Narwhal Amateur Radio Society
Sometimes it’s nice for an imaginary fish to go see the sun. You know, from a safe distance. A group of Narwhals has been doing that for the last couple of years in a very limited circumstance: to compete in the largest ham radio contest in the world, ARRL Field Day. Our Narwhal Amateur Radio Society (NARS) events occur somewhere around the Puget Sound, and some documentation is below.
Our Code of Conduct applies in full force to NARS events, as with every Narwhal event.
If you want to get involved, drop an email to info@narwhal.be.
2021
- Dates: June 25-27, 2021
- Location: Spencer Spit State Park, Lopez Island, WA
- Weather: ???
- Mood: ???
Our 2021 event will be bigger, involving ham radio exams on both Friday (8pm) and Saturday (2pm), more people, and more fun!
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2020
- Dates: June 26-28, 2020
- Location: Private Land, Bainbridge Island, WA
- Weather: Extremely rainy
- Mood: Grim (look, we were five months into a global pandemic)
Our inaugural 2020 event (motto: “maybe we won’t all die!”) was held in a beautiful forested area owned by one of the imaginary fish. Despite having only a few control operators, we managed to do quite well: we took 30th in the country in our division (1A, meaning “one transmitter, more than two people, temporary setup”) and second in the Western Washington section with 1,416 points.