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FARS Field Day 2010
![[FARS Field Day 2009]](/events/images/baloon160m-th.jpg)
![[Field Day Logo]](/images/arrl/2010-ARRL-Field-Day-Logo.jpg){kind=logo}
The Foothills Amateur Radio Society participated in the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) 2010 Field Day event on Saturday June 26th and Sunday June 27th.
The event was open to the public and visitors were welcomed from 12 Noon until 7PM on Saturday, June 26th. Field Day is an opportunity to see Amateur Radio in action and even participate. Learn about ham radio by participating. You may sign up to participate below.
You can download a copy of the 2010 Field Day Rules [pdf] [49K], or the complete (2010 Field Day Package [pdf] [670K].
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 operated in the 3A category, with three HF radio stations on emergency power at a temporary location. We had a total of 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);
AA6PZ |
Paul, AA6PZ, was our HF-SSB captain for 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m. The station transceiver was a Ten-Tec. We operated 20, 15, and some 40 meters during the day, and 40 and 80 meters at night. |
KN6QI |
Mikel, KN6QI was our station captain for the CW/Digital station. The transceiver was a Kenwood FT-570S with HamScope and MM-TTY running on a laptop for PSK31/RTTY operation. We operated mostly 40, 20, and 15 meters during the day, but 40 and 80 meters during the night. |
KA6MZE |
Phil, KA6MZE, was our HF SSB station station captain for 160m and 80m operation. Phil was also the overall Field Day captain. |
K6XOX |
Nimit, K6XOX, was our VHF/Satellite station captain. The VHF station was an ICOM IC-910 for satellite and VHF 2-meter operation. We plan to operate on 6m, 2m, and 70cm. |
NE6RD |
Michael, NE6RD, was our GOTA station captain. This station was for non-Hams and new Hams to try out an amateur radio HF radio station. Under guidance of our control operator, our guests worked contacts with amateur radio stations throughout the United States, Canada, and further. |
Visitors
![[GOTA PIN]](/images/arrl/GOTA-Pin-250.jpg)
We welcomed visitors from the general public to visit our Amateur Radio Field Day between 12 Noon and 7PM on Saturday, June 26th.
You did not need a license or previous experience to participate
You did not need a radio license to operate our Get On The Air (GOTA) station. This was a great opportunity to experience amateur radio by doing it. Our control operator guidee our guests so that they could make their your own radio contacts. Drop-ins were welcomed. Those who have held an amateur radio license for less than a year were also eligible to operate the GOTA station.
Information for Participants
We used W3KM's Genlog32 software for logging at each of the Field Day stations. The exception was the GOTA station uses paper logging. You may download the software (Genlog32). Some instructions for installing and setting up the software for the FARS Field Day
More information
FARS 2004 Field Day Report; pictures July 2004 Newsletter.