Field Day

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July 24, 2024: NFARL has submitted their 2024 ARRL Field Day results. You can view a copy of the submittal here.  Questions? Send an email to kn4oak@nfarl.org for assistance.

A Nationwide Amateur (“Ham”) Radio Event June 22nd & 23rd

Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio's science, skill and service to our communities and our nation.  It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event.  It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate our abilities to the organizations that Amateur Radio might serve in an emergency, as well as the general public.  Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio.  For many clubs, ARRL Field Day is one of the highlights of their annual calendar.

Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday.

Field Day 2025 will take place on June 28th & 29th.

A Field Day Flyer will available soon. The flyer can be used to promote & publicize our Field Day activities.  Click here to view it.  If you wish to view and download it, click here. The download capability is not supported by all browsers; if you use the "download" link and the PDF file does not download for you, use your browser's capabilities to download it after it is in view.

NFARL's Field Day Leaders

NFARL's 2025 Field Day Chairman is Mike Riley, KN4OAK.  email: kn4oak@nfarl.org or kn4oak.nfarl@gmail.com

Contact Mike if you are interested in joining our 2025 Team.  Please see the "Operating Stations" list below for other Field Day Leaders

Location

NFARL's 2024 Field Day activities will take place at Groveway Community Park (previously Waller Park Extension), 160 Frank Lewis Drive (previously Dobbs Drive), Roswell.

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

Club Members Saturday Evening Picnic

Club Members and their invited guests will gather for the picnic at 6:00 PM on Saturday, June 22nd at Groveway Community Park, 160 Frank Lewis (formerly Dobbs) Drive in Roswell.

In order to be sure we have an accurate count for dinner, please RSVP by Tuesday, June 17th, 2025. 

If you are planning to attend, please send an email to FDFood@nfarl.org, and let us know:

  • How many will attend the picnic, and
  • What side dish or dessert you will bring to the picnic.

Join Our Field Day Team

We need everyone to come together to make our 2024 Field Day a great and successful event.  The link to the 2024 signup sheets is below. Please sign up for any and all times and positions you can help with. Station Captains will make final decisions about schedules, but they would like your preferences on the sign up sheet.

Here are links to this year's signup sheets:

  • Volunteer Teams
    • Antenna Set Up Team.  Enter your sign up information into this form.
    • Antenna Tear Down Team.  Enter your sign up information into this form.
    • Safety Officer Deputy Signup Form.  Our Field Day event requires a Safety Officer and a support team to ensure smooth operation.  Use this form to sign up for a Safety Officer Deputy role. The Deputy role is a part time volunteer that assists the Safety Officer.  We would like a minimum of 4 Deputies to help provide support over the twenty-four hour event period.  Deputies can serve in two to eight hour shifts.  The Saftey Officer and Field Day Chair will set the final schedule.
    • Miscellaneous Volunteers Team.  Enter your sign up information into this form.
    • Consolidated List of Volunteer Team Responses.  List of who has signed up for each volunteer team, with a link for Team Leaders to use to update team assignments. (This link may be available for viewing by June 5, 2024)
  • Operating Station Teams
    • Phone Station Operating Schedule.  Enter your request in the time slots you would like to fill.  Final station schedule will be set by Station Captains Mark Fowler, WA1NIP and Dave Bisciotti, KO4USA.
    • CW / Digital Stations Operating Schedule.  Enter your request in the time slots you would like to fill.  Final station schedule will be set by Station Captain Steve Randall, KO4VW.
    • GOTA Station Coach & Control Operator (NF4GA) Sign Up Sheet -2024.  NFARL GOTA Station Operation requires either a Coach or Control Operator to be present when the licensed or unlicensed operator is working the station.  This sheet is for the signup of either those two roles.  GOTA Captain Timo Kirschner will decide the final schedule.
    • GOTA Station Operator (NF4GA) Signup Sheet -2024.  This sheet is for signing up to operate the GOTA Station.  GOTA Station Operators are those who meet the requirements noted at the top of the signup sheet. Final station schedule will be set by Station Captain Timo Kirschner, K4TMO.
    • Free VHF Operating Schedule. This sign up sheet will be available on June 6, 2024
    • Consolidated List of Station Operating Team Responses.  This report may be available on June 7, 2024.

Operating Stations

North Fulton Amateur Radio League will operate a Class 3A club event in 2024.

Station Captain(s)
CW / Digital (2 stations) Steve Randall, KO4VW
Phone Mark Fowler, WA1NIP
Dave Bisciotti, KO4USA
GOTA Timo Kirschner, K4TMO
William Cassanova, N4BTB
Don Paluga, KQ4PCR
Free VHF Robert Achtenberg, AJ4RJ
Satellite Daryl Young, K4RGK - ARISS Mentor
Scott Straw, KB4KBS

Rules ... Report your Results

The "2024 Field Day Packet v1.PDF", downloaded from http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2023/2023%20Field%20Day%20Packet%20v1.pdf, includes comprehensive information for running Field Day including rules and instructions for submitting your entry after Field Day is over.  The latter is in Section 8 of the document.

If you have questions, please contact:

Report Your Results from N3FJP Records

If you operated from home and logged your contacts in N3FJP, Scott and Kimberly have put together instructions for preparing and submitting your Field Day entry using N3FJP's records.  The instructions are located here: http://www.n3fjp.com/faq.html#q68.

Need a 2024 NFARL Field Day Poster?

If you would like a PDF of the 8-1/2" x 11" NFARL Field Day 2024 Poster to share, click HERE

Pictures and Videos of Previous Field Day by NFARL Members

Here is a list of Field Day picture and video collections created by our members over the 2023 and 2021 Field Day weekend.  Click on the link by the creator's name to view their pictures and videos.

Updated 6/04/24 by KN4OAK

Mike, KN4OAK

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