Field Day 2015 will be held on Friday, 26 June 15 from 1900-2000 Local for antenna rope hanging, Saturday, 27 Jun 15 at 1000 Local, when set up began, and ends on Sunday, 28 Jun 15 at 1400 Local at Park View High School in Sterling, VA.

We will be using the football team rooms instead of setting up on the practice soccer field.  This is due to the high probability of rain.  This one story building is at the southwest corner of the Park View High School grounds.  To get there, drive though the school parking lot on the south side of the Park View HS grounds to the rear of the log.  Walk through the gate to the one story building.  The door should be open.

Generally, the draft plan remains the same, except we are setting up in one room instead of several canopies and the antennas will be in different places.  The radios, computers, tables, chairs, schedule, etc will remain the same.


The Final Results
Dick, W2YE, noticed that the 2015 field day results were published.  SPARC K4NVA station did:

   Overall ranking was 840 of 2720 entries with 2192 points and 502 QSOs

  1st in 3AC in Virginia
  28th overall in Virginia
  1st in 3AC  Roanoke Division
  79th overall in Roanoke Division
  10th overall in 3AC of all entries.

The weather was really bad. We changed operating locations and our revised antenna situation was not good. In addition, we did not have enough operators to keep the radios on the air.

Overall, I am happy we did as well as we did.

And of course we found a category, i.e., 3AC,  were we can be Number 1.

I had fun.
73, Gordon, NQ4K

The Pictures
6 July 2015:  Some pictures of the event.

The Club Submission
6 July 2015:  Dick, W2YE, submitted the following entry.  Our overall score will be: 2,192 points.

Call Used: K4NVA     GOTA Station Call: NQ4K     ARRL/RAC Section: VA     Class: 3A
Participants: 20     Club/Group Name: Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club
Power Source(s): Commercial, Solar
Power Multiplier: 2X

Bonus Points:
  Media Publicity                                 100
  Set-up in Public Place                          100
  Information Booth                               100
  W1AW Field Day Message                          100
  Natural power QSOs completed                    100
  Youth participation                              40
    Youth operators=2         
    Youth participants=2         
  GOTA Bonus                                        0
  Submitted via the Web                            50
Total Bonus Points                                590

Score Summary:
                  CW  Digital  Phone  Total
   Total QSOs    299      0     203
   Total Points  598      0     203    801   Claimed Score = 1,602

Submitted by:
Richard Maylott, W2YE
Call Box 599
Sterling, VA, 20167

Comments:
Heavy rain caused change of plans - inside operation, commercial mains.
oompromise antennas due to location change to field house.

Band/Mode QSO Breakdown:
               CW          Digital      Phone
            QSOs  Pwr(W)  QSOs Pwr(W)  QSOs Pwr(W)
      160m                                      
       80m   59    100                  4    100
       40m  186    100                 72    100
       20m   54    100                 63    100
       15m                             15    100
       10m                              1    100
        6m                             24    100
        2m                              2    100
      1.25                                      
     Other                                      
Satellite                                      
      GOTA                             22    100
     TOTAL  299            0          203


GOTA Bonus: GOTA Coach - Double Bonus Points
Name/Call                QSOs  Bonus Points
Betsy (age 8), (NONE)      2         0
Evelyn (age 12), (NONE)    7         0
Gary/K4SRX, K4SRX         12         0
Matthew, (NONE)            1         0

The Plan
1 July 2015:  The final plan as executed during Field Day. This changed significantly from the original plan due to heavy rain on Saturday.  We moved to a building and did not use canopies, we used commercial power instead of the club generator cure to safety concerns.  Our operator schedule was not full. We had fewer visitors than anticipated.  Still we had a good time.

Past Performance
We have made continuous improvement over the years.

    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


In 2014
      1st of all 3A entries in Virginia.
      13th of all entries in Virginia
      2nd 3A in Roanoke Division
      20th overall in Roanoke Division
      32nd of all 3As in Country

In 2013, we were:
  Top 4A entry in Virginia
  3rd overall in Virginia
  Top 4A entry of 11 in Roanoke Division
  7th overall of 202 entries in Roanoke Division
  6th overall in 4A

In 2012, we were:
  16 overall in 4A
  9th overall in Roanoke Section
  5th overall in Virginia.

In 2011, we were:
  10 overall in 3A
  6th overall in Roanoke Section
  4th overall in Virginia.