[GCARC] GCARC Winter Field Day - CANCELED

[Jim n2gxj]

cc: to club reflector in case not seen this yet.
Safety first.  Though I've taken our clubsite location and callsign off of
the public locations available at https://winterfieldday.org/ to visit for
this year's Winter Field Day, which runs from Saturday into Sunday, any
hams wishing to operate Winter Field Day are encouraged to participate from
their own homes under their own callsigns (don't use the club's callsign).
The category for this is H - Home station: any station located inside a
permanent livable residence. Details at https://winterfieldday.org/sop.php

As an additional challenge, even if you are not planning to make contacts,
anyone can try and copy/record the over-the-air field day bulletin that
will be sent in cw, ssb, and psk31 during one of the two transmissions
times listed in UTC for each of those modes at the main web link.

Good luck!

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 9:55 AM Frank Romeo, N3PUU <frank at execupages.com>
wrote:

> With dangerous weather expected for our area, the Board of Directors has
> decided to cancel the club's organized Winter Field Day activities
> scheduled for this weekend.
>
> Anyone (including ARES) wanting to operate individually from the club
> site is welcome to do so on Saturday only.  With the heaviest snow
> expected to occur overnight into Sunday, the board is asking that all
> operators to vacate the club site no later than Saturday evening.  No
> one should occupy the club site overnight, and no one should operate
> from the club site on Sunday.
>
> *** Please be aware that when temperatures drop this low, we have had NO
> water service at the clubhouse.  The heat in the pump house is unable to
> handle temperatures this low.  If you are planning to come to the
> clubhouse on Saturday, you should bring at least one gallon of water
> with you for toilet flushing and hand washing. ***
>
> Thanks,
> Frank N3PUU
>