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 2024 will take place on June 22nd & 23rd.
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The remainder of the information on this page refers to our 2024 Field Day team and activities. Information about our 2024 Field Day team and activities will be posted when it is available.
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A Field Day Flyer is available to be used to 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 2024 Field Day Chairman is Mike Riley, KN4OAK. email: kn4oak@nfarl.org
Contact Mike if you are interested in joining our 2024 Team.
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.
Scout Radio Merit Badge Workshop
We will again offer our popular and free Scout Radio Merit Badge Workshop starting at 9:00AM at Groveway Community Park.
**Important** details about the Scout Radio Merit Badge Workshop are available here.
Registration for the Radio Merit Badge Workshop will open on May 15th and will remain open until the class is full or 11:59 PM Wednesday, June 21st whichever comes first. The class is limited to 15 participants so we suggest registering early.
Click here to register.
Here is the current list of scouts registered for the workshop. This version is readable by everyone and editable by NV4C and K4YJJ.
After you complete the workshop, we hope you stay around Saturday afternoon to see our Field Day operators at work.
Saturday Evening Picnic
We 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 20th, 2023.
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 2023 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 sign up 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.
- 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.
- 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 Captain Ian Kahn, NV4C.
- 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 Captains Steve Randall, KO4VW & Scott Straw, KB4KBS.
- GOTA Station Operating Schedule. Enter your request in the time slots you would like to fill. Final station schedule will be set by the Station Captains Jim Kauffman, W4IU and Mark Fowler, WA1NIP .
- Free VHF Operating Schedule. Enter your request in the time slots you would like to fill. Final station schedule will be set by Station Captain Robert Achtenberg, AJ4RJ.
- Consolidated List of Station Operating Team Responses. List of who has signed up for each operating station team, with a link for Team Leaders to use to update team assignments.
Operating Stations
North Fulton Amateur Radio League will operate a Class 3A club event in 2023.
| Station | Captain(s) |
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| CW / Digital (2 stations) | Steve Randall, KO4VW Scott Straw, KB4KBS |
| Phone | Ian Kahn, NV4C |
| GOTA | Jim Kauffman, W4IU Mark Fowler, WA1NIP |
| Free VHF | Robert Achtenberg, AJ4RJ |
Rules ... Report your Results
The "2023 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:
- Steve Randall, KO4VW KO4HVW@gmail.com;
- Mike Riley, KN4OAK kn4oak@nfarl.org or
- David Bisciotti, KO4USA KO4USA@yahoo.com.
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.
Pictures and Videos of 2021 Field Day by NFARL Members
Here is a list of Field Day picture and video collections created by our members over the 2021 Field Day weekend. Click on the link by the creator's name to view their pictures and videos.
- Dan Hale link to Dan's video
- Richard Fowler, KX4RLF link to Richard's Dropbox containing his photos & video
- Steve Mays, KS4KJ; Dan Hale (call pending); Richard Fowler, KX4RLF; Grant Register, KK4PCR & Bill Cobb, K4YJJ link to Steve, Dan, Richard, Grant & Bill's photos in the Photo Gallery