On Apr 6, 2025, at 10:14?AM, Joe WB9SBD via groups.io <nss@...> wrote:

? Hello Everyone.

I wanna get a feeling of whats everyone's Personal Goals for Field Day are.
Not sure if the term "Goals" is the correct term, but Can't think of anything better.

What Number best fits your personal wants for Field Day for you.
Fractional numbers are also OK, like say you best fit as a 4.5 person.

5- It's a Contest!
Make as many contacts as possible a personal or club challenge to rack up QSOs.
Try to beat last years efforts. Or try to beat other clubs from all across the country.
Yeah yeah the ARRL says it is NOT a contest, (Wink Wink) But if making contacts are worth
"Points" and you publish "Results" of who made more points than others, Sorry,
IT'S A CONTEST and I'm gonna try my best to make us the highest score possible!
Improve personal skills – like logging speed, pileup management, antenna setup.
Achieve a personal record – more QSOs than last year, trying a new mode, etc.
Earn points for your club – most groups compete for top scores in their class.

4- Shit Hit The Fan!
Test emergency communication skills – setting up and operating off-grid under simulated emergency conditions.
Set up a portable station – practicing quick deployment of antennas, radios, power systems (solar, batteries, generators).

3- I've Never Done This Before!
Try out different bands and modes – HF, VHF, digital, CW, voice, etc.
Experiment with new equipment – antennas, radios, digital interfaces, logging software.
Engage with club members – team-building, shared learning, and camaraderie.
Elmer new operators – helping new or younger hams learn the ropes in a real-world scenario.
Troubleshoot in the field – identifying weak spots in your setup and learning to fix them under pressure.

4- Hello John Q Public
Promote ham radio to the public – Field Day often includes demonstrations for non-hams.
Even try to get visitors to "GOTA"

5- I'm Here!
I'm an extra Body. I will help anyway I can, but no specific duty or thing.
I'm Here Just to have fun – it's all about the joy of being on the air, outdoors, and doing radio with others.


And lastly, to get an idea of Who & When you will be at the site?
When do you plan to arrive at the site?
You Staying for the duration (Sunday afternoon)

All your answers will be kept Confidential.

Joe WB9SBD

On Apr 6, 2025, at 10:14?AM, Joe WB9SBD via groups.io <nss@...> wrote:

? Hello Everyone.

I wanna get a feeling of whats everyone's Personal Goals for Field Day are.
Not sure if the term "Goals" is the correct term, but Can't think of anything better.

What Number best fits your personal wants for Field Day for you.
Fractional numbers are also OK, like say you best fit as a 4.5 person.

5- It's a Contest!
Make as many contacts as possible a personal or club challenge to rack up QSOs.
Try to beat last years efforts. Or try to beat other clubs from all across the country.
Yeah yeah the ARRL says it is NOT a contest, (Wink Wink) But if making contacts are worth
"Points" and you publish "Results" of who made more points than others, Sorry,
IT'S A CONTEST and I'm gonna try my best to make us the highest score possible!
Improve personal skills – like logging speed, pileup management, antenna setup.
Achieve a personal record – more QSOs than last year, trying a new mode, etc.
Earn points for your club – most groups compete for top scores in their class.

4- Shit Hit The Fan!
Test emergency communication skills – setting up and operating off-grid under simulated emergency conditions.
Set up a portable station – practicing quick deployment of antennas, radios, power systems (solar, batteries, generators).

3- I've Never Done This Before!
Try out different bands and modes – HF, VHF, digital, CW, voice, etc.
Experiment with new equipment – antennas, radios, digital interfaces, logging software.
Engage with club members – team-building, shared learning, and camaraderie.
Elmer new operators – helping new or younger hams learn the ropes in a real-world scenario.
Troubleshoot in the field – identifying weak spots in your setup and learning to fix them under pressure.

4- Hello John Q Public
Promote ham radio to the public – Field Day often includes demonstrations for non-hams.
Even try to get visitors to "GOTA"

5- I'm Here!
I'm an extra Body. I will help anyway I can, but no specific duty or thing.
I'm Here Just to have fun – it's all about the joy of being on the air, outdoors, and doing radio with others.


And lastly, to get an idea of Who & When you will be at the site?
When do you plan to arrive at the site?
You Staying for the duration (Sunday afternoon)

All your answers will be kept Confidential.

Joe WB9SBD

Hello Everyone.

I wanna get a feeling of whats everyone's Personal Goals for Field Day are.
Not sure if the term "Goals" is the correct term, but Can't think of anything better.

What Number best fits your personal wants for Field Day for you.
Fractional numbers are also OK, like say you best fit as a 4.5 person.

