ARRL Field Day
June 28 @ 12:00 pm – June 29 @ 12:00 pm CDT
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 contact 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 to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions.
Field Day is open to all amateurs in the areas covered by the ARRL/RAC Field Organizations and countries within IARU Region 2. DX stations residing in other regions may be contacted for credit, but are not eligible to submit entries.
Each claimed contact must include contemporaneous direct initiation by the operator on both sides of the contact. Initiation of a contact may be either locally or by remote.
Setup:
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Class A and B (see below) stations that do not begin setting up until 1800 UTC on Saturday may operate the entire 27-hour Field Day period.
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.
Operation:
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Operational period starts at 1800 UTC (12:00pm CST) Saturday, and ends at 2059 UTC (2:59pm CST) Sunday.
Talk-In Frequency: 146.415 MHz Simplex
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