[AARA] Louisiana Cane Field Contest Club Field Day
Herman Campbell
kn5grk at lusfiber.net
Fri Jul 8 15:20:36 CDT 2011
*When the going gets rough hams get on the air*
First Apostolic Church of New Iberia
Reprinted from: TecheToday.com
<http://www.techetoday.com/view/full_story/14543171/article-When-the-going-gets-rough-hams-get-on-the-air?#ixzz1RXwRJMqb>
July 1, 2011
New Iberia -- A small group of "radio hams" from St. Martinville and the
surrounding Acadiana area joined in a national deployment demonstration
of emergency communications June 26 and 27.
This area's "hams" competed against thousands of amateur radio operators
throughout the North American continent by use of their radio emergency
capabilities.
Over the past year, the news has been full of reports of ham radio
operators providing critical communications during unexpected
emergencies in towns across America including the California wildfires,
winter storms, tornadoes and other events worldwide. During Hurricane
Katrina, amateur radio -- often called "ham radio" - was often the only
way people could communicate, and hundreds of volunteer "hams" worked at
their ham sets to save lives and property.
When trouble is brewing, amateur radio's people are often the first to
provide rescuers with critical information and communications.
During the emergency communications demonstration, the local ham radio
club called the Louisiana Cane Field Contest Club participated in the
yearly contest that covers the whole North American continent. The group
participated in the contest in the 2A class which is the class that is
limited to the use of two amateur radio stations that work on emergency
power for 24 hours without stop.
The 2A class is the largest and most competitive of the seven contest
classes and subclasses. Approximately 35,000 ham operators participated
in the event. This annual event, called "Field Day" is the climax of the
week long "Amateur Radio Week" sponsored by the ARRL, the national
association for amateur radio. Using only emergency power, these ham
operators setup two emergency stations in a local ham's backyard next to
a cane field and operated on generator power using Morse code. Under the
rules, a third station is allowed if manned by recently licensed hams or
hams who have been inactive.
This year the "GOTA" station, (Get On The Air station) was manned by
members of a church group from the First Apostolic Church of New Iberia.
Most of those members were under the age of 18 and they communicated by
voice instead of Morse code. They made a very respectable showing by
contacting 312 stations.
Last year the Louisiana Cane Field Contest Club had an impressive
ranking by placing 10th in class 2A.
Although the calculations of the final results are still pending, the
club appears to have made a total of 2,400 contacts which results are
better than last year.
The club's president, Bert Beyt, and Field Day chairman, Louis Corne,
greeted St. Martinville Mayor Thomas Nelson and St. Martin Parish
Sheriff Ronny Theriot at the beginning of the event and gave them a tour
of the site before the contest started. Members of the club who
participated included Bert Beyt, Dr. Paul Azar Jr., Dr. Pat Sonnier, Roy
Bonvillian, Art Suberbielle, Art Mouton, Louis Corne, Charles Morrison,
Ed Sexton and Reverend Michael Pitre.
The young hams participating included Matthew Roy (KD5WUQ), Remington
Martin (KF5KSG), Angela Latigue (KF5FYM), Adrienne Latigue (KF5FYL),
Carmichael Linzer (KF5FYN), Carriane Linzer (KF5FYK), Kristen Orson
(KE5SUH), Allison Roy (KF5FYO), Lauren Roy (KF5RPH).
http://www.techetoday.com/view/full_story/14543171/article-When-the-going-gets-rough-hams-get-on-the-air?
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