Funny search terms to finding this blog

I've been keeping track of some of the funny search terms used to find this blog, and I thought I'd share. Most of them make at least some kind of sense, I'm really not sure how the last one ended up coming here. Anyways, without further ado

Favorite Memories of Field Day

I've just concluded my first ever field day participation. I made about 40 contacts on the GOTA club station, maybe 10-15 on the VHF, and 39 on my home station. I just want to share a few of my favorite moments from the whole process. I'm going to try and not give a blow by blow, but just focus on these key moments.

Current Ham Radio Goodies Wishlist

Today is the start of Field Day. Get out and find a place to participate! Seriously, it will be awesome!

As a result, I don't have time for a full blog post, but I will post a wish list of things that I have been considering getting. I'm including them roughly in the order that I think I'll actually get them. Just for those who want to thank me for all of the wonderful help I have given them to getting started with Ham Radio;-)

Field Day 2013 Invitation

You are hereby invited to participate with the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group’s 2013 Field Day. Activities will include learning about radios, talking to people over the radio across the world. Many requirements for the Radio Merit Badge can be passed off as well. You do not need an amateur radio license to participate in this event!

ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or simply with friends to operate from remote locations.

Why: Field Day tests the ability to set up an emergency communication station anywhere in the country. Amateur Radio Operators are often the only people able to communicate in the event of a major disaster, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, etc. They also can communicate from remote locations.

Date- Saturday, June 22

Time- 2:00 P.M. and later

Location: Westerman Farm (W5ODJ)

38668 Sierra Lane
Lovettsville, VA 20180

Field Day ARRL Section Cheat Sheet

Here's another cheat sheet from John K3US, for use in Field Day. Of course, you don't have to have a call sign from the region you operate (I operate in Virginia, KD7UIY, which would be a West Coast callsign), but it can still help plenty.

           *******  Sections Lookup Cheatsheet******

Step 1. find the number in the call    2. zip to the right place on cheat sheet!

        3. listen and log their report.     4. Convert long section  name to abbrev.   5. Log it!

Section Abbrev lookup    ARRL section list is at http://www.arrl.org/section-abbreviations

Call Number		If in doubt or you get flustrated as to the abbrev, just write down exactly what they said  and move on to the next contact !   write, call, exchange, time			“Grabbing their info” is good enough for the log.
11111111	1111111111111111111111     LONG		ABBREV	1111111111111111
1	Connecticut		CT	1
	Eastern Mass (or Massachusetts)		EMA
	Maine		ME
	New Hampshire		NH
	Rhode Island		RI
	Vermont		VT
	Western Mass  (or Massachusetts)		WMA
VE2,VA2	Maritime  (Canada)		MAR	VE2,VA2
VO1	Newfoundland  - Labrador  (Canada)		NL	VO1
22222222	2222222222222222222222222222222		22222222222222	2222222222222222
2	Eastern New York		ENY	2
	New York - Long Island		NLI
	Northern New Jersey		NNJ
	Northern New York		NNY
	Southern New Joisey		SNJ
	Western New York		WNY
VE2,VA2	Quebec   (Key-Beck)     (Canada)		QC	VE2,VA2
VY2	Maritime                        (Canada)		MAR	VY2
KP2	Virgin Islands		VI	KP2
33333333	3333333333333333333333333333333		33333333333333	3333333333333333
3	Delaware		DE	3
	Eastern Pennsylvania		EPA
	Western PA		WPA
	Maryland – DC   (they are combined)		MDC
VE3,VA3	Greater Toronto Area,      (Canada)		GTA	New sections! VE3,VA3
VE3,VA3	Ontario East,                     (Canada)		ONE	New sections! VE3,VA3
VE3,VA3	Ontario North,                  (Canada)		ONN	New sections! VE3,VA3
VE3,VA3	Ontario South,                  (Canada)		ONS	New sections! VE3,VA3
44444444	4444444444444444444444444444444		44444444444444	444444444444444
4	Alabama		AL	4
	Georgia		GA
	Kentucky		KY
	North Carolina		NC
	North Florida		NFL
	South Carolina		SC
	South Florida		SFL
	Tennessee		TN
	Virginia		VA
444444444	West Central Florida		WCF	44444444444444444444
KP3,KP4	Puerto Rico		PR	KP3,KP4, WP3, WP4
VE4,VA4	Manitoba,                     (Canada)		MB	VE4,VA4

           *******  Sections Lookup Cheatsheet******

Step 1. find the number in the call    2. zip to the right place on cheat sheet!

