[OFARC] Field day options from ARRL Letter

[MLandress]

Heres a note from the ARRL Letter about options for field day.  There won't
be a vaccine by June so unless I'm operating remote or alone in my car 500
feet upwind from everybody else, it's absolutely going to be a field day of
1 for me. 

 

 

ARRL Suggests Taking a Creative Approach to Field Day 2020

This year, ARRL Field Day <http://www.arrl.org/FieldDay>  promises to be a
unique iteration of this annual event, with many individuals and groups
coming up with new and interesting ways to adjust their approach. As an
event, Field Day is structured to be versatile and can be adapted for any
situation.

Many groups have asked how they can adjust their Field Day planning to
address social-distancing guidelines that may be in effect in many areas of
the country, as gathering at their traditional Field Day site may not be
feasible or safe. Instead of participating in a group event this year,
consider operating as a Class B, C, D, or E station, utilizing your own call
sign.

ARRL will include club names for all participating stations in the published
results, so the efforts of your club's members can be acknowledged. While we
will not publish an aggregate club score, seeing the name of your club
associated with various individual member's results is certainly a way to
highlight your club's activity.

Myriad opportunities are possible in this year's Field Day setting. A few
options are as follows:

*	Consider having an intra-club competition among members, seeing who
can make the most contacts during the event. You can award prizes or
distribute certificates at a club meeting. This can be a fun way to bolster
the activities of individual club members, even though they cannot all
gather together at the same location this year.
*	Set up a Field Day Challenge with rival clubs in neighboring
communities. See how many members of each club get on the air from their own
stations and participate in the event. In addition to "bragging rights,"
perhaps certificates to the top-scoring individual entries in each category
can be presented as part of this inter-club camaraderie.

One club is planning to conduct its Field Day as a 4A club group, with
participants spaced to comply with social distancing guidelines within the
required 1,000-foot-diameter circle and operating individual stations. This
club also plans to set up a "Get on the Air" (GOTA) station. The club's plan
is to have the GOTA coach at the Field Day site, while GOTA operators
participate via remote link.

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ARRL invites your stories about the interesting and creative ways you're
planning to use to adapt your Field Day operation. Share these on the ARRL
Field Day Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/1966096706830030/>
page.

  _____  

Another club is planning to set up a remote-controlled station at its usual
Field Day site, with club members taking turns controlling the station from
their homes. The club is developing a schedule that outlines when each
member of the club will be at the helm via the remote link.

Whatever approach you take to this year's Field Day, keep up to date with
the current guidelines issued by local and state health agencies that may
impact your proposed operation.

For the latest news and updates, visit the Field Day webpage
<http://www.arrl.org/FieldDay> . -- Thanks to ARRL Contest Program Manager
Paul Bourque, N1SFE

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