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New Providence Amateur Radio Club
The  Radio Club of the Watchung Hills Area
P.O. Box  813, New Providence, NJ  07974    USA
n2xj@arrl.net
 
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Club call signs are N2XJ and W2FMI


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page last modified: Thu Jul 11 08:37:25 2024 PT

Field Day 2024: Report and Final Results


results

After a year off due to threatened T-storms for the entire weekend, the club once again participated in the ARRL's annual Field Day event.  During a 24 hour period (2 p.m. Saturday June 22 to 2 p.m. Sunday June 23), hams in the US and Canada tried to make as many radio contacts as possible using radios running on emergency power (batteries, generators, solar panels, etc.). In addition, we used the event to promote ham radio participation to the general public, as well as our emergency support capabilities to the public, elected officials, and emergency response organizations, such as the Red Cross.

This year our main stations were in the field behind the Governor Livingston (GL) High School in Berkeley Heights at an elevation of 535 feet  atop the second Watchung Mountain.

At the GL site we ran 3 operating positions in portable shelters:

  • 1 VHF station on 2 and 6 meters (Single Side Band and FM voice and FT8 Digital) using rotatable beams on a tower and,

  • 2 HF stations on 10 through 80 meters (one ran SSB; the second ran CW).

To make sure no one went hungry, we had coffee, soda, water with subs and chips and salads.  Many folks stepped in and nobody didn't without a chance to operate.

Sunblock and bug spray and foul weather gear was required with several rounds of T-storms Saturday with full sun most of Sunday.

N2XJ Preliminary Results:

Score Summary:

  CW Digital Phone Total
Total QSOs 326 52 407  
Total Points
 		 652
 		 104
 		 407
 		  1163
 		 Claimed QSO Score = 2,326
   (QSOs x 2 multiplier)

 

Description Points
100% Emergency power 200
Media Publicity 100
Public Location 100
Public Information Table 100
Formal Message to ARRL SM/SEC 100
W1AW Field Day Message 100
Formal Messages Handled - No:=10 100
Natural power QSOs completed 100
Site Visit by invited served agency official 100
Safety Officer 100
Social Media 100
Satellite QSO 100
Submitted via the Web 50
Total Bonus Points 1,350

Total 2024 Preliminary Score (QSOs and Bonus Pts): 3,676

[N2XJ Final Total Score last Field Day (2022):    4,188]

 

Thanks to those operators who operated at N2XJ and to those who worked in all ways to make the weekend work!