        3. listen and log their report.     4. Convert long section  name to abbrev.   5. Log it!

Call Number	If in doubt or you get flustrated as to the abbrev, just write down exactly what they said  and move on to the next contact !   write, call, exchange, time		“Grabbing their info” is good enough for the log.
55555555	555555555555555555555        LONG	Abbrev.   55555	5555555555555555
5	Arkansas	AR	5
	Louisiana	LA
	Mississippi	MS
	New Mexico	NM
	North Texas	NTX
	Oklahoma	OK
	South Texas	STX
55555555	West Texas	WTX	55555555555555555555
VE5,VA5	(Canada)       Saskatchewan	SK	VE5,VA5
66666666	6666666666666666666666666666666	6666666666	66666666666666666666
6	East Bay	EB	6
	Los Angeles	LAX
	Orange	ORG
	Santa Barbara	SB
	Santa Clara Valley	SCV
	San Diego	SDG
	San Francisco	SF
	San Jose	SJ
	San Joaquin Valley	SJV
66666666	Sacramento Valley	SV
KH6	Pacific	PAC	KH6, WH6, AH6  _H#
VE6,VA6	(Canada)              Alberta	AB	VE6,VA6
77777777	7777777777777777777777777777777	7777777777	7777777777777777
7	Arizona	AZ	7
	Eastern Washington	EWA
	Idaho	ID
	Montana	MT
	Nevada	NV
	Oregon	OR
	Utah	UT
	Western Washington	WWA
77777777	Wyoming	WY	7777777777777777
KL7	Alaska   also WL, AL, KL with any #	AK	KL7, AL7, WL7,  _L#
VE7,VA7	(Canada)        British Columbia	BC	VE7, VA7
88888888	8888888888888888888888888888888	8888888888	8888888888888888
8	Michigan	MI	8
	Ohio	OH
	West Virginia	WV
VE8	Northwest Territories,  (Canada)	NT	VE8

               *******  Sections Lookup Cheatsheet******

Step 1. find the number in the call    2. zip to the right place on cheat sheet!

        3. listen and log their report.     4. Convert long section  name to abbrev.   5. Log it!

Call Number	If in doubt or you get flustrated as to the abbrev, just write down exactly what they said  and move on to the next contact !   write, call, exchange, time		“Grabbing their info” is good enough for the log.
99999999	9999999999999999999999999999999	9999999999	9999999999999999
9	Indiana	IN	9
	Illinois	IL
	Wisconsin	WI
VE9	Maritime,     (Canada)	MAR	9999999999999999
00000000	0000000000000000000000000000000	0000000000	0000000000000000
0	Colorado	CO	0
	Iowa	IA
	Kansas	KS
	Minnesota	MN
	Missouri	MO
	North Dakota	ND
	Nebraska	NE
	South Dakota	SD
0000000000	0000000000000000000000000000000	0000000000	0000000000000000
	ODDBALL SECTION ABBREVS
__L#	Alaska, second letter of call sign is L    KL7, KL5, AL1, WL2 are examples	AK	KL or AL or NL or WL + any number
CFS	the state of confusion	CFS	we don’t go there!
GTA	Greater Toronto Area, Canada	GTA	VE3, VA3
MAR	Maritime	MAR	VE1
NB	New Brunswick, Canada	NB	VE9
NL	Newfoundland or Labrador, Canada	NL	VO1
NT	Northern Territories, Canada	NT	VE8, VY1
__H#	second letter of call sign is  H Pacific,  mostly Hawaii but also some other Pacific Islands	PAC	KH#, AH#, WH#, NH#
PEI	Prince Edward Island	PEI	VY2
PR	Puerto Rico	PR	KP4, NP4, WP4
VI	Virgin Islands	VI	KP2, NP2, WP2
USA	prefixes:      http://www.ac6v.com/prefixes.htm#
note:	Canada     -  many different Special Event prefixes are used in Canada so you might hear one of these:   CF-CK,  CY,  VA-VG,   VO   VX   VY   XJ-XO
	Mexico	XE followed by any number