On the weekend of January 27-28, 2024, members of the ACARA met at the Jim Crouse Memorial Radio Station in the Red Cross of Southeastern Ohio chapter house to participate in the annual Winter Field Day (https://www.winterfieldday.com/) event in class “1I” (one transmitter, “indoors”). Operating under the direction of Winter Field Day Captain Paul Schulz, and using the club’s callsign, W8UKE, ACARA members and guests operated the station around-the-clock for twenty-four hours and succeeded in making 518 QSOs using CW and SSB on the . . .
Tag: Winter Field Day
Save the Date: Winter Field Day, Saturday-Sunday, January 27-28, 2024
Winter Field Day is nearly upon us! ACARA will be participating in Winter Field Day on Saturday, January 27 and Sunday, January 28 at the Jim Crouse Memorial Radio Station at the Red Cross of Southeastern Ohio in Athens. The club will operate the full 24-hour period of the event, in the single transmitter class and the category “Indoors”, using SSB, CW, and digital modes. Set-up will begin at 12:30pm on Saturday and the event starts at 2pm on Saturday. . . .
Report: Winter Field Day 2023
On the weekend of January 28-29, 2023, members of the ACARA met at the Jim Crouse Memorial Radio Station in the Red Cross of Southeastern Ohio chapter house to participate in the annual Winter Field Day (https://www.winterfieldday.com/) event in class “1I” (one transmitter, “indoors”). Operating under the direction of Winter Field Day Captain Drew McDaniel, and using Drew’s callsign W8MHV, ACARA members Drew McDaniel, W8MHV; Eric McFadden, WD8RIF; Miles McFadden, KD8KNC; Paul Schulz, WD8SCV; and Jeff Slattery, N8SUZ, operated the . . .
Report: Winter Field Day 2022
On the weekend of January 29-30, 2022, members of the ACARA met at the Jim Crouse Memorial Radio Station in the Red Cross of Southeastern Ohio to participate in the annual Winter Field Day (https://www.winterfieldday.com/) event in class “1H” (one transmitter, “home”). (While no one actually lives at the Red Cross of Southeastern Ohio chapterhouse, it meets the event’s definition of a “home” since it includes a permanent amateur radio station.) Operating under the club callsign W8UKE, ACARA members Nick . . .
Mark your Calendar: Winter Field Day 2022, January 29-30, 2022
The ACARA will participate in the annual Winter Field Day (WFD) event on Saturday, January 29 and Sunday, January 30, 2022, at the Jim Crouse Memorial Radio Station at the Red Crouse of Southeastern Ohio, 100 South May Avenue, Athens. WFD runs for 24 hours from 1900 UTC Saturday, January 29 through 1900 UTC Sunday, January 30. That is, from 2pm Saturday to 2pm Sunday local time. The ACARA will limit participation to two smaller windows during this 24 hour . . .
Report: Winter Field Day 2019
Five ACARA members participated in Winter Field Day 2019 at the recently updated amateur radio station at the Red Cross of Southeastern Ohio chapterhouse in Athens on Saturday, January 26. Over a period of about seven hours, a total of 61 contacts were made by Josh Cash, KE8EAS; Eric McFadden, WD8RIF; and Jeff Slattery, N8SUZ. Josh and Eric operated CW and Jeff operated SSB. Using the recently installed Hustler 5-BTV 10/15/20/40/80m rooftop-mounted vertical antenna and a 40m end-fed Zepp wire . . .