We are getting together again for our annual Field Day exercise and demonstration!
- The operating event will be Saturday, June 27 from 1 to 6pm and Sunday, June 28 from 9am to 12pm.
Setup will be 9am to 12pm Saturday and tear down will be 1 to 3pm Sunday - Plano’s Russell Creek Park Pavilion
- 3500 McDermott Road, Plano, TX 75025
- Google Pin – https://maps.app.goo.gl/YEfAZaZhgT8s8EUB6
JOIN US FOR OUR 2 DAY FIELD DAY EVENT!
Setup is Saturday at 9am. Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast and snacks will be provided.
There’s good grass around the pavilion 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 communications without internet, cellular or telephone in between point A and point B.
- Various antenna types [dipole, beam, loop and more are possible]
- Emergency power setup, distribution and management
- HF, VHF and UHF voice communications locally, between states and worldwide
- Morse Code [CW] operation and demonstration
- Long range digital communications [using computers]
- E-mail over radio waves using Winlink
- Voice communications to worldwide repeaters using the Allstar and Echolink apps.
- High altitude balloon tracking – balloon location and altitude, view pictures from the onboard cameras and make state to state connections via the cross-band repeater
- Weather balloon radiosonde tracking. Download its real time weather data and make your own forecast!
- Commercial, private and military aircraft tracking via an ADS-B station
- Hunt for a hidden [fox] transmitter in the park
- Information will be available about getting licensed, joining the Klub, what the American Radio Relay League has to offer along with college scholarships and other educational opportunities
- General ARRL Field Day information and rules – http://www.arrl.org/field-day
