T minus 4 days and counting.
Agawam residents should be on the look out for Amateur Radio operators.
They look like normal people, dress like normal people, but have a language all their own.
Some speak in code (CW), Some in Digital ( RTTY, PSK), Even the words they use(CQ, 59 WMA, 73).
Here is what we know about their movements for this weekend they call Field Day.
Starting with a healthy Breakfast at 8:00AM Friday Morning at Partners restaurant 485 Springfield St.
http://www.partnersrestaurant.com/ordereze/default.aspx
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Then its off to School street park to do the setup.
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As set up continues through out the day we will be breaking for lunch and dinner which will be left to the hired volunteer help on what they want to do.
(Note: VE session is the 28th)
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Some will stay and guard their precious aluminum that they have freshly planted and some will even stay overnight.
On Saturday morning they get going again with some coffee and other foods from the locals. They will continue on the setup, do any last minute repairs, and do the testing.
If all is well at 2:00PM Saturday the festivities commence. For the next 24 hours all that the residence of Agawam will hear is the hum of generators and people calling CQ or -.-. –.- Field day this is W1NY.
At 2:00 PM on Sunday all goes quiet. Peace starts returning back to this little town as the Hams of HCRA disassemble the great flowers and return them to their collapsed state.
As things are put away neatly in the Storage trailer, people are saying goodby for the summer months and will see every one again in the fall.
73 and Good Night
DE KB1NWH
