Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Are you ready to rack up some serious points at ARRL Field Day? Beyond making contacts, one of the most effective ways to boost your score is through message handling! This video dives deep into the official ARRL Field Day rules, breaking down exactly how your club or individual station can earn valuable bonus points by originating, relaying, and delivering formal messages.
We'll cover:
The crucial "Section Manager (SM) or Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) message: Learn how to send this mandatory message for 100 easy points and what information it needs to include.
Formal message handling: Discover how to earn up to another 100 points (10 points per message, up to 10 messages) by originating, relaying, or delivering formal NTS or ICS-213 formatted messages.
Key requirements: Understand the specifics for submitting messages, including format, content, and the importance of all messages leaving or entering your Field Day operation via amateur radio RF.
Don't leave points on the table! Watch this video to become a message handling pro and significantly elevate your ARRL Field Day score.
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Are you ready to rack up some serious points at ARRL Field Day? Beyond making contacts, one of the most effective ways to boost your score is through message handling! This video dives deep into the official ARRL Field Day rules, breaking down exactly how your club or individual station can earn valuable bonus points by originating, relaying, and delivering formal messages.
We'll cover:
The crucial "Section Manager (SM) or Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) message: Learn how to send this mandatory message for 100 easy points and what information it needs to include.
Formal message handling: Discover how to earn up to another 100 points (10 points per message, up to 10 messages) by originating, relaying, or delivering formal NTS or ICS-213 formatted messages.
Key requirements: Understand the specifics for submitting messages, including format, content, and the importance of all messages leaving or entering your Field Day operation via amateur radio RF.
Don't leave points on the table! Watch this video to become a message handling pro and significantly elevate your ARRL Field Day score.
🔹My Favorite Gear - amazon.com/shop/km4ack
🔹Raspberry Pi Build Guide - tiny.cc/pi4guide
🔹Frequently Asked Questions - tiny.cc/km4ack-faq
🔹Weekly Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/40da1fe472e3/km4acknewsletter
🔹Follow Me
Twitter @km4ack
🔹FREE Get Started Guide - tiny.cc/getstartedguide
🔹Cool Ham Gear - km4ack.com
🔹Support the channel through Patreon - patreon.com/km4ack
🔹Did you just get a raspberry pi and want to hook it up to your radio? Start here youtu.be/E1SEgPFQk4M
Want your raspberry pi to play nice with your ham radio? Are you into digital modes like FT8, JS8Call, FLDIGI, Winlink, APRS, Digipeaters and others? Each week I put out new content showing you exactly what steps to take to get the latest ham radio software on your raspberry pi. Whether you just want to ragchew or are seriously into emergency preparedness, emcomm, or ARES and want to learn all you can about using the raspberry pi to drive your ham radio, this channel has something for you. Be sure to click the subscribe button and ring the bell before heading off. That way you will get notified of all future videos.
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