ARRL Field Day

Field Day is ham radio’s open house. 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. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio.

We hope you’ll join us!!!

This event is open to everyone (with or without an amateur radio license). Get on the air on our voice, digital, or CW stations, help set up antennas, learn HAM radio skills, or just join us for a meal and to talk radio.  Meals are pot-luck so please bring something to share.

Check out pictures from prior 415 Field Days

Objective:

To work as many stations as possible on the 160-, 80-, 40-, 20-, 15-, and 10-Meter HF bands, as well as
all bands 50 MHz and above, and in doing so, to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less-than-optimal conditions. A premium is placed on developing skills to meet the challenges of emergency preparedness, as well as
to acquaint the general public with the capabilities of Amateur Radio.

Setup:

Stations who begin setting up before 1800 UTC Saturday may work only 24 consecutive hours,
commencing when on-the-air operations begin.

No class A or B station may begin its set-up earlier than 0000 UTC on the Friday (Thursday afternoon
or evening local time) preceding the Field Day period. Cumulative set-up time shall not exceed a total of 24 hours.

The 415 will set up for the ARRL Field Day on Friday, June 27th from 9:00 AM CDT until 5:00 PM CDT and the morning of Saturday, June 28th. If you would like to help set up, please use the link below to sign up or Contact Us.

Operation:

Operational period starts at 1800 UTC (1:00 pm CDT) Saturday, and ends at 2059 UTC (12:59pm CDT) Sunday.

We will operate 3A – (Class A) Club: Club or group of three or more persons set up
specifically for Field Day. Such stations must be located in places that are not regular station locations and must not
use facilities installed for permanent station use, or use any structure installed permanently for Field Day. A single
licensee or trustee for the entry is responsible for the group entry. All equipment (including antennas) must lie
within a circle whose diameter does not exceed 300 meters (1000 feet). To be listed as Class A, all contacts must be
made with transmitter(s) and receiver(s) operating independent of commercial power mains. Entrants whom for any
reason operate a transmitter or receiver from a commercial main for one or more contacts will be listed separately as
Class A-Commercial

Station #	Location	Mode	Station Captain	Sign-up
1	Little House	Voice	Glenn – K9OK	Sign-up Link Below
2	Comms Trailer	Digital	Seth – KD9TAW	Sign-up Link Below
3	CW Trailer	CW	Ralph – WB9ICF	Sign-up Link Below
4	Angelo’s Camper	SATCOM	Angelo – KD9QVW	Not required
5	Comms Trailer	UHF/VHF	Dave – NT9E	Not required
6	GOTA Station	Voice / Digital	Ken – KD9PPX	Not required

Rules

Field Day Site Map

Talk-In Frequency:   146.415 MHz Simplex 

Educational Activity :

Paul – KC9MNE will be presenting our educational activity on Direction Finding at 5pm CDT on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Location TBD

Food :

The 415 Field Day Dinner will be at 6pm CDT on Saturday, June 28, 2025 in the Barn. Cash Donations are welcome.

Group Picture to follow at 7pm at the Comms Trailer

Please sign up below to bring sides, snacks, and drinks to share.

Raffle:

The 415 will be sponsoring a Fund Raiser Raffle this year so please bring cash for raffle tickets!

Pictures:

If you attend, We would like copies your pictures taken at the event for our website! Please upload full resolution pictures you are willing to share here. By uploading you pictures, you agree to our Terms of Use.

Sign-Up Sheets:

Please use the buttons below to sign up. Sign up sheets for Set up, Potluck, and others are coming soon.