Amateur Radio Field Day June 26-27, 2010
Location: Saanich Historical Artifacts Society, 7321 Lochside Dr. Victoria BC Canada

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WARA is hosting the 2010 ARRL Field Day at the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society on June 26 - 27.  Once again we are throwing it open to any Amateur operators of group who wish to join us.
 
Some of us will be meeting for breakfast at Kitty's Hideaway Restaurant, 3020 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC V8T4N4 at the Traveller's Inn. Anyone needing a ride should be at the Restaurant by 8:30. From there we will be going out to the site and setting up.
 
We will be operating from about 11:30 Saturday morning until about noon on Sunday, