Field day 2009 OCARC-NY.. What a truly epic day!

A movie I threw together for my very first field day!

W2HO is our club call sign for the Orange County Amateur Radio Club
(http://www.ocarc-ny.org/index.htm)

We were located on Cronomer Hill park, located in Newburgh NY

I started the day on 15... blew threw 120 contacts in just over an hour... my logging software was showing 94 contacts an hour.. Disturbing for a fairly new operator =)
had some lunch...
tried my hand at the birds (Satellites).. no luck there
dusk settled in.. and I started on 40... ran pile ups well into the night =)


Was quite an epic day for me! Thanks to all the club members that showed up and helped make this a memorable day!

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[rooftopeagle]

That looks like fun, can't wait to get my station set up and licensed!

[KC2UOO]

@rooftopeagle Field day is coming up soon, June 26th. Find a local club in your area and at the very least go check it out and see some radios and see how people have stuff setup. Its a great day to be out there and see people's field setups and maybe even get on a radio and have someone guide you through a contact

[sophiegromit]

THIS is the SPIRIT of Ham Radio! Excellent video that captures some of the excitement and camraderie of this great hobby and service! Thank you.

[KC2UOO]

Thanks! It was everything I had hoped for my first field day.. im hooked and cant wait till next year =)

[rooftopeagle]

It would be nice if you could do a video on budget HAM stations, lower end radios that work okay or what to look for at a HAM fest, some of us don't have to much cash to start up.

[rooftopeagle]

@KC2UOO Thanks K2FR I'm located in Canada so I'm not sure if the field day is the same here as the ARRL field day. I'll look up the RAC (Radio Amateurs of Canada) field day to see when ours is, I hope to be licensed by field day, I'm not sure if it's possible. If not I'll make sure to be there next year! My first Club meeting is on the 10th of June.

[N4EMP]

You looked like I did... ONLY STATION WORKING @ Field Day site here in Jasper, AL Club call: W4WCA station. And they wonder WHY the club never gets much NOTICE?? Look for me as "N4EMP-1 Alpha in Alabama" possibly this year. QSL??