HR3:2021 Visualized Results

With our first HudsonRiverRadioRelay.com event complete, many of the station sponsors that participated have started to publish articles in club newsletters.

Certificates of Achievement are now being issued to those that submitted electronic logs and printed certificates are being mailed to those that donated to the event's fund raising goal honoring Bannerman Castle Trust.

Summary of  the event is below and at https://hudsonriverradiorelay.com/2021-results.html 

While we are showing an entire list of all contacts  on the Hudson River Radio Relay event page and which of the eight special event stations they were able to contact, it is time to release files to best visualize all the contacts made by station using Google Earth. 

Special Notes: 

• HVDN used the K2DSL ADIF to KML conversion tool to take our logged data from the fantastic N3FJP AClog program to generate these Google Earth files.

• The web based version of Google Earth as well as the desktop versions work great and you can manipulate the data however you like.

• You can download the related KML/KMZ file from each of the eight special event station landing pages to see how they did.

A few things worth commenting on:

• We used the 4 digit grid square locator, so all contact locations are approximate on the map.

• To keep all data uniform, even our eight special event station locations on the map are approximate since we used four digit grids for them also, but actual locations are listed on the event website.

• Grid square locations are listed in the center of each grid versus actual location.

• Next year, we are going to try and ask for six digit grids instead of four digit for enhanced accuracy.

Please also take a moment to visit each of the sponsoring clubs websites to see what else they are involved in as we strive to continue to put the Hudson Valley and our amateur radio community on the map both figuratively and geographically!  

And, if you live in the Hudson Valley and interested in joining a club, here is a great way to learn more about nine of them through this great event.

Much more to follow.....

Operating as N2B, Steve K2GOG (Front, left) operating on 2m FM before a satellite pass.  Joe NE2Z using FT8 on 17m and Lloyd K2JVX in background on 20m SSB.

The Bannerman Castle Tour's were full of young and old that were interested in history.  Mark WA2NYY doing CW all the way at the back with Steve K2GOG and Joe NE2Z trying to be quiet during the tour presentation. Benefits of being a CW operator.....