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Field
Day is a nationwide emergency communications preparedness drill
held annually on the fourth week end of June. This year's Field
Day will be held on June 25 & 26. Field Day is sponsored by
the American Radio Relay League
(ARRL).
The ARRL is a nationwide organization of amateur radio operators.
Field
Day's main focus is emergency communications preparedness.
Amateur radio clubs across the country, including TARA, sponsor a
field day site which conducts communications under simulated
emergency conditions. Amateur operators prove their readiness for
a genuine emergency by operating without the benefit of any
commercial power source.
While
emergency communications is the main focus of Field Day, amateur
operators also seize the opportunity Field Day presents to inform
the public about the many benefits offered by the amateur radio
hobby, including public service communications and educational
programs. And of course, the TARA Field Day site offers lots of
good conversation and good food!
The
public is invited to TARA Field Day site which this year will be
at Frear Park in Troy, next to the tennis courts. If you can't
make it to our site, find out where you can participate in your
community! Get involved and support your local club!
TARA
will once again be having it's Field Day BBQ on Saturday - June
25. It includes the "All
you
Can
Eat"
afternoon buffet. There is a charge for this of course and you
can join us for this special BBQ by notifying
Karen Smith, KS2O,
immediately.
After
last year's Field Day all the QSO's were counted and filed with
the ARRL. TARA made some 482 QSO's under the call of N2TY, for a
total of 1,226 in the ENY section (Eastern New York). Results can
be found in the December 2010 issue of QST.

|
YEAR
|
CALL
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NOVICE
|
CLASS
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#MEMBERS
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QSO's
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SCORE
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1992
|
NY2U
|
N2JZK
|
3A
|
77
|
371
|
1628
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1993
|
NY2U
|
NONE
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2A
|
75
|
1107
|
3618
|
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1994
|
NY2U
|
KB2JZI
|
3A
|
30
|
1801
|
5966
|
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1995
|
KB2UGD
|
N2YNP
|
3A
|
26
|
1325
|
5220
|
|
1996
|
KB2UGD
|
N2YNP
|
3A
|
35
|
998
|
3858
|
|
1997
|
N2TY
|
KB2SPM
|
3A
|
50
|
908
|
3048
|
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1998
|
N2TY
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KC2BRY
|
3A
|
41
|
667
|
2350
|
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1999
|
N2TY
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KB2KFV
|
3A
|
45
|
984
|
3136
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2000
|
N2TY
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KB2UUC
|
3A
|
55
|
1341
|
3804
|
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2001
|
N2TY
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NONE
|
4A
|
55
|
1170
|
3640
|
|
2002
|
N2TY
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NONE
|
4A
|
68
|
1461
|
5082
|
|
2003
|
N2TY
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NONE
|
3A
|
62
|
1088
|
2988
|
|
2004
|
N2TY
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NONE
|
3A
|
63
|
783
|
3062
|
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2005
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N2TY
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NONE
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3A
|
42
|
890
|
3752
|
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2006
|
N2TY
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KS2O
|
3A
|
53
|
1396
|
4162
|
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2007
|
N2TY
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KL7TJZ
|
3A
|
49
|
771
|
2556
|
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2008
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N2TY
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NONE
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3A
|
84
|
1094
|
4036
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2009
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N2TY
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W2TRY
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3A
|
65
|
931
|
3492
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2010
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N2TY
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NONE
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3A
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52
|
482
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1226
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If
you would like additional information or better yet, if you would
like to volunteer your services, please contact one of the names
listed below. We need your support!
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