Randallstown Amateur Radio Club
The radio club was founded in 1970 with the opening of Randallstown Senior High School. Here is the Constitution from the club's creation. Here is a certificate from the ARRL from 1977. Over the years the individual members have gone their separate ways and spread out across the country, yet a core group of the original "hams", joined by others attracted to the club, have gotten together every year to participate in the American Radio Relay League's Field Day activity. On the Field Day weekend, thousands of Amateur Radio operators in the U.S. and Canada set up their stations in the open using only emergency power and portable antennas. They contact as many operators as possible in the 24-hour period. These tests are designed to help hams refine operating skills so necessary during disasters and times of emergency when normal channels of communication are disrupted or unavailable. The annual event has become somewhat of a reunion, being the only time many of the group see one another any longer. The club first participated in Field Day in 1971 and has never missed a year. Members currently reside in California, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. In recent years the local club has set up operations in Washington Monument State Park, west of Frederick on the Appalachian Trail, at an elevation of 1830 feet. They always seek high spots in order to strengthen communications. When the FCC abandoned club licenses, the group began operating Field Day under callsign N3IC.
Field Day Statistics
Year Class Ops CW Phone Score w/Bonus Location 1971* 1A? Patapsco 1972 1A 6 294 High School 1973 2A 4 1010 1974 2A 6 1246 1975 3A 10 386 794 3132 3582 Gambrill 1976 2A 7 473 674 3240 3640 Gambrill 1977 2A 7 409 687 3010 3260 Gambrill 1978 2A 6 508 840 3712 4012 Gambrill 1979 2A 7 577 786 3880 4130 Gambrill 1980 2A 7 462 723 3294 3594 Gambrill 1981 2A 7 601 581 3566 3966 Gambrill 1982 2A 8 542 691 3550 4150 Gambrill 1983* 1984* 1A ? 339 447 2250 2650 Gambrill 1985* 1A ? 411 579 2802 3202 Gambrill 1986 1A 5 293 329 1830 2130 Gambrill 1987 1A 5 321 330 1944 2344 Gambrill 1988 1A 6 353 506 2424 2924 Wash Mon 1989 1A 6 400 473 2546 2946 Wash Mon 1990 1A 6 361 266 1976 2476 Wash Mon 1991 1A 7 426 336 2376 3176 Michaux 1992 1A 6 389 588 2732 3532 Wash Mon 1993 1A 7 476 461 2826 3726 Wash Mon 1994 1A 8 494 439 2854 3754 Wash Mon 1995 1A 12 552 532 3272 4232 Wash Mon 1996 1A 9 571 517 3318 4218 Wash Mon 1997 1A 9 502 546 3100 4100 Wash Mon 1998 2A 10 671 945 4574 5374 Wash Mon 1999 2A 10 799 1063 5322 6122 Gambrill 2000 2A 9 808 1197 5626 6526 Gambrill 2001 2A 12 925 1339 6378 7278 Wash Mon 2002 2A 15 1185 1870 8480 9480 Wash Mon 2003 2A 15 824 1421 6138 7238 Wash Mon 2004 2A 12 906 1606 6836 7836 Wash Mon 2005 2A 14 1109 1335 7106 8456 Wash Mon 2006 2A 16 1094 1820 8016 9826 Wash Mon 2007 2A 18 1001 865 5734 7344 Wash Mon 2008 2A 17 1122 1372 7232 9022 Wash Mon 2009 2A 13 1067 1545 7358 8968 Wash Mon 2010 2A 16 1089 1844 8044 10174 Wash Mon 2011 2A 18 1102 2080 8568 10398 Wash Mon 2012 2A 20 1373 1413 8318 9648 Wash Mon 2013 2A 16 1288 1408 7968 9278 Wash Mon 2014 2A 22 1082 1771 7870 9640 Wash Mon 2015 2A 16 1117 1511 7490 8800 Wash Mon 2016 3A 17 1227 1305 7518 9438 Wash Mon 2017 3A 15 1287 1903 8954 10644 Wash Mon 2018 3A 14 1388 1436 8424 10074 Wash Mon 2019 3A 22 1348 1584 8560 10410 Wash Mon 2020 3A 10 1566 1235 8734 9724 Wash Mon #50! 2021 3A 16 1890 1420 10400 11840 Wash Mon 2022 3A 22 1912 1114 9876 11286 Wash Mon 2023 3A 17 1852 1344 10096 12046 Wash Mon
*1971, 1983, 1984, and 1985 were not reported to the ARRL. The logs for 1984 and 1985 have been found and the CW/Phone totals are correct, from those dupe sheets. The w/Bonus points shown assume the usual bonuses.
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