Check it out: the 2017 ARRL Field Day Contest results are up for viewing. All the contacts have been sent into the Log of the World.
View the page here:
Monthly Archives: July 2017
2017 Winter Field Day Results Finally!
Hey GCARS Family and Friends,
Just found out (just was posted on their site recently) that GCARS did very well in the 2017 Winter Field Day Contest.
GCARS placed 10th overall in the Outdoor category and 5th in the “2 Oscar” category, with a score of 9044! This is a great result for our first WFD and very casual contesting style!
Great job to all those who participated in Winter Field Day 2017!
(If you were wondering about ARRL (Summer Field Day 2017), the log deadline is 7-25-17, and we should have the results in about a month and a half afterwards).
7-22-17: 70 cm Fox hunt! (Hidden transmitter location contest)
No, we are not really chasing foxes! We are going to try to find a hidden transmitter on the 70 cm band. NC0G, George, will be our venerable “fox” and try to out smart the participants as he hides the transmitter somewhere in Gaston County. It’s hide-and-seek on steroids! Much fun, but also with a practical use: it sharpens our radio-direction finding skills to assist with public services, such as locating lost seniors, illegal transmitters causing harmful interference, or even downed aviators.
The “fox hunt” will begin at 10 a.m., July 22, 2017. There will be a preliminary breakfast for the teams to meet and greet at the restaurant known as “Grits and Greens” in Lowell, NC at 8:30 a.m.
Anyone is welcome to participate: you don’t need to be a licensed ham to receive a signal (only to transmit one). Come on out, it will be a lot of fun!
Below is an example of a directional antenna we built for the 70 cm band:
