Field Day

2014 River City ARCS Field Day

Save the Dates!
2015 ARRL Field Day
June 27-28, 2015
Dry Creek Ranch, Rio Linda, CA 95673

Field Day is our annual exercise of emergency communications response capabilities. Amateur radio organizations throughout North America participate in this exercise each June. E-mail fieldday2015@n6na.org to join us!

Primer on Field Day Participation Field Day Handbook (WVARA)

Past ARRL Field Days - 2014 Archive 2013 Archive

2014 Field Day - 69 of 83 ARRL Sections Worked

69 ARRL Sections worked during 2014 Field Day!

2014 Field Day - 671 Total Contacts

Band	CW	Phone	Digital	Total	%
80	0	63	0	63	9
40	68	154	7	229	34
20	0	316	0	316	47
15	9	29	11	49	7
10	0	4	0	4	1
2	0	10	0	10	1
Total	77	576	18	671	100

Video Clips from 2013 Field Day

River City ARCS Filter Project

Field Day Bandpass Filter Project

Chuck Freas W6FT prepared kits of parts complete with capacitors, coil forms, connectors, wire, enclosure and hardware. Dave Martin WB6YLK, Ken Martin KE6RMN, Chris Huber N6ICW, and Carol Milazzo KP4MD built the filters.
Many thanks to John Geyer WB6UBK and Geyer Electric for donating the wire
and to Ali's Surplus Stuff 8505 Folsom Blvd for donating the enclosures!