Carroll County Amateur Radio Club
 
Carroll County Amateur Radio Club, Inc. • PO Box 2211 • Westminster, MD 21158 © 2006 CCARC. All Rights Reserved. SM
24/25 June
 
Setup began 1400
23 June
Operations began at 1400
24 June
7465 points!
 
   This year, the CCARC Field Day was run as an NIMS-compliant exercise.  K3PZN was an all QRP/Battery operation.
   Because of an adverse weather forecast (lightning hazard), the operations were moved from the planned site at Springfield Hospital to the Alternate EOC at the Emergency Services Training Center in Westminster, MD.
Last Update 200607111428Z This is Kilo Three Papa Zulu November, Please copy Eleven Foxtrot Mike Delta Charlie ... 497 total CW contacts. Fearless Leader (W3JJH) at work on 6 m. N3FNE and K3KWO at the digital station. The sign-in board.
    From:       wb8yyy@yahoo.com
    Subject:     Re: [K3PZN-List] 2006 Field Day
    Date:     26 June, 2006 19:44:09 GMT+00:00
    To:       k3pzn-list@mailman.qth.net
 
FB FD indeed !
 
All star cast of QRP rigs FT-817, Argonaut V, IC-703, K2.  
 
Good CW ops N3WM, N3SB, K3ESE making lot's of QSOs with a pair of K2's.
 
SSB QSOs happening at QRP with some great band conditions (and a nicely deployed beam!).  
 
Dedicated digital mode captain bringing in the power to run things for the duration.  
 
A youth and a prospective ham making QSOs all around the USA. Everyone getting into the action.  
 
Willingness to try something different and modify plans.  
 
FB FD commander who organized and executed event, and who brought in lots of calories and liquids.  
 
Learned how to program a few more K2 features ... got introduced to some excellent vintage Kenwood headphones (by a guy who nearly only operates Elecraft gear yet).  
 
Oh yes seeing 160+ QSOs with one 11 Amp-hour battery!
 
Look forward to new adventures next year.  73
 
curt
 
Main CCARC Web Site Field Day Org Chart
   As Field Day Chairman, I’d like to express my thanks to everyone who worked to make this year’s effort a success:
K3ESE, HF CW1 Captain
K3KWO, HF Digital Captain
KB3GHE, 6-m Phone Captain
KB3GUY, 13-cm Digital Captain
KB3HKG, 23-cm Phone Captain
KB3JHR
KB3KYJ
KC3FN, 70-cm Phone Captain
N3FNE
N3III, 6-m CW Captain
N3KWL
N3SB, 2-m Phone Captain
N3TOT
N3WM, HF CW2 Captain
N8PK
W3JJH, HF Phone Captain
W3STG
WB8YYY, 1.25-m Phone Captain
Jeff Edmondson
Rebekah Kilroy
Thank you and 73 de W3JJH,
John
N3TOT and K3KWO prep the VHF/UHF quad. K3KWO checks mast guys as W3JJH works on the triplexer. Dusk on Friday as KB3GHE and W3JJH finish installation of the quad. N3III (6-m CW), KB3GHE (6-m Phone), and KB3GUY (13-cm Digital. N3WM coaches prospective ham Jeff Edmondson in the art of CW. W3JJH and KB3HKG at the HF Phone rig. CW Ops in the background. N3III logs while N3SB runs some CW QSOs through the “Phone” station.
Radios
CW1  Elecraft K2
CW2  Elecraft K2
HF Phone  TenTec Argonaut V
HF Digital  Icom IC-703
6-m Phone  Yaesu FT-817
6-m CW  Yaesu FT-817
2-m Phone  Icom IC-W32A
1.25-m Phone  Alinco DJ-280
70-cm Phone  Kenwood TH-F6A
23-cm Phone  Icom IC-T81A
13-cm Digital  Homebrew 802.11b
Photos by Steve Young, KC3FN
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