Join Us For Field Day With The Chicago FM Club
June 23th - 24th 2012 In River Grove Illinois
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It was approved, motioned & Voted upon at the January meeting that Tom N9IHZ is officially the field day chairman for 2012.
Vern K9VRT is the second in command as an assistant for Tom.
Congratulations to you both for stepping up and making sure CFMC participates in Field Day.
From now until June, more information will be added to this page for the up coming event .
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The Purple Marker On The Map Is The Location For Field Day 2012.
This Location Is Centralized And Convenient For All To Attend From All Directions Within The Chicago Metro Area.
The Chicago FM Club "Strongly" Encourages all Ham's Active Or Not In The Hobby To Attend This Event.
We Also Encourage Non-Radio Licensed Folks To Attend This Event.
Dont Be Shy, Tom & Vern Will Break The Ice For You, And Welcome You To The Art Of Radio !!!
Talk-In Will Be On 146.550 Simplex
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| FIELD DAY 2011 IN MORTON GROVE ILLINOIS |
The Chicago FM Club Field Day Chairman Stan NK9A and his Assistant Bob KB9SAR have been planning and organizing the Field Day 2011 event for 2 months prior. In return, a great success!! The Weather was perfect, very clear, not too hot, not too cold, and the humidity was just right, not as humid as prior years. Help arrived in the morning at the park and the antennas were assembled quickly and we had everything installed in no time due to great team work. Pete WV9P brought over his military tri-pod and mast with a 6 Meter beam on it. Jerry KC9POL brought his Icom rig to try out with an end fed dipole. Stan brought the primary HF radio & dipole, Bob brought 2 meters / 440 MHz and a Comet GP-9 Base antenna, Ben NN9S brought his buddy pole and his QRP rig, etc. The helium balloon was also launched later in the afternoon sending up 130 feet of wire for 160 meters. Due to the previous storms just days before the event, the Village of Morton Grove was unable to supply us with a bucket truck to lift up the beam antennas. Thanks to Howard N9KTW and his quick thinking, he made arrangements with Downing Electrical Contractors from Libertyville Illinois to use there bucket truck to lift up the club HF antennas. Few hundred contacts were made between all of us. We are still totaling the points, and the club will announce the totals later on.
The club rented a professional table charcoal grill and we had food cooked up for the members, helpers, and guests in the afternoon and late evening. Tom N9IHZ brought in his FAMOUS baked beans, what a treat that was, THANKS TOM!! We had many great operators as well working the radios around the clock. It’s amazing how many visitors we had stopped by the event. We had dog walkers, kids in the park, Joggers, Police, Bicyclists, etc, come up to us asking about ham radio. There were a few hams that fell out of the hobby sometime ago; they even showed up to Field Day and there interest got sparked up again for this great hobby. Sunday morning Tom N9IHZ brought over his famous biscuits and gravy for us operators to have breakfast, again Thanks Tom!! Then sadly, it was time to take the equipment down.
Here are the Special Thanks / Credits to those who made Field Day for the Chicago FM Club successful...
Stan NK9A….Pete WV9P and his son Phil…Chris NB9A…Jerry KC9POL…Steve KC9MNL…Tom N9IHZ…Steve K9VO…Lynne N9CBE…Rick W9XB…Tina KC9CMO…Howard N9KTW…Bill KB9YEK…Vern K9VRT…Ben NN9S…John N9AWQ…Linda KA9LOY…Elton WA9AYQ…Bob KB9SAR…Carl KC9UJU…George KC9QCY…Tom KE9SJ… Tony N9VVO & his wife Lisa.
And to the many, many guests and spectators who came out to visit us through out the day and night.
Special thanks go out to Downing Electrical Contractors from Libertyville Illinois for letting the club use there bucket truck.
Thank you to the Skokie Sun Times-Daily Harold for interviewing the club and the great photos.
Thank You goes out to the Village Of Morton Grove for the use of there grounds.
