[HamTips] Come On Out for Field Day 2019 (June 22nd)

[Bob Witte (K0NR)]

Field Day 2019 is almost here. ARRL’s Field Day is always the fourth 
full weekend in June. This year, Field Day takes place on June 22-23, 
2019. According to the ARRL, during Field Day, more than 40,000 hams in 
North America will set up temporary ham radio stations in public places 
to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill, and service. It combines an 
opportunity to show our hobby’s public service, emergency preparedness, 
community outreach, and technical skills.

Our club, W0TLM, will be participating in Field Day 2019. Although Field 
Day officially lasts 24 hours or so, we have decided to just have some 
fun and to only operate in the afternoon and early evening on Saturday, 
June 22^nd . Anyone who is interested in learning about ham radio, who 
wants to participate in on-air activities, or who wants to meet with ham 
radio operators and club members is welcome to join us. We plan to have 
two stations operating at 100 W, one on 20 meters and one on 40 meters. 
Everyone will have an opportunity to operate on the air on these ham 
bands, regardless of whether you have a license or if you have a license 
but it wouldn’t permit you to operate on those frequencies on your own.

We will also have a QRP rig set up as it would be for a SOTA activation 
(run by Steve (wG0AT), who will also have slides and other information 
about his SOTA activities). If propagation permits, I suspect Steve will 
try to make some QRP contacts on SSB and CW.

Here are the details for our Club’s version of Field Day 2019:

Date:                     June 22, 2019

Location:              East side pavilion,

      Palmer Lake Regional Recreation Area

                               199 County Line Road

                               Palmer Lake, CO 80133

Set-up:                 11am-12:00 noon

Field Day operations:      12:01 pm – 7:30 pm

Social gathering:         3:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Picnic dinner:     5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

There is no charge for attending and participating. We will pass the hat 
to cover expenses.  The picnic will feature pulled pork sandwiches (the 
pork will be smoked by Bob, W0HTH), slaw, pickles, potato salad, fruit 
salad and macaroni salad. We will have some non-alcoholic beverages. You 
are encouraged to bring a dessert and/or afternoon snacks to share. We 
will be available at the next club meeting, Monday, June 17, 2019, 7 pm, 
at the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce Building, 166 Second Street, 
Monument, CO 80132 to answer questions. At the meeting we'd like to know 
if you think you might attend so we can better plan the picnic.

Greg W0GAS   Greg at W0GAS.com


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