Members of both WEARC and ARC² participated in the annual ARRL Field Day Event on Saturday June 22 and Sunday June 23, 2024. Saturday morning with temperatures quickly soring into the 90’s the members worked on setting up the stations and antenna’s.
With time to spare the group was set up and ready to run by the 2pm start time and settled right into making contacts with other clubs and operators working on field day.
The numbers have yet to be calculated but we were well over 200 contacts in our operations.
Antenna Raising
Getting the antenna’s up is one of the most critical parts of Field Day. Without these there will be no possibility of contacts.
Satellite Tracking
One of our goals this year and at past events has to make a successful contact through satellite’s. This year Rich KD2WJR successfully make a contact at 4:00am on Sunday.
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GOTA & BSA
During the event WEARC/ARC² operated a Get-On-The-Air (GOTA) station and invited BSA Troops from the Essex County area. Several scouts showed up and began working on the Radio Merit Badge with an on-site Merit Badge Counselor
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