All club members, and their friends and families, are welcomed to participate in this year's WARA/CC-ARC Field Day (FD). You don't have to be a contest operator or have HF privileges. In fact, you don't even need a license to participate, as you can operate with one of the club's Advanced or Extra class licensees as the control operator. On-site training will be provided.

Goals:

• Emergency Preparedness Exercise
• Getting new, inactive, and potential hams on the air
• Presenting amateur radio to the public, and to Dexter-Southfield students
• Demonstrating amateur radio's emergency capabilities to Waltham & Brookline EMAs
• Having fun

Basic Operation Details:

• Class 2A
  • Two HF stations & One VHF station (W1CLA)
  • GOTA station (W1MHL)
• Simple antennas - dipoles for HF, 6M yagi
• Operation from emergency power - generators & batteries
• Computer logging w/ N1MM Logger; training available on-site & possibly in advance (our N1MM Setup)
• Group meals for those interested (otherwise, bring your own food or order take-out)

For rules and other information about the ARRL Field Day, click here.

Anyone interested is welcome to visit the FD site. However, a successful Field Day club operation requires participants willing make a commitment to come for at least part of the weekend, preferably including set-up and/or clean-up. If you would like to participate in this year's WARA/CC-ARC Field Day, or would like to find out more about it, please contact one of our co-chairmen (below) or fill out The Form.

Co-Chairman (WARA): Eliot Mayer,W1MJ, w1mj@arrl.net, 617-484-1089

Co-Chairman (CC-ARC):Forrest Gasdia, AB1LG, wellesleyastronomy@gmail.com, 339-225-2435

The List: Who is coming and what they are bringing (see also: Roster) The Form: Join the fun! Site Plan Schedule Contesting 101, Especially for FD:  PDF  |  MS Word

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