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Amateur Radio Newsletter covering Down East Maine Ham Radio Activities |
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Narraguagus Bay ARC - Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association - St. Croix Valley ARC |
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Aug 22, 2002 |
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Your Help is Needed at MDI Marathon! |
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Joint Field Day a Huge Success! |
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The Narraguagus Bay Amateur Radio Club and the Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association teamed up at the end of June for a joint Field Day weekend on the blueberry barrens of Deblois, Maine. |
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The two clubs set-up at the C&D facilities of Jasper Wyman & Sons, Inc. The blueberry industy giant was very generous and allowed us to use several cabins for equipment shacks, as they did for NBARC's 1999 Field Day as well. |
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This year, operators racked up 1,198 contacts: 600 CW and 598 phone, nearly doubling NBARC's score from last year. The club almost max'd out in claimed bonuses. If all contacts and bonuses are verified and accepted by the ARRL, the Field Day score will be 4,896! |
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This year, the ARRL added the option of a Get-On-The-Air (GOTA) station for Novice, Techs and "generally inactive" hams. This proved to be a very popular station at our Field Day site and one that will surely be included again next year if the ARRL keeps it in the rules. The operators used the EAWA club call:W1TU for the GOTA station. |
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The primary CW and Phone stations operated under the NBARC call: KB1CEJ. The CW operators were way on the other side of the field as the phone operators just had to be next to the food cabin! hi hi. |
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Extra Kudos go to Kevin, K1FQ and Will, K1SMF for working the CW station with just the two of them and racking up 600 QSO's (1,200 points). |
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Everyone that attended Field Day seemed to have a good time, and that was the primary objective! Some operated, some helped erect or tear down the antennas and equipment, some cooked, N1EP ate, and some came for moral support. All were appreciated. Through the weekend event, there was an estimated total attendance of about 40 hams and guests. |
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Be sure to check out the Field Day Photo Gallery! |
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