For those who didn’t make it...Well...You missed out again. See ya next year!!
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| RESULTS FROM FIELD DAY 2010 |
Field Day results for WA9ORC have been submitted to ARRL via internet. Claimed score of 1482 QSO points plus 250 bonus points for claimed score of 1732 total points.
Compared to previous years this is pretty good.
Rick W9XB
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ARRL Field Day with the Chicago FM Club
June 26, 2010
The weather was cooperative for the most part, Sunday was another story with a storm that blew in during the morning hours, but luckily this year it wasn't 90 degrees out with heat indices of 100+. Bob (KB9SAR) & Tina (KC9CMO) headed over to Stan (NK9A) home to pick up the club beam antenna Friday, the day before the event, to save time and travel. We got the beam for 20 meters along with the, mast, rotor, 160 meter Loop & lots of miscellaneous equipment in totes. We loaded the equipment into the truck, and tied the antenna down on the roof rack, and waited until morning time. I got up early and started our day by picking up all the ice, lots of bottled water, soda, hamburgers, bratwurst, the grill, and all the fixin's, and away we went to our Field day location with the truck fully loaded to the gills!! Upon our arrival we had a crew of club members, and the public works employee by the Village of River Grove setting up the boom on the bucket truck raising the 20 meter beam up about 60 ft. Talk'n about team work, the crew had everything set up in less than 2 hours !! BIG Thank You goes to NK9A , W9XB, KB9YEK, N9IHZ, KC9CMO, WA9FTS , N9VKY, N9KTW, N9PA (for making arrangements), And the Village of River Grove for the bucket truck use.
Stan (NK9A) strung up a new homebrew Loop antenna from tree to tree for 160 meters, Rick put up a G5RV, and Bob (KB9SAR) set up a 2m and 440 station for the Talk-in on 146.550 simplex. Radio Rick brought his computer for logging contacts as well. Hap Holly from the Rain Report also showed up to the event with his wife. Shortly before making contacts at 1 pm, out came the BBQ Grill, and we started cooking. Thanks for putting the grill together and bringing some Tab to drink "WA9FTS"! Thanks to the club, and several people who remain anonymous for donating money towards the grill & food, you know who you are, and thank you once again. Thanks also go out to the following operators who operated radios in the day, the evening time, and overnight. W9XB, NK9A, KC9LRZ, N9CBE, KB9SAR, N9VKY, K9VO, WA9AYQ and lastly the best CW operator on the planet. Tim WD9DZV. We made over 300 contacts in 24 hours!!! All though we had a lot of static crashes on many bands, we still pulled it off.
*** SPECIAL THANK YOU'z Goez out to Tom "N9IHZ" for buying the sweets, the hotdogz, home made baked beanz in a slow cooker, The Rye Breadz, and bringing out more electric fanz to cool us members down, and for making biscuits & gravy'z in the morning for those operators who pulled an all nighter. We will Never forget your good gesture to the club Tom !
** BIG THANK YOU Goes out to Kristy Wondolkowski , her mom Vicki Wondolkowski, Shannon & Heather Wondolkowski, for helping out with cooking, food preparation, donating ice, beers, and miscellaneous foods in addition to what the club and other members provided. Thanks again, I can't wait until Radio Expo to see you again with all that great food you guys cook up.
Special Thanks to The Village of River Grove Public Works for providing the bucket truck, the Park District for letting us use the Gazebo and there grounds. Additional Thanks also go out to Pioneer Press for being there to interview us. Photos and an article will be published in the local newspaper about our club and the Field Day event soon.
To all the rest of the people off the streets, the neighborhood, the on-lookers, and members who stopped by and supported our event, there were approximately 40 visitors and staff total. Thank you for being there! Those who didn't show up from last year - well - you missed out I guess.
Stan (NK9A) Field Day Chairman
Radio Rick (W9XB) Assistant
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