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 28^th and Sunday June 29^th. 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	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.
KN6QI	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.
KA6MZE	Phil is our HF SSB station station captain for 160m and 80m operation. Phil is also the overall Field Day captain.
KI6JLD	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.
	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.

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)

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.