TVARC Field Day 2015

• When:Setup - Friday, June 26th at 2:00 PMOperate - Start Saturday, June 27th at 2:00 PM,

End Sunday, June 28th at 2:00 PMTake down - Sunday, June 28th at 2:00 PM

• Where:Behind the Sumter County Annex, corner ofCR466 and Morse Blvd (same location as lastyear)

TVARC Field Day 2015

• Category: 2A – 2 primary running stations in aportable operation, designated ‘A’, thus 2A

• Section: North Florida, abbreviated NFL on CW.• Exchange: 2A, North Florida• Additional allowed station: GOTA

– GOTA: Get On The Air, must be operated bynewbies (licensed since last FD) or generallyinactive licensees.

Uses a different callsign from the mainstations, but sends the same (2A) exchange.

SSBCW GOTA

Station Placement

CW STATION

Kenwood TS-440 Keyer

Paddle

Power supply

Computer

Antenna switch

SWR/PWRBandpass filter

Coax

Coax

Coax to TA-33

Coax to 80/40

Headphones

- Kenwood TS-440 or Flex- Power supply- Keyer- Paddle- Bandpass filters- Amplifier- SWR meter- Antenna switch- Headphones- 3 coax jumpers- Amp relay control line- NP2B magic speaker- Laptop with N1MM

Amplifier

Amp control relay line

SSB STATION

Kenwood TS-570 Bandpass filter

Power supply

Computer

Antenna switchAmplifier

Microphone headset

Tuner

Coax Coax Coax Coax

Coax to A3

Coax to 80/40

Amp relay control line

- Kenwood TS-570 or Elecraft K3- Power supply- 6-band bandpass filter- AL-811 amplifier- K2DM tuner- Antenna switch- Heil headset- Amplifier control line- 4 coax jumpers- Laptop with N1MM

GOTA STATION

Kenwood TS-570SPower supply

Log paper

SWR/PWR

Microphone

Coax to antennaCoax

- Kenwood TS-570S- Power supply- SWR meter- Microphone- Log paper- 1 coax jumper

TVARC 2015 FD Antennas

TA-33 on Rohn tower

R7

A3 on trailer tower

80M

40M

TVARC Field Day 2015Operating Techniques

• CQing:– Find a clear frequency, call CQ, e.g.,

• “CQ Field Day, K4 Victor Radio Charlie, Field Day”• Someone may answer simply by sending their

callsign, e.g., “Kilo 3 Zulu Mike”• So, what do you do? You WORK them: “K3 Zulu

Mike, 2A North Florida”• Then he will send his exchange to you. It may be a

very brief: “1A Virginia”, or “roger, you’re 1A Virginia”

• You acknowledge and call CQ again: “Thanks, CQ Field Day, K4 Victor Radio Charlie, Field Day”

TVARC Field Day 2015Operating Techniques

• Search & Pounce (S&P)– Tune around (Search) until you find a nice clear

station calling CQ Field Day, e.g.,• “CQ Field Day, Whiskey 2 Golf Delta, Field Day”• Answer (Pounce) simply by sending your callsign,

e.g., “Kilo 4 Victor Radio Charlie”• If he hears you above any other callers, he will

send his exchange to you: “K4VRC copy 4A Northern New Jersey”

• You acknowledge and send your exchange to him: “Thanks, copy 2A North Florida”

• He will acknowledge, then call another CQ.

TVARC Field Day 2015Operating Techniques

• Phonetics on SSB– Use them! When you call CQ or answer

someone else’s CQ.– Please, please, please use standard

phonetics. Kilo 4 Victor Radio Charlie.

– That’s what the other op is expecting.– Don’t even use something meaningful, like

Kilo 4 Villages Radio Club. It is non-standard.

TVARC Field Day 2015Logging Using N1MM

• For an excellent introduction, check out the video slide show by K8UT on the club’s website. I found it by navigating to “Radio Activities”, then “Field Day 2013”.

TVARC Field Day 2015Logging Using N1MM

TVARC Field Day 2015Logging Using N1MM

TVARC Field Day 2015Logging Using N1MM

TVARC Field Day 2015Logging Using N1MM

TVARC Field Day 2015Logging Using N1MM