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����Loudoun Amateur Radio Group

ARRL Field Day 2024

After Action Report

22 – 23 June 2024

Updated 21 Jul 24

Steve N4RAF

Rev 1

19 July 2024

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SUCCESS!!!!

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Highlights

  • 782 QSOs
  • 3,239 points (updated 21 Jul 24)

  • Great participation
  • Great site
  • Great to have air-conditioned room
  • Great merit badge session – 22 Scouts earned Radio merit badge
  • Great food
  • Visits from
    • VA Section – Jack Smith KE4LWT
    • Capt TJ DeLitta – Our host
    • Hillsboro Academy – Megan Tucker / Paula Dillon
  • Power outage didn’t impact us

  • Overall – GREAT FUN!!!! GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE!!!!

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FD Submittal to ARRL

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Bonus Points – Submitted vs. Potential

Bonus Points

100% Emergency power (Max. 20 transmitters)

Media Publicity

Set-up in Public Location

Information Booth

Message to ARRL SM/SEC (Section Manager)

W1AW Field Day Message

NTS/ICS-213 messages handled (# __________)

Satellite QSO completed

Natural power QSOs completed

Site Visit by invited elected official

Site Visit by invited served agency official

Educational Activity Bonus

Youth Element achieved

GOTA Bonus (total GOTA bonus points: ________)

Submitted using the web app field-day.arrl.org

Safety Officer Bonus (Class A Only)

Site Responsibilities Bonus (Class B,C,D,E,F Only)

Social Media Bonus

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2022 vs. 2024

  • 2022

  • 2024
        • Loudoun ARG
        • K4LRG 782 2 30 3,139 VA

  • Call Sign, QSOs, Type Station, # Participants, Score, Section

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Metrics

Band

Digital

SSB

Grand Total

15M

 

7

7

20M

72

34

106

40M

 

627

627

80M

 

42

42

Grand Total

72

710

782

Callsign

Count of OPERATOR

K1NSA

17

K4FW

327

KE4S

1

KJ4BXA

4

KM6VRX

240

KQ4IBI

12

KQ4MAM

3

KQ4SNI

1

N4FAF

50

N4RAF

38

W0MPM

8

W4PMP

81

Bryce Polkinghorn

Jim Stowers

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Sections Contacted – 74 of 85

Section

#

Section

#

Section

#

Section

#

1A

1

KS

7

NV

1

SNJ

16

AB

1

KY

6

OH

68

STX

7

AL

13

LA

1

OK

3

SV

2

AR

2

MDC

42

ONE

7

TN

18

AZ

2

ME

9

ONN

2

VA

54

BC

3

MI

26

ONS

12

VI

1

CO

3

MN

2

OR

1

VT

6

CT

14

MO

5

ORG

3

WCF

6

DE

6

MS

5

PAC

1

WI

6

DX

5

NC

51

PR

3

WMA

8

EMA

13

ND

3

QC

2

WNY

26

ENY

20

NE

1

RI

10

WPA

30

EPA

57

NFL

7

SB

1

WTX

1

EWA

3

NH

7

SC

20

WV

15

GA

16

NLI

13

SCV

3

WWA

6

GH

7

NM

1

SD

1

 

 

IA

7

NNJ

20

SDG

1

 

 

ID

2

NNY

8

SFL

2

 

 

IL

9

NS

2

SJV

2

 

 

IN

21

NTX

14

SK

2

 

 

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Station Types Contacted

  • A – Club / non-club portable
  • B – one or two person portable
  • C – Mobile
  • D – Home Station
  • E – Home Station – Emergency Power
  • F – Emergency Operations Center

Station Type

#

Station Type

#

1A

36

4A

72

1B

23

4D

3

1C

5

4E

1

1D

170

4F

11

1E

49

5A

30

1F

8

5E

3

1O

1

5F

3

2A

110

6A

20

2B

10

7A

5

2D

14

7D

1

2E

8

7F

1

2F

22

8A

6

3A

135

9A

7

3D

6

12A

1

3E

5

13A

4

3F

12

Class

#

A

426

B

33

C

5

D

194

E

66

F

57

O

1

13A

4

KE3Q

1

W3AO

3

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Hot Wash Items

  • 50 Identified

  • Many are just tweaks to the plan

  • Others are ideas where we could improve or do things differently

  • Some are ones the Club must address and decide on how to move forward

Category

#

Bonus Points

9

General

8

GOTA

2

LARG to Address

7

Operations

23

Planning

1

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Action Items – Partial List

Category

Item

 

Category

Item

BP

Public affairs

 

LARG

Pre-Field Day coordination / information net

BP

Media Publicity

 

LARG

Group Photo

BP

Natural Power QSO

 

LARG

Hillsbrough Academy

BP

Elected Officials

 

Ops

Cooling for radios / laptops for FT8 Ops

BP

GOTA Points

 

Ops

Better operator scheduling

Gen

Restrooms - Line

 

Ops

Antenna Mast - More Antennas

Gen

Non-Operator activity

 

Ops

Connections for headsets to radios

Gen

Attendance Roster

 

Ops

On-site Freq

Gen

Lead needs to be off the radio and making sure we get everything accomplished

 

Ops

Station interference

GOTA

GOTA Station - More Robust

 

Ops

Station Operating instructions

LARG

Storage Facility

 

Ops

How to cover all Freq

LARG

Mast repair / replacement / usage

 

Ops

Couldn't see keyboard

LARG

Server Storage

 

Ops

Generator mats

LARG

Social Media accounts

 

Plan

No address in ARRL FD Site Locator

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Thanks To

  • Chris Brown – W4PMP
  • Jim Stowers – K4FW
  • Steve Greene – KS1G
  • Kevin McCrory – WA4KBM
  • Jim Babcock – N4FAF
  • John Brown – W0MPM
  • Tareck Elass – K9TRE
  • Jim Begley – KQ4MHT
  • Paul Krein – N2FID
  • Steve Watterworth – KB1HN
  • Lloyd Harting – KJ4BXA

Everyone else whose name I missed or who came out to visit