{"id":6151,"date":"2012-06-24T21:06:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T03:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=6151"},"modified":"2012-06-24T21:33:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T03:33:41","slug":"field-day-2012-n5ntg-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=6151","title":{"rendered":"Field Day 2012 &#8211; N5NTG Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6154\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"IMAG2072a\" src=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMAG2072a-350x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMAG2072a-350x209.jpg 350w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMAG2072a-200x119.jpg 200w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMAG2072a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>I spent about 8 hours at the AARO Field Day at Raymond Russell Park, where they almost ended up with a Marachi Band for entertainment (band went to the wrong pavilion), then moved on to visit the KARS Ham Club in Boerne before swinging back down south around midnight to the SARC Ham Club in Shavano Park.<\/p>\n<p>By the time I left SARC, still running on those 5 hour energy drinks, I started to head south to ROOST, knowing they would be still running full steam ahead even in the middle of the night, but sanity prevailed, and I advised my &#8220;extra&#8221; wife that I&#8217;d be heading home soon instead of visiting more FD sites this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>I used my cell phone to make some videos and take some pics, but the phone battery died &amp; had to be recharged after I left AARO, so no middle of the night pics from KARS or SARC to be shared.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been promised pics from other hams who were at those locations, however.<\/p>\n<p>AARO did a 1 day only FD event, starting setup around 10am when the park opened (county park hours restricted how long they could stay there), and shutting down &amp; leaving before midnight when the county park turned into a pumpkin one more.\u00a0 They were running 6 stations in different modes (voice \/ digital \/ cw \/ satellite) on various bands, and had more antennas and generators than I&#8217;ve seen in a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the actual radio\u00a0operators were taking it very seriously, but the bulk of the 50+ hams were just there for the workshops, free food &amp; fellowship.\u00a0 A few were experimenting with different antennas, mostly home brew, and learning new modes.\u00a0 There were a handful of brand new hams show up, and AARO took extra time to show them the operations and get them talking on the air to make a contact or two.<\/p>\n<p>Workshops also were conducted on various topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proper Soldering Techniques<\/li>\n<li>Building DiPole Antennas<\/li>\n<li>Quadrafillic (sp?) Antennas<\/li>\n<li>Anderson Power Pole<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the link below to continue this article &amp; see\u00a0some of the pics I took.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I&#8217;ll work on getting the videos online, but that will take longer due to their sizes and a need to edit out some background noise, etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6151 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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