We get together for Summer and Winter Field Day operations!
- Saturday, June 28: Setup 9-11 am — Sunday, June 29: Tear down 1-3 pm.
Operating event: 1 pm Saturday through 1 pm Sunday - Plano’s Shawnee Park – Pavilion
- 3380 Sherwood Dr, Plano, TX 75074
- Google Pin – https://maps.app.goo.gl/7ej3deerSWcDiF1i9
JOIN US as we go for a 24-hour, overnight Field day – our first in 6 years!
Setup is Saturday at 9am. Lunch, Dinner, and Breakfast and snacks will be provided.
There’s good grass around the pavillion to set up antennas so we look forward to having your help with setup and take down, and anyone is welcome to come and operate a session.
Activities and demonstrations:
- Long Distance emergency communications without internet, cellular, telephone or anything at all in between point A and point B.
- Various Antenna building & setup (dipole, beam, loop, and more)
- Emergency Power setup, distribution, & management
- HF / VHF / and UHF Voice communications locally & between states
- Morse Code (CW) operation and demonstration
- Long Range Digital communications (using computers)
- E-mail over HF radio waves using Winlink
- Voice communications to worldwide repeaters using the Echolink app.
Plus other amazing skills like:
- How to get a sunburn & bug bites
- How to deal with heat & maintain hydration
General ARRL Field Day information and rules – http://www.arrl.org/field-day
To do overnight we need AT LEAST FIVE people to sign on, for safety and comradery.
Review the available slots, and CLICK the SIGN UP button next to the item you want. THEN… at the very BOTTOM of the page, click the GREEN “SUBMIT AND SIGN UP” button to complete your entry. You need to do BOTH. Thanks!
— > SIGN UP HERE —> https://bit.ly/FD-2025
