Thursday Net 6/28/18

Traffic on the net has picked up of late. That's a good thing. Remember, if you are short on time, just say short timer, any time, give your call sign and you are done. All check-ins are welcome.

CALL	NAME FIRST	NAME LAST	LICENSE CLASS	ARRL	ARES	SKYWARN
K1DU	Frederick	Delaney	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
K8TPH	Richard	Wilt	General	YES	YES
KB0QMN	George	Rezac	General	NO	NO
KE9VS	Richard	Burbes	Extra
KI4EFL	Donald	Jeerings	General	NO	NO
KI4NBE	George	Gafford	Amateur Extra	NO	NO	POL-316A
KI4WRX	David	Zdanowicz	Amateur Extra	YES	YES
KI4ZMV	William	Johnson	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-840
KM4CHP	James	Edmonson	General
KM4PYG	Warren	Coons	General
KM4STT	Aimee	Holzer	Extra	YES
KM4UYX	Kenneth	Kozla	General	NO	NO
KN4FBD	John	McCullough	Technician	YES	NO
N4HES	Arthur	Hess	General	NO	NO
KN4LKK	Jason	Burns	Technician
N4LVG	Robert	Young	General
N4TWR	John	Brewster	Technician
N4WKR	Tawney	Mazek	General
N6MRS	Michael	Shreve	General	YES	NO
N7CUC	Samuel	Shaver	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
W4STC	Steven	Curtis	Technician
WB8QQR	Norman	Nissen	Advanced

Field Day Celebration Dinner

The dinner celebrating field day will be held next Monday, July 2nd at the 98 North Golden Corral. Dinner will start around 6:00 PM. Just arrive and pay for your meal. We have reserved the private room.

For directions Click here

Field Day 2018 Was A Smashing Success

Liam and Kenny, the dynamic duo!

Click here to watch the video and read the full story! 

Click here for images from field day 

I would like to thank Kevin for the dramatic image above, all the aerial images, and many of the people pictures in our album. I would also like to thank Don,Rich and others who also contributed photos. There is a lot of photographic talent out there.  

This was a year of firsts.  For starters we were fortunate to have a reporter from the Ledger interview one of our youngest hams. Liam did an outstanding job. Also a first, we had a real power outage when a limb from a tree fell on the power lines feeding the building. We went dark, but the generator kept us on the air. How realistic is that! Another first was a second power failure, when our main generator went out. Not a problem though. Backups were quickly put into service, and we were off and running again. Yet another first was the food. Instead of the usual dogs and burgers we feasted on Jimbo's pulled pork and chicken, in addition to the dishes brought in to pass. Finally, there was something else very special this year. Several hams new to the hobby were exposed to a wealth of information relating to antennas and operations, and most important, given the opportunity to get some on the air, experience. This was a good thing.  

Field day is a lot of fun, but it also involves a lot of hard work. Setup, tear down, and cleanup went smoothly. Patrick and Kevin did a fine job getting and serving the food. From all appearances, operations went well. Antennas were up and ready well in advance thanks to Rich, Bill Busbin, and of course Fred. On behalf of Matthew, and all the board members I thank all who put the extra effort into making this event the success it was. Pat yourselves on the back. You deserve it. :-) 

Thursday Night Net June 21. 2018

CALL	FIRST	LAST	CLASS	ARRL	ARES	SKYWARN
K1DU	Frederick	Delaney	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
KB0QMN	George	Rezac	General
KG4BAS	Nestor	Monllor	Technician	NO	YES
KG4PWF	James	Scott	General	NO	NO	POL-173A
KI4EFL	Donald	Jeerings	General	NO	NO
KI4ZMV	William	Johnson	Amateur Extra	YES	NO	POL-840
KM4FBB	Jeremy	Femia	Technician
KM4UYX	Kenneth	Kozla	General	NO	NO
KN4CHP	James	Edmonson	General	YES	NO
KN4FPD	Paul	Bozeman	Technician
KM4PYQ	William	Chamberlain	General
N4HES	Arthur	Hess	General	NO	NO
N4KWR	Kevin	Rought	General
N4VLVG	Robert	Young	General
N6MRS	Michael	Shreve	General	YES	NO
N7CUC	Samuel	Shaver	Amateur Extra	NO	NO
W4MAC	Mac	Walls	Amateur Extra
W7STR	Springer	Rush	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
WA4MMO	Geoffrey	Schuck	Amateur Extra	YES	NO
WB6ZEQ	Herman	Smith	General	NO	NO
WB8QQR	Norman	Nissen	Advanced
WZ1P	Daniel	Gagnon	Amateur Extra	NO	NO

Field Day 2018

This is the event you have been waiting for all year! 

This Saturday is Field Day! Last minute plans are already underway. If you are part of a team, make sure you show up at the agreed time to do your part.

• Bill KI4ZMV will be handling set up and take down. This will start Friday, 3:00 PM. Take down will be Sunday morning.
• Patrick KI4CDY is finalizing the dinner plans for Saturday which include pulled pork, barbecued chicken, and coleslaw. Members are asked to bring a dish to pass and something to drink. The club will supply water. Deserts are always a favorite. 
• Jim W4XDS will be heading up operations. The sign up sheet follows. If you are not on the list, just show up, or contact Jim, 863-521-1511.

Name	Call sign	Mode-CW /SSB	Operate at night?	06/24/18	06/25/18	Phone #
Victor Saxe	N4FRK	SSB	Maybe	NR	NR	863-858-1752
Eleanor Marshall	KK4VCN	Setup + Logging	Unsure	Unsure	Unsure	407-3191108
Peggy Kennedy	N4PEG	SSB	NR	NR	NR	813-240-5614
Patty Morris	KJ4AFB	NR	NR	NR	Teardown	863-815-9657
Fred Delaney	K1DU	CW	Yes	Yes	Yes	863-210-5960
David Zdanowicz	KI4WRX	SSB	Yes	Yes	Night	863-844-2062
Herman Smith ( Top)	WB6ZEQ	SSB	Yes	Yes	Night	863-816-0658
Buddy Morgan	WBOMG	CW	No	Yes	None	863-816-8949
Kenny Kozla	KM4UYX	Setup +SSB	No	Day	Day	863-844-2062
Liam Holzer	KM4STS	SSB	Yes	SSB/Setup	Cleanup	863-6821689
Tyler Rought	None	NA	NA	NA	Cleanup	863-944-8621
Andrew Stevens	WX4AMS	SSB	No	Any	Any	863-280-4385
“Rip” Van Wrinkle	AA4HT	CW/SSB	Yes	Any	Any	863-853-1400
Greg Burton	K1TZD	Setup				863-859-9699
Mike Shreve	N6MRS	Setup +CW	Yes	Overnite		863-682-2652
George Mann	KJ4UW	SSB	Yes	Overnite		863-984-381?
James Russ	AB4KA	Crew			Breakdown	863-944-5646
George Gafford	KI4NBE	SSB	Yes	Any	Any	863-875-5919
Robert Criggs	N4HCZ	CW	Maybe	Any	Any	863-868-7812
Kevin Rought	N4KWR	SSB	Yes	Any	Any	863-393-4336
Chet Carruth	AB4XK	CW	Copy ARRL CW			863-581-7486
Not on a sheet but participating
Rich Kennedy	1-863-240-5614
Matthew Stevens	1-863-585-9612
Bill Johnson	1-863-216-6554
Jim Stewart	1-863-521-1511
Maybe’s – Not signed up yet.
Sam Shaver	N7CUC
Christopher LeBlanc	K4QW