2024 Field Day
The SPARC Field Day 2024 will be held this year at the Loudoun County Sheriff Sub-Station, i.e., Eastern Loudoun Station (ELS), in Sterling, VA, on 22-35 June 2024.
The pictures are excellent.
Here is the list of participants. If you were there in any capacity and not listed please let me know and I will add you to the list.
Operators
Jeff Barr, KB4IWD
Chris Williams, N2CLW
Eric Carlson, AJ4LN
Paul Tabler, KK4AIA
Steve Balik, KN4BGW
Gordon Miller, NQ4K
Angel Garay, NR3N
Bud Aiello, W4KSN
Daniel Vrolijk, W5DJV
Trevor Stone, WT0RJ
Particpants
Andrienne Free, K3MAF
Rhett Linke, WW4RL
Conrad Johnson, N4ZQA
Kevin Stuart, W4KLS
Joe D'Angelo, WB2SAI
John Lagozzino KK4AHY
Evan Mann, KM4SK
Larry Wright, W8ANT
Here is a breakdown by operator for the 3 radios.
Here is the breakdown for the GOTA station.
Below is the SPARC entry submitted to ARRL.
Summary:
Entry received at: 2024-07-17 00:16:23
Call Used: K4NVA GOTA Station Call: NQ4K ARRL/RAC Section: VA Class: 3A
Participants: 17 Club/Group Name: Sterling Park ARC
Power Source(s): Commercial
Power Multiplier: 2X
Preliminary Total Score: 4,199
Bonus Points:
Media Publicity 100 - File [2024 Field Day Social Media.pdf] previously uploaded
Public location 100
Public information table 100
Formal message to ARRL SM/SEC 100 - File [Messages-2.pdf] previously uploaded
W1AW Field Day message 100 - File [20240622_FD_Message_v2.txt] previously uploaded
Formal messages handled (10 x 10, max of 100) 100 - File [Messages-2.pdf] previously uploaded
Safety officer 100 - Documented by Safety_Officer_Checklist.jpg
Social media 100
GOTA Station 145
GOTA Coach 100
Entry submitted via web 50
Total bonus points 1,095
Score Summary: (File [K4NVA.log] previously uploaded)
CW Digital Phone Total
Total QSOs 282 362 264
Total Points 564 724 264 1552 Claimed Score = (QSO points x power mult) = 3,104
Submitted by: Gordon Miller, NQ4K [email protected]
Band/Mode QSO Breakdown:
CW Digital Phone
QSOs Pwr(W) QSOs Pwr(W) QSOs Pwr(W)
160m
80m 112 100
40m 276 100 206 100 64 100
20m 4 100 59 100 48 100
15m 2 100 97 100 11 100
10m
6m
2m
222
432
Other
Satellite
GOTA 29 100
TOTAL 282 362 264
GOTA Bonus: GOTA Coach - 100 Bonus Points
Name/Call QSOs Bonus Points
Chris Williams, N2CLW 25 125
Jeff Barr, KB4IWD 4 20
Plan: We will operate a station for Field Day. Plan posted on 21 June 2024. Updated later on 21 June.
History. This is how we did in the past.
We did not have a Field Day in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2023 overall ranking was with 2,074 points and 330 QSOs
2022 overall ranking was 333 of 4,930 entries with 3,810 points and 754 QSOs
2019 overall ranking was 443 of 3,112 entries with 3,162 points and 630 QSOs
2018 overall ranking was 384 of 2,902 entries with 3,754 points and 899 QSOs
2017 overall ranking was 301 of 2,965 entries with 4,594 points and 1,134 QSOs
2016 overall ranking was 242 of 2,696 entries with 4,768 points and 1,101 QSOs
2015 overall ranking was 840 of 2,720 entries with 2,192 points and 502 QSOs
2014 overall ranking was 188 of 2,687 entries with 5,712 points and 1,447 QSOs
2013 overall ranking was 48 of 2,548 entries with 9,736 points and 2,662 QSOs
2012 overall ranking was 100 of 2,617 entries with 8,178 points and 2,150 QSOs
2011 overall ranking was 60 of 2,632 entries with 10,054 points and 2,797 QSOs
2010 overall ranking was 84 of 2,617 entries with 8,372 points and 2,120 QSOs
2009 overall ranking was 90 of 2,612 entries with 8,210 points and 2,217 QSOs
2008 overall ranking was 112 of 2,409 entries with 7,000 points and 1,922 QSOs
2007 overall ranking was 184 of 2,333 entries with 5,846 points and 1,403 QSOs
2006 overall ranking was 210 of 2,184 entries with 5,554 points and 1,327 QSOs
2005 overall ranking was 242 of 2,202 entries with 5,126 points and 1,330 QSOs
2004 overall ranking was 262 of 2,250 entries with 5,042 points and 1,236 QSOs
2003 overall ranking was 589 of 2,085 entries with 2,748 points and 715 QSOs
2002 overall ranking was 367 of 2,100 entries with 4,452 points and 1,280 QSOs