TARAWeb: Field Day 2008

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 28 & 29. 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 28. This year's menu has been expanded and you can choose either the Seasoned Prime Rib of Beef, Homemade Lasagna, Vegetarian Special or you can have a Charbroiled NYS Strip Siloin, all which 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 Bill Eddy, NY2U immediately. All orders must be made prior to June 10th.
After last year's Field Day all the QSO's were counted and filed with the ARRL. TARA made some 771 QSO's under the call of N2TY, for a total of 2,556 in the ENY section (Eastern New York). Results can be found in the December 2007 issue of QST, page 82.

YEAR CALL NOVICE CLASS #MEMBERS QSO's SCORE

1992 NY2U N2JZK 3A 77 371 1628

1993 NY2U NONE 2A 75 1107 3618

1994 NY2U KB2JZI 3A 30 1801 5966

1995 KB2UGD N2YNP 3A 26 1325 5220

1996 KB2UGD N2YNP 3A 35 998 3858

1997 N2TY KB2SPM 3A 50 908 3048

1998 N2TY KC2BRY 3A 41 667 2350

1999 N2TY KB2KFV 3A 45 984 3136

2000 N2TY KB2UUC 3A 55 1341 3804

2001 N2TY NONE 4A 55 1170 3640

2002 N2TY NONE 4A 68 1461 5082

2003 N2TY NONE 3A 62 1088 2988

2004 N2TY NONE 3A 63 783 3062

2005 N2TY NONE 3A 42 890 3752

2006 N2TY KS2O 3A 53 1396 4162

2007 N2TY KL7TJZ 3A 49 771 2556

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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