5- It's a Contest!
Make as many contacts as possible a personal or club challenge to rack up QSOs.
Try to beat last years efforts. Or try to beat other clubs from all across the country.
Yeah yeah the ARRL says it is NOT a contest, (Wink Wink) But if making contacts are worth
"Points" and you publish "Results" of who made more points than others, Sorry,
IT'S A CONTEST and I'm gonna try my best to make us the highest score possible!
Improve personal skills – like logging speed, pileup management, antenna setup.
Achieve a personal record – more QSOs than last year, trying a new mode, etc.
Earn points for your club – most groups compete for top scores in their class.

4- Shit Hit The Fan!
Test emergency communication skills – setting up and operating off-grid under simulated emergency conditions.
Set up a portable station – practicing quick deployment of antennas, radios, power systems (solar, batteries, generators).

3- I've Never Done This Before!
Try out different bands and modes – HF, VHF, digital, CW, voice, etc.
Experiment with new equipment – antennas, radios, digital interfaces, logging software.
Engage with club members – team-building, shared learning, and camaraderie.
Elmer new operators – helping new or younger hams learn the ropes in a real-world scenario.
Troubleshoot in the field – identifying weak spots in your setup and learning to fix them under pressure.

2- Hello John Q Public
Promote ham radio to the public – Field Day often includes demonstrations for non-hams.
Even try to get visitors to "GOTA"

1- I'm Here!
I'm an extra Body. I will help anyway I can, but no specific duty or thing.
I'm Here Just to have fun – it's all about the joy of being on the air, outdoors, and doing radio with others.


And lastly, to get an idea of Who & When you will be at the site?
When do you plan to arrive at the site?
You Staying for the duration (Sunday afternoon)

All your answers will be kept Confidential.

Joe WB9SBD

That was a very interesting survey!

I Thank You who took the time to answer that simple question.
Only three of our 18 were I guess too busy to bother answering.

And the results! You do not know how happy I am with the results!
My Number as you probably would guess is a 5.? Actually I'm more like a 6 or 7 if that was possible.
Of the 15 that replied, we averaged out at a 4.25! NICE!

Now time for some strategy.
At this moment, we have 6 HF Stations.
a GOTA Station, (does not count for # of Transmitters)
The VHF/UHF Station, (Which also does not count as a Transmitter.)

Now Looking at last years results. We'd be in 6A Class.
There was no one from Wisconsin that entered so one contact and we'd take 1st place in Wisconsin.
1st Place in 9 Land (WI, IL, IN.) made 249 contacts, We can beat that easily!
1st Place in the country Not so much, We'd have to make an average of 700 QSO's at each station!
Not likely,

Now if we make one of our 6 transmitters a floater. Like when someone takes a break this floater gets on.
so we'd be in Class 5A
In Class 5A The winner in 1st place in Wisconsin also was the winner of 9 Land.
And they have a goal I think we can beat 200 contacts at each station average.
And to win 5A for the whole country? each station would have to average 397 QSO's

I feel we could do that.

What do you all think?

Nice Feeling eh?

Joe WB9SBD

Hello Everyone.

I wanna get a feeling of whats everyone's Personal Goals for Field Day are.
Not sure if the term "Goals" is the correct term, but Can't think of anything better.

What Number best fits your personal wants for Field Day for you.
Fractional numbers are also OK, like say you best fit as a 4.5 person.

5- It's a Contest!
Make as many contacts as possible a personal or club challenge to rack up QSOs.
Try to beat last years efforts. Or try to beat other clubs from all across the country.
Yeah yeah the ARRL says it is NOT a contest, (Wink Wink) But if making contacts are worth
"Points" and you publish "Results" of who made more points than others, Sorry,
IT'S A CONTEST and I'm gonna try my best to make us the highest score possible!
Improve personal skills – like logging speed, pileup management, antenna setup.
Achieve a personal record – more QSOs than last year, trying a new mode, etc.
Earn points for your club – most groups compete for top scores in their class.

4- Shit Hit The Fan!
Test emergency communication skills – setting up and operating off-grid under simulated emergency conditions.
Set up a portable station – practicing quick deployment of antennas, radios, power systems (solar, batteries, generators).

3- I've Never Done This Before!
Try out different bands and modes – HF, VHF, digital, CW, voice, etc.
Experiment with new equipment – antennas, radios, digital interfaces, logging software.
Engage with club members – team-building, shared learning, and camaraderie.
Elmer new operators – helping new or younger hams learn the ropes in a real-world scenario.
Troubleshoot in the field – identifying weak spots in your setup and learning to fix them under pressure.

2- Hello John Q Public
Promote ham radio to the public – Field Day often includes demonstrations for non-hams.
Even try to get visitors to "GOTA"

1- I'm Here!
I'm an extra Body. I will help anyway I can, but no specific duty or thing.
I'm Here Just to have fun – it's all about the joy of being on the air, outdoors, and doing radio with others.


And lastly, to get an idea of Who & When you will be at the site?
When do you plan to arrive at the site?
You Staying for the duration (Sunday afternoon)

All your answers will be kept Confidential.

Joe WB9SBD

We also need to figure out what call sign we are using.

On Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 2:29?PM Brandon - KD9YWQ via <kd9ywq=[email protected]> wrote:

I'm good with 6A.

On Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 2:22?PM Mathew KD9DZT via <kd9dzt=[email protected]> wrote:

I say we should be 6A.

Mathew KD9DZT

On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 10:26?AM Joe WB9SBD via <nss=[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Y'all!

OK things really didn't change after the re-doing of the ummm Survey because of the Numbering Issue.
People just swapped numbers more or less.? So it still came out to be a 4.25 rating.

OK so decision time. Be sure to vote!

Do we want to be 6A and just go with it no matter how many we actually have on the air?
OR
Do we want to do the 5A and have a floater that can fill in when someone stops.

Please Vote....

Joe WB9SBD

On 4/12/2025 9:32 PM, Joe wrote:

That was a very interesting survey!

I Thank You who took the time to answer that simple question.
Only three of our 18 were I guess too busy to bother answering.

And the results! You do not know how happy I am with the results!
My Number as you probably would guess is a 5.? Actually I'm more like a 6 or 7 if that was possible.
Of the 15 that replied, we averaged out at a 4.25! NICE!

Now time for some strategy.
At this moment, we have 6 HF Stations.
a GOTA Station, (does not count for # of Transmitters)
The VHF/UHF Station, (Which also does not count as a Transmitter.)

Now Looking at last years results. We'd be in 6A Class.
There was no one from Wisconsin that entered so one contact and we'd take 1st place in Wisconsin.
1st Place in 9 Land (WI, IL, IN.) made 249 contacts, We can beat that easily!
1st Place in the country Not so much, We'd have to make an average of 700 QSO's at each station!
Not likely,

Now if we make one of our 6 transmitters a floater. Like when someone takes a break this floater gets on.
so we'd be in Class 5A
In Class 5A The winner in 1st place in Wisconsin also was the winner of 9 Land.
And they have a goal I think we can beat 200 contacts at each station average.
And to win 5A for the whole country? each station would have to average 397 QSO's

I feel we could do that.

What do you all think?

Nice Feeling eh?

Joe WB9SBD

Hello Everyone.

I wanna get a feeling of whats everyone's Personal Goals for Field Day are.
Not sure if the term "Goals" is the correct term, but Can't think of anything better.

What Number best fits your personal wants for Field Day for you.
Fractional numbers are also OK, like say you best fit as a 4.5 person.

5- It's a Contest!
Make as many contacts as possible a personal or club challenge to rack up QSOs.
Try to beat last years efforts. Or try to beat other clubs from all across the country.
Yeah yeah the ARRL says it is NOT a contest, (Wink Wink) But if making contacts are worth
"Points" and you publish "Results" of who made more points than others, Sorry,
IT'S A CONTEST and I'm gonna try my best to make us the highest score possible!
Improve personal skills – like logging speed, pileup management, antenna setup.
Achieve a personal record – more QSOs than last year, trying a new mode, etc.
Earn points for your club – most groups compete for top scores in their class.

4- Shit Hit The Fan!
Test emergency communication skills – setting up and operating off-grid under simulated emergency conditions.
Set up a portable station – practicing quick deployment of antennas, radios, power systems (solar, batteries, generators).

3- I've Never Done This Before!
Try out different bands and modes – HF, VHF, digital, CW, voice, etc.
Experiment with new equipment – antennas, radios, digital interfaces, logging software.
Engage with club members – team-building, shared learning, and camaraderie.
Elmer new operators – helping new or younger hams learn the ropes in a real-world scenario.
Troubleshoot in the field – identifying weak spots in your setup and learning to fix them under pressure.

2- Hello John Q Public
Promote ham radio to the public – Field Day often includes demonstrations for non-hams.
Even try to get visitors to "GOTA"

1- I'm Here!
I'm an extra Body. I will help anyway I can, but no specific duty or thing.
I'm Here Just to have fun – it's all about the joy of being on the air, outdoors, and doing radio with others.


And lastly, to get an idea of Who & When you will be at the site?
When do you plan to arrive at the site?
You Staying for the duration (Sunday afternoon)

All your answers will be kept Confidential.

Joe WB9SBD

On Apr 20, 2025, at 3:17?PM, Dan KD9PCD via groups.io <kd9pcd@...> wrote:

?

I’m good with 6A.