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Tag: Field Day

2019 Field Day (June 22-23)

May 15, 2019 Van Rowe

2019 Field Day (June 22-23) Field day 2019 is upon us! Come on out to Deep Creek Locks Park and Help us Celebrate Field Day! Set up begins at 9am and we begin transmitting at 2pm. Come check out our transmitters, antennas and public information table! We will have HF, Read More …

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Ancient 30 year old CARS video discovered!

July 2, 2018July 9, 2018 Admin

A little while back an ancient piece of CARS history was discovered on a compact disc. 30 years ago… Field Day 1988.Thanks to the miracle of modern computers, this footage has been converted to modern video formats and has been uploaded to w4car.org for all to enjoy! Take a look Read More …

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Field Day videos and pictures

June 29, 2018 Admin

Field Day pictures from 2016 & 2017 have been posted to the site. If you have any pictures from these events that have not been shared, please let us know and we will work to include them. Also, videos from 2016 & 2017 with Alan Krasnoff, Mayor of Chesapeake, VA Read More …

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Field Day 2018 Video

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 Admin

A little video for our 2018 Field Day exercise that was held this weekend at Deep Creek Lock Park. Thanks to Jason Harris and to Blair, KC9BBW for their assistance for helping me with Linux code to get this loaded 🙂 Will work on mobile devices. If slow… get to Read More …

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Unexpected surprise.

June 24, 2018 Admin

CARS worked N3FJP, our contest software creator. #N3FJP #ARRLFIELDDAY

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