FARS Field Day 2008
[Field Day 2007 - Group Photo]
The Foothills Amateur Radio Society is participating in the
American
Radio Relay League (ARRL) 2008 Field Day event
on Saturday June 28th
and Sunday June 29th.
You can download a copy of the
2008 Field Day Rules
(pdf [64K]),
or the complete 2008 Field Day Package
(pdf [896K]).
Here's an Article
on the FARS 2007 Field Day from
"100
Watts Magazine" a Thai HAM radio magazine.
Thanks Nimit, KI6JLD.
John L. Gaffey, WS1EA has written a helpful
primer for organizing your own Field Day event.
FARS is operating in the 3A category,
with three HF radio stations on emergency power
at a temporary location.
We have five operating radio stations:
- HF station operating Single Sideband (SSB) voice on
40m, 20m, 15m and 10m;
- HF station split between operating CW (Morse Code)
and PSK31/RTTY (keyboard) on 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m;
- HF station operating (SSB) voice on 80m and 160m;
- VHF/satellite station (not counted in category number);
- GOTA (Get On The Air) station (not counted in the category number);
Field Day Captains
![[AA6PZ]](/cgi-bin/bio-image?call=aa6pz)
AA6PZ
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Paul is our HF SSB station captain
for 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m.
The station transceiver is a Yaesu FT-990.
We are using primarily 40 and 20 meters,
since the low sunspot cycle makes higher frequency
bands less useful.
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![[KN6QI]](/cgi-bin/bio-image?call=kn6qi)
KN6QI
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Mike is our CW/Digital station captain.
The transceiver is a Kenwood FT-570S with HamScope
and MM-TTY running on a laptop for PSK31/RTTY operation.
We are operating mostly 40 and 20 meters with some
80 meter activity.
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![[KA6MZE]](/cgi-bin/bio-image?call=ka6mze)
KA6MZE
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Phil is our HF SSB station station captain for 160m and 80m operation.
Phil is also the overall Field Day captain.
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![[KI6JLD]](/cgi-bin/bio-image?call=ki6jld)
KI6JLD
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Nimit our VHF/Satellite station captain.
The VHF station is an ICOM IC-910 for satellite and VHF 2-meter operation.
We plan to operate on 6m, 2m, and 70cm.
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![[foobar]](/cgi-bin/bio-image?call=drknow)
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We plan to have a GOTA (Get On The Air) station.
This station is for non-Hams and new Hams who would
like to try out an amateur radio HF radio station.
Under guidance of our control operator,
our guests will work contacts with amateur radio stations
throughout the United States, Canada, and further.
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We plan to have an educational program on-site. Details to be determined.
In addtion, we plan to have one or more demonstrations of
ATV (Amateur TeleVision),
SSTV (Slow Scan TeleVision),
and APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System).
Schedule for Saturday June 28, 2008 (tentative)
| 12:00pm | Visitors are welcome until 7pm. |
| 4:00pm | Demonstrations of SSTV (Slow Scan TeleVision)
by Byron, KG6UOB. |
| 5:00pm | Demonstration of APRS (Automatic Position
Reporting System). |
| 5:30pm | Barbecue, bring a side dish and join us. |
| 7:00pm | Visitors depart. |
More information
FARS 2007 Field Day Pictures.
FARS 2005 Field Day Pictures.
FARS
2004 Field Day Report; pictures
July 2004 Newsletter.
FARS
2003 Field Day Report; more pictures
July 2003 Newsletter.
FARS
2002 Field Day Report.
Pictures
from the 2001 FARS Field Day.
Pictures
from the 2000 FARS Field Day.
Pictures
from the 1999 FARS Field Day.
Pictures
from the 1998 FARS Field Day.
Field
Day information at the ARRL's web site.
Story
in Los Altos Town Crier on the 2001 FARS Field Day.
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