbatim excerpt of the most recent email message FWRC President Steve Nardin, W9SAN sent regarding plans for Field Day. Sorry about all the capital letters. That’s how Steve typed the email and I didn’t have time to reformat.)
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OTA PLANNING MEETING 13 JUNE 2013
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Current helpers:
Food: W9LAN + KB9DOS + KB9DEB (others needed)
GOTA Station: W9BJG
PR Material: W9BJG
cOMPUTERS: need helpers (logging programs and networking; screen reader SW)
CONFIRMATION RECEIVED: DOLNICK IS OURS FROM JUNE 21 @ 7 PM TO JUNE 23 @ 4 PM
THANKS TO DAVE JONES, KC9TIK, & LARRY TEMENOFF, KB9OS!!
FIELD DAY & QRP NIGHT & FWRC MEETING: JUNE 21, 22, 23 DOLNICK LEARNING CENTER
VEC LICENSE TESTING ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON SATURDAY, HOG ROAST
SUNDAY MORNING, FIELD DAY BREAKFAST
(WITH BLUEBERRY PANCAKES!!)
ALSO LOOKING AT BOY & GIRL SCOUT VISITS
ARRL FIELD DAY LOCATOR SYSTEM: W9SAN LOADED TODAY; WORKING OK! WWW.ARRL.ORG
NEED TO PLAN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SATURDAY AFTER VEC TESTING.
PR INFO PACKAGE READY TO GO OUT: W9BGJ
RELATED: I HAVE 11 x 17 FIELD DAY POSTERS. DOES ANYONE HAVE A PLACE THEY COULD POST
ONE OF THESE? PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME!
(A BLACK AND WHITE PDF FILE OF THIS WILL BE SENT OUT FOR ALL TO PRINT AS NEEDED)
STATIONS PLANNING:
KC9MUT: 20 M SSB W/YAGI
W9BJG: GOTA
K9FMX: 40 CW
KB9W: DIGITAL STATION
W9SAN: VHF STATION; 6&2
KU8T: SET UP STATION
NEED OTHER STATIONS FOR 80 / 160 / 15 / 10 METERS
BATTLE CRY: BEAT INDY!!!! WIN INDIANA!!!!
FRIDAY NIGHT: Arrive approx 5 pm with equipment
Start club meeting at 7 pm
If possible, start setting up stations; QRP radios to the air
If tents setup, owners should stay all night
SATURDAY: Arrive to start setup at 8:30 am
VEC testing from (9) to (11)...someone please get me this information
Field Day starts at 2:00 pm
Hog Roast at 5:30 pm
Run and log contacts all night!
SUNDAY:
Field Day Breakfast, 10:00 am (?) probably
Shut down operations at 2:00 pm
Take down stations and be gone by 4:00 pm
Other items: please e-mail W9SAN@ARRL.NET
Planning on attending either activity? Please let me know! Thanks.
June 8 and 9, FWRC participated in the ARRL VHF QSO Party, the biggest VHF & up contest of the year. Because we did not receive confirmation to use Dolnick Learning Center at IPFW, a last minute change was made to operate from the QTH of Steve, W9SAN. We put up a temporary 30 foot tower with 6 and 2 meter yagis, set up stations in the trailer and my garage, and operated from 2 pm Saturday to 2 pm on Sunday. Despite bad propagation, we all had fun and made a decent number of contacts. We also put up a tripod and extendable mast for 432 and made several contacts on that band, too.
Special thanks to:
K9FMX
KC9MUT
N9WLW
KC9EZP
KB9WWM
KC9OAX
K9RFZ
We also had a chance to Elmer a new ham by checking out his new QRP rig and making new key and power cables for him. (AC9EZ).
The June 2013 Issue of the Allen County HamNews newsletter is now available for download using the link below. This and previous issues are also available for download by clicking the “Files” link in the main menu and then clicking “Newsletters.”