We are changing up the location this year! We will be holding this event out at Bob Cordell’s place located at 8380 Lake Drive in Lino Lakes (click for a map). Setup will be on Friday, June 25 starting at 5:00 p.m. Operations begin on Saturday, June 26 at noon, running until Sunday at noon. Cleanup will be on Sunday, June 27th starting after noon.
Here are a couple maps:
Field Day is open to everyone. We will be
using the club's W0YFZ call with it's Extra class privileges. So
this is a chance to talk on any of the amateur HF bands no matter what your
amateur license class is, and even if you don't have a license! The objective
is to work as many stations as possible on any of the Field Day Ham bands and, in doing so, learn to
operate in situations that are in less than optimal conditions.
This year we are planning to runa 2A Field Day site. This means that we can have two HF transmitters running at one time. All our contacts
must be made with transmitters and receivers operating independent of
commercial power and using less than 150 watts of transmit power.
We will also have an additional station to operate
exclusively on the bands above 50 MHz (VHF/UHF).
Logging Software
We will be using N3FJP's Field Day
software for logging our contacts. All of our stations will be networked at the site.
Equipment List We could not even hold a field day event without radio and support
equipment. The following is a list of all the known equipment that
will be supplied during the event. If you can add any items to support the
effort please contact Parry Brown KC0TWB kc0twb@msn.com or Jeremy Amundson KD0BOC jamundson@q.com.
HF Station 1 Equipment (Provided By)
Yaesu FT-950 HF / 6M all mode transceiver (Jeremy Amundson KD0BOC)
HyGain 3-element Yagi for 10, 15 and 20 M (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
Tower / Feedline / Rotor (Bob Cordell KB0GIP)
Shelter for HF1 (Who?)
HF Station 2 Equipment (Provided By)
Kenwood TS440S HF all mode transceiver (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
Icom 746 Pro HF / 6M / 2M all mode transceiver (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
G5RV Antenna and Feedline (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
Camper to house HF2 (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
VHF/UHF Station Equipment (Provided By) Yaesu FT857D all mode transceiver (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
Alinco DR-235 (Ray Costello N0FY)
3-element 2m Yagi antenna (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
6-element 70cm Yagi antenna (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
3-element 6m Yagi antenna (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
1.25m vertical antenna (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
Tower and feedline (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
Minivan to house this station (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
Other Support
Equipment Equipment (Provided by)
3000W AC Generator with cables (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
N3FJP Logging software (server laptop/pc) (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
Wireless 802.11B/G Wifi router (Parry Brown KC0TWB)
Backup Generator (still needed)
Food
We will be having a pot-luck dinner on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. Please bring a food dish to share.
Field Day Schedule
Friday June 25th, 5PM: Field Day site setup begins.
Saturday June 26th, Noon: Field Day Operations Begin. Remember that the Blaine Blazin 4th parade is also going on at the same time.
Sunday June 27th, Noon:Field Day Operations End. Once the Field Day has been completed, the N3FJP software logs will be backed up several times for safe keeping. All the equipment will need to be taken down and made ready to transport back to their original locations. One last team needs to sweep the Field Day Site to make sure it is clean and all our stuff has been removed.
Contact Information
Please contact Parry Brown KC0TWB kc0twb@msn.com or Jeremy Amundson KD0BOC jamundson@q.com for more information.
