The 6th annual Family Emergency Preparedness Day at Glasgow Park on September 11th was a resounding success! Communication Corps gave out loads of literature on Amateur Radio, signed up one prospective student for the next class and had some success on the air using a horizontal loop antenna consisting of 80 feet of wire, ten feet above the ground with a matching counterpoise lying on the ground, fed with an SGC Auto-tuner. We contacted Serbia, Northern Ireland, and Germany on 17 meter SSB. Not bad for an NVIS [near vertical incidence skywave] antenna that is supposed to be best for local communications!! On 40 meters we had a chat with Greg, N3TU in Newark and someone in Ohio with good signal reports from both, more like it for an NVIS antenna.
Frank-AD3M: ARRL Delaware Section Manager
State RACES Officer
Foreground: Jim-KB3PZN left,CARES Event Coordinator
Robbie-W3RSM seated, New Castle County ARES Emergency Coordinator/RACES Office
John-W3JKS right, Chief Engineer-MCU-37
Under the tent: Frank-AD3M left, ARRL Secion Manager
Lee-W3LDG center, ARES Assistant Emegency Coordinator-City of Newark, DE
Steve-K3MOT right ARES/RACES and CARES member
Photos courtesy Bill-W3DE
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