How many hours is Field Day?

Can you make a field day contact through a repeater?

27 Hours, 1800 UTC to 21 UTC (but not for us)

No & Yes

No for ground repeaters

Yes for Satellites

Can you participate in multiple Field Day Locations?

Yes, as long as you don’t make a QSO with them

Our hours, 11:00 AM Saturday to 11:00 AM Sunday

Operate for 24 hours straight on emergency power

Have 300 or more visitors, Demonstrate Amateur Radio

to the public

Hold 3 or more seminars

Contact all 50 states in 24 hours

Make 1,100 contacts in 24 hours

Field 60 operators in 24 hours of on-the-air operating

Have FUN!!!!!

Work as many stations as possible

On all Amateur Bands (Except 60, 30, 17 and 12

Meters)

Learn to operate in abnormal situations

Less then optimal conditions

Emergency Power (Generators, Solar Power Etc…)

Educate the General Public about Amateur Radio

Meet the Challenges of Emergency Preparedness

Have Fun!!!!!

Setup and Tear Down Raffle ($100 Gift Certificate)

1 Raffle Ticket for each person active in Setup

2 Raffle Tickets for each person active in Tear Down

Operator Raffle ($100 Gift Certificate)

1 Ticket for every 25 contacts (250 tickets per person

maximum)

Everyone who Volunteers and/or Operates will receive

a certificate of participation this year.

Remember to sign in when you arrive

Encourage new, inactive and non hams to make at least

one contact

Learn to transmit on HF

Anyone licensed since last year (Any class of License)

Inactive Hams on HF can participate

Great opportunity to play with a big radio

Operate on 10 Meters from Noon to 4:00 PM

There will be 3 seminars

Digital – Karl Martin KE7IED 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM

Mobile Radio Instillation – Dave Phemister WB7ESV 2:00

PM to 2:50 PM

Mobile Antenna Selection and Placement –

Dave Phemister WB7ESV 3:00 PM to 3:50 PM

SEH America

3900 NE 112th Avenue

Vancouver, WA 98682

Same place as last year

Site registered on the

ARRL Field Day site

Locator www.arrl.org

9:00 AM – Equipment Crew meet at Field Day Site

10:00 AM – Setup Volunteers meet at Field Day Site

10:00 AM – Site Setup Begins

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM – Ice Cream Social/Practice with

Radios

8:00 PM – First Security Shift Starts

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM – Finalize Site Setup

11:00 AM – Field Day Operations Begin

Noon to 4:00 PM

GOTA Station Active

Evergreen Colorguard Selling Food

NTS Messages

Agency Displays Open

1:00 PM to 4:00 PM - Seminars

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM – Pot Luck Dinner

All Food Items to site by 5:30 PM

Having trouble deciding what to bring? (If your last

name starts with)

A – F: Fruits and/or Vegetables

G – L: Salad

M – R: Dessert

S – Z: Side Dish

All food items must be ready to eat. No food prep at

the field day site. No Whole Coconuts, Watermelons Etc…

Some people have their favorite potluck dishes, they

are always welcome

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM – Presidents Breakfast

Midnight – GOTA Station Active

10:45 AM – NTS message sent to K2MLS

11:00 AM – Field Day and GOTA Operations End

11:00 AM – Site Tear Down Begins

11:10 AM – Generator shut down

NO Alcohol, Firearms or weird Doughnuts Allowed

Camping Allowed Friday and Saturday nights

Larry will be working security Friday night. Join him

for a card game and help keep him awake.

Everybody Signs In

Visitor and Volunteer Sign In Sheets at the Info Tent

Operators Sign In at the Bus

If you don’t sign in, you wont be eligible for the

raffles

Setup & Tear Down

Radio Operators & Loggers

GOTA Coaches

Safety & Security

Visitor Escorts

Entrance Greeters

Ice Cream Social, Pot Luck and Presidents Breakfast

Clean Up

Co-Chairs: Larry Bloomquist

Pat McCoy GOTA: Rob Haller

Secretary: Barbara Yasson Generator & Power Distribution: Silver Star SAR (Rick Blevins)

Treasurer: Ron Ames Ice Cream Social: Tom Barton

Facilities & Site Map: Pat McCoy Towers: Geoff Williams

Food: Kathy Walker Others: Gary Takis, Vanessa McCoy, Steve Brandt, Pat McGrady, Pat Zwer, Mike Freeman, Leo Hasse and many many others Kerri Spears (Evergreen Colorguard)

Operating, Bands, Radios & Antennas:

Tim Kuhlman & Rick Smith

Setup: Tim McLaren

YL Tent: Marilyn Melhorn

PIO: Lisa Bloomquist & Dan Melhorn

Safety & Sanitation: John Allen

Transportation: Eric McGrady

Education & Seminars: Dave Phemister

Karl Martin

If you have any questions, please ask either

Larry Bloomquist, W7HGC

OR

Pat McCoy, KE7UBF

This is an Under The Bus Production