[Harc] ARRL Suggests Taking a Creative Approach to Field Day 2020

[ish4936]

Yes, Howard and thank you for clarifying it! See some hoops and investigation that needs to be done. Hopefully most can be done online. Will check with the "Prez".....Sent from my  U.S.Cellular© Smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: "Howard, KB6NN via Harc" <harc at humboldt-arc.org> Date: 4/22/20  19:01  (GMT-08:00) To: ish4936 via Harc <harc at humboldt-arc.org> Cc: "Howard, KB6NN" <kb6nn at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Harc] ARRL Suggests Taking a Creative Approach to Field Day
  2020 In the past, way past, we used to be listed on the ARRL site on the Field Day site locator.  That ended at some point in the past, and Jim Armstrong did whatever he needed to do to get us listed again.  That is something we need to do every year (just having your club listed one year doesn't carry over to following years, etc.)  I don't know exactly what Jim did, but I know the location was on the locator map, so traveling hams could find us, and a talk-in frequency (146.52 most likely), and also I do recall we needed to specify the call we would be using, so those wanting to work as many Field Day stations as possible could avoid duplicates.Also, at some later point in time, Jim registered HARC with the ARRL as a Contest Club.  He needed to give them a list of members, their calls, and their addresses, I think because of a so-many-miles-radius rule (that rule would cut down on hams not physically nearby trying to rack up points by making contacts from many different geographic locations).  As I recall, we could, from different locations, make contacts at home or on a roving vehicle, under the club call sign (as long as we were in the same geographic radius) and it would count toward contest standings for the club as a whole.With the Covid changes, looks like Jim was thinking way way ahead.  Someone who contests more than I do (which is pretty much never) might come up with a better answer.  But yes, if we want our FD contacts to count for the club, I think we would need to use the same call.  A lot easier to keep track of if we are all in the same location, such as a Field Day site, but technically possible if we keep our transmitters within the designated radius, whatever that is for a given event.So it is my understanding that in order for a contact to count for our club, the contact would need to be made with the club call sign.  And that call sign would need to be registered with the club sponsors (in the case of Field Day, it is the ARRL), as the call sign that gets the score.Long-winded answer, but I hope it answers the question, and/or gives you information that you can use.Howard--KB6NNOn 4/22/2020 6:26 PM, ish4936 via Harc wrote:> Well, Howard, I understand that we would be able to use our own calls for possible QSL cards. In the past we've used W6ZZK (for club recognition), AA6DX and last year we used Antonios' KG6LHW. For this years field day, I was curious how we were going to get the club recognized or if we were at all.Sent from my  U.S.Cellular© Smartphone> -------- Original message --------From: "Howard, KB6NN via Harc" <harc at humboldt-arc.org> Date: 4/22/20  14:23  (GMT-08:00) To: ish4936 via Harc <harc at humboldt-arc.org> Cc: "Howard, KB6NN" <kb6nn at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Harc] ARRL Suggests Taking a Creative Approach to Field Day>    2020 Not sure what you mean.  recognized...On 4/22/2020 2:19 PM, ish4936 via Harc wrote:> I may very well put up my Buddipole in the backyard for some hf 20m, 40m. Might be able to get Joyce some actual hf airtime! To have the club recognized how would we include it in a transmission?�Sent from my  U.S.Cellular� Smartphone> -------- Original message --------From: Anthony Wiese via Harc <harc at humboldt-arc.org> Date: 4/22/20  13:52  (GMT-08:00) To: HARC Mailgroup <harc at humboldt-arc.org> Cc: Anthony Wiese <anthonywiese at yahoo.com> Subject: [Harc] ARRL Suggests Taking a Creative Approach to Field Day 2020 http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-suggests-taking-a-creative-approach-to-field-day-2020Sent from my iPhone-- Harc mailing listHarc at humboldt-arc.orghttp://mail.humboldt-arc.org/mailman/listinfo/harc_humboldt-arc.org> > -- [not] Sent from my U.S.Cellulose Smartphone-- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.https://www.avast.com/antivirus-- Harc mailing listHarc at humboldt-arc.orghttp://mail.humboldt-arc.org/mailman/listinfo/harc_humboldt-arc.org> > -- [not] Sent from my U.S.Cellulose Smartphone-- Harc mailing listHarc at humboldt-arc.orghttp://mail.humboldt-arc.org/mailman/listinfo/harc_humboldt-arc.org
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