Hams like to eat
Jul 2, 2016 07:43:38 #
While the ARRL Field Day event is all about operating, we hams from the Albany Amateur Radio Association also like to eat. We also operate and had a pretty good score.
Bud - WF2B
Bud - WF2B
Hotdogs for the set-up crew
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Our annual cake
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Steaks, anyone?
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A hungry visitor
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Our final results
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Jul 2, 2016 07:59:19 #
WF2B wrote:
While the ARRL Field Day event is all about operating, we hams from the Albany Amateur Radio Association also like to eat. We also operate and had a pretty good score.
Bud - WF2B
Bud - WF2B
Sounds like a good day. I imagine the conversations would have sounded like Greek to most people.
Jul 2, 2016 08:18:06 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Sounds like a good day. I imagine the conversations would have sounded like Greek to most people.
Not really. We send cq field day this is k2ct field day. If we get a response we acknowledge the other call, send 59 ENY and log the other call. Our cw (morse code) radio sends pretty much the same except we use abbreviations.
Jul 2, 2016 09:42:56 #
WF2B wrote:
Not really. We send cq field day this is k2ct field day. If we get a response we acknowledge the other call, send 59 ENY and log the other call. Our cw (morse code) radio sends pretty much the same except we use abbreviations.
You just proved my point.
Jul 3, 2016 06:58:05 #
Szalajj
Loc: Salem, NH
My older brother is still a ham radio operator. Back in 1966, we drove him cross country from MA to CA to report for his flight to Vietnam. I logged all of his calls on that trip.
He had 2 different call signs. The one that he used at home, and still does today, is K1VTY.
The one that he used on that trip was W1ARY, Whiskey, One, Alpha, Romeo, Yankee.
He's recently moved back down to LA gulf coast area, near where one of his sons lives.
I remember one time in the early 60's, we were driving up to Barnstead, NH. He just happened to observe a camper trailer trying to make a left turn from our right side. He turned around after we passed them, only to observe an explosion of trailer parts when it was T-Boned. My brother made my father turn around and drive back to the accident scene. This was before the days of the invention of the cell phone.
His ham radio was in the car, but he didn't have an antenna with him, because he was moving it from one base site to another base site. He cut off the plug, and wired it to the car battery, then he used my father's fishing pole as an antenna. With that set up, he was able to reach a local base site, and they called for the emergency responders.
It was found that the speeding northbound vehicle behind us was at fault for the accident. The posted speed limit on that stretch was only 40 mph, and they had been traveling close to 60.
Yes, Short Wave or HAM radio came to the rescue with a few dedicated operators.
I hope you enjoyed your gathering, and had fun while you were there.
He had 2 different call signs. The one that he used at home, and still does today, is K1VTY.
The one that he used on that trip was W1ARY, Whiskey, One, Alpha, Romeo, Yankee.
He's recently moved back down to LA gulf coast area, near where one of his sons lives.
I remember one time in the early 60's, we were driving up to Barnstead, NH. He just happened to observe a camper trailer trying to make a left turn from our right side. He turned around after we passed them, only to observe an explosion of trailer parts when it was T-Boned. My brother made my father turn around and drive back to the accident scene. This was before the days of the invention of the cell phone.
His ham radio was in the car, but he didn't have an antenna with him, because he was moving it from one base site to another base site. He cut off the plug, and wired it to the car battery, then he used my father's fishing pole as an antenna. With that set up, he was able to reach a local base site, and they called for the emergency responders.
It was found that the speeding northbound vehicle behind us was at fault for the accident. The posted speed limit on that stretch was only 40 mph, and they had been traveling close to 60.
Yes, Short Wave or HAM radio came to the rescue with a few dedicated operators.
I hope you enjoyed your gathering, and had fun while you were there.
Jul 3, 2016 07:35:00 #
WF2B wrote:
Not really. We send cq field day this is k2ct field day. If we get a response we acknowledge the other call, send 59 ENY and log the other call. Our cw (morse code) radio sends pretty much the same except we use abbreviations.
Translation:
CQ = general call to anyone listening
K2CT = his call sign assigned by Federal Communications Commission
59 = signal report. 0 to 5 = readability 0 to 9 = signal strength These are always exaggerated in contest.
ENY = his district. East New York in this case
Jul 3, 2016 08:44:11 #
Was the guy in number 4 ur cw op and how many contacts did he make?
Jul 3, 2016 08:47:41 #
Jul 3, 2016 11:42:45 #
Jul 3, 2016 12:24:23 #
troutbum wrote:
Was the guy in number 4 ur cw op and how many contacts did he make?
Must have been that famous visiting operator, K9DOG.
Jul 3, 2016 21:17:59 #
Jul 3, 2016 21:26:33 #
troutbum wrote:
Was the guy in number 4 ur cw op and how many contacts did he make?
Cleo, in photo number 4 did not operate, she just "dogged" us to do a good job.
Jul 3, 2016 21:31:58 #
WB9DDF wrote:
Translation:
CQ = general call to anyone listening
K2CT = his call sign assigned by Federal Communications Commission
59 = signal report. 0 to 5 = readability 0 to 9 = signal strength These are always exaggerated in contest.
ENY = his district. East New York in this case
CQ = general call to anyone listening
K2CT = his call sign assigned by Federal Communications Commission
59 = signal report. 0 to 5 = readability 0 to 9 = signal strength These are always exaggerated in contest.
ENY = his district. East New York in this case
Thanks, William (or do you go by Bill?) for passing on our secret language to the those who are mystified by our language.
Bud
Jul 3, 2016 21:36:23 #
Skip-M wrote:
I have answered a few field day calls over time KB8JFP
Skip, with an 8 call you must have gotten your ticket in a mid-western state. Are you originally from Ohio or Michigan?
Bud
Jul 3, 2016 21:42:29 #
willard3 wrote:
I was a regular at field days with my father, W1WF.
I see that someone recently got his old call as a vanity call.
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