NFARL Web: Field Day

Field Day

Overview

Every year on the 4th weekend in June amateur radio operators head to the great outdoors for the premiere Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) operating event – Field Day. For a 24-hour period they work in simulated emergency conditions to contact as many other amateur radio stations as possible. There are at least two primary goals for Field Day:

Demonstrate the public service and emergency capabilities of the Amateur Radio Service
Make as many contacts as possible during the 24 period.

Here at NFARL we see Field Day as

"Field Day is a contest where you keep score and also exhibit ham radio
'emergency preparedness' to the general public"

2014 Results

During Field Day 2014, the teams operating our 3A stations made a total of 3,191 contacts under the call sign K4JJ. The count does not include contacts made by the GOTA station, the satellite station, or the 6M station.

Contacts by station:

Digital 49
CW 1,529
Phone 1,613
Total 3,191

2014 Details

June 28-29, 2014 will find NFARL back at our usual location the Waller Park Extension on Dobbs Road in Roswell.

Toward that end we will be running 3A (three transmitters on generator power). In a little bit of a break with the past we will have:

A Phone (SSB) station
A Morse Code (CW) station
New for this year a "Swing Station" that will go the Phone, CW or digital (RTTY) as is need to maximize the scoring opportunity

We will also have a Get On The Air (GOTA) station for those recently licensed or even those not licensed at all, 6-meter station and a satellite station. Look for some new antennas at NFARL FD 2014.

A Scout Radio Merit Badge class will take place starting at 8:00AM at the Field Day site at Waller Park Extension. Click here for more information about the Radio Merit Badge Class. The 2014 class is full, and registration in closed.

For details on your areas of interest please contact:

General Information	John K4SQC	Click here to send an email to Field Day Chairman John K4SQC
Phone	Chuck AE4CW	Click here to send an email to Phone Captain Chuck AE4CW
CW	Jim W4QO	Click here to send an email to CW Captain Jim W4QO
"Swing"	Wes W3WL Scott KB4KBS	Click on the links below to send an email to one of the Swing Station Captains weslamb@aol.com or kb4kbs@gmail.com Click here to reserve operating time on the Swing station
GOTA	Bill K4WSW	Click here to send an email to GOTA Captain Bill K4WSW Click here to reserve time on the GOTA Station
Satellites	John K4SQC	Click here to send an email to Satellite Captain John K4SQC Click here to reserve operating time at the Satellite station
VHF	Joe N7QPP	Click here to send an email to VHF Captain Joe N7QPP Click here to reserve operating time on the VHF station
Computer Networking	Joe N7QPP	Click here to send an email to Joe N7QPP
Merit Badge Class	Jon K4WIT	Click here to send an email to Jon K4WIT

Field Day is always a grand adventure and there is something for everyone to do. We look forward to seeing you at Waller Park Extension the fourth weekend in June. Please come to see and stay to participate.

Location

NFARL's Field Day activities will take place at Waller Park Extension on Dobbs Road in Roswell.

Talk-in to the site will be on 147.06 + (600k) with 100 Hz tone.

Here is a map showing the park's location:

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If you would like to see our 2013 Field Day web page, click here.

K4SQC
Last updated November 4, 2018