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Field Day 2015 Is Coming!

It’s that time of year that we all really look forward to: FIELD DAY! The Decatur Amateur Radio Club will hold its 62nd Field Day…

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Field Day 2014 Results

The December 2014 issue of QST magazine has the results of this year’s Field Day contest.  This wasn’t our best showing.  But we DID make…

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Field Day Aftermath

Field Day is over a month gone, and some of us are just now recovering from the long weekend.  Special thanks to the club’s Vice-President,…

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CQ Field Day! W4ATD Field Day!

It’s Field Day time again!  For the 61st consecutive time, the Decatur Amateur Radio Club will operate stations for Field Day. We will be operating…

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Field Day 2013 Official Post-mortem

The ARRL has posted the 2013 Field Day results. We didn’t do very well this time. Here’s the breakdown for W4ATD, our club station: Overall: …

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Another One In The Books

Field Day 2013 is over.  We had a great time at Point Mallard.  Thanks to all those who came out and participated, even if you…

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Amateur Radio Week in Decatur

Vice-President David Stephenson was instrumental in getting a special proclamation issued by the mayor of Decatur, Don Kyle. June 17th through 23rd is Amateur Radio…

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We’re Number 1! (By One Definition, Anyway!)

We improved! We really did! A lot!! The 2012 Field Day results are now available on the ARRL website.  The December QST magazine has them…

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Field Day 2012 – Pretty Hot!

Field Day 2012 was a hot one.  Temperatures at the site were above 90°F, but for most of the day there was a slight breeze…

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Fame Comes to Us Again!

Look who made the newspaper!  Our own Bob McKenzie K4MLR had a nice feature story yesterday (June 14th). Club president Lester Christophe W5GSU got a…

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