[BARC-List] BARC FD meeting notes

[Bill Ricker N1VUX]

> ARRL Field Day is always on the last full weekend of June; 

Minor Correction -- it's always the *Fourth* full weekend in June, which is
usually the same as the last but ... Once in a blue moon, there could be 5
full weekends (1,2; 8,9; 15,16; 22,23; 29,30 -- like this May).  If it were
always the last, Mark, you'd never be able to get away ... 

> this year,
> that's June 26 and 27. The operating period begins at 1800 UTC Saturday
> (2pm EDT) and (for practical purposes) ends 24 hours later. You can read
> lots more at http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2004/rules-fd-2004.html

For more information on FD in general, see ARRL homepages
www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/ and for Eastern Mass ARRL directory,
  http://ema.arrl.org/fd/ (with commentary).

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Bill N1VUX