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On Field Day, the fourth full weekend in June, this year being on June 26th and 27th, hams around North America, participate in a simulated emergency test, whereby stations are established under adverse and/or adhoc conditions and a specific set of rules.
Each year, the Mississauga Amateur Radio Club, actively participates in the ARRL Field Day. It is an ideal event for Club members to practice their skills in erecting antennas, operating a station and logging, all in the wild.
The object of Field Day is to set up an operating station or stations under emergency conditions and to contact as many other participating amateurs as possible within a 24 hour period. Field Day places enormous pressure on an operator's skills, under comparable conditions to those encountered during a real emergency situation.
We plan to be active on all bands and all modes this year. Many of the stations will be operating around the clock, racking up points and contacts. Field Day is a great way to sample all the other modes used by hams the world over.
This year, the Mississauga Amateur Radio Club Field Day site is located on the scenic Meadowvale Conservation Area located at 1081 Old Derry Road West at the end of Second Line just north of Old Derry Road. See the map to the site. You can also see the City of Mississauga's web site.
Site set-up begins around 10:00AM local time on Saturday with the start of operations from 2:00PM and continuing around the clock until 2:00PM on Sunday. Site plan coming....
Stations will be set-up inside a 1000' circle, placed to take advantage of the site conditions and also to minimize interference and interaction between antennas and receivers. Each station will have a Club member as station manager or band captain, responsible for set-up and operations plus a person to log the contacts. Once operations begin, we encourage all site visitors to sit down and operate or log for a while.
Field Day is an ideal opportunity to get some on-air experience with various types of equipment and band conditions for our newly licensed amateurs. You will experience contest type operations.
We encourage new members to join in the fun.
We need operators, people willing to log contacts and all types of helpers. Contact Lorne/VE3CXT if you wish to assist, or indicate your interest at one of our upcoming club meetings or join us at one of our Field Day planning meetings. Check the Club Calendar for meeting time and location.
A tradition with our club is to add a bit of fun and camaraderie to enhance your enjoyment. We feature a great dinner on Saturday night and a traditional full breakfast on Sunday morning. If you are interested in joining us, you need to book and pay for the meals at our general club meetings during May and June, but payment must be received by one week prior to the date of the event. Dinner is $20.00, breakfast is $15.00 both for $35.00. We encourage members to bring the whole family to Sunday breakfast and let them see all these crazy guys and gals doing ham radio on the grass.
Click here to go to our field day photo albums to see some of the goings on.
Download the field day rules package from the ARRL Web site.
Some sites with ideas for Field day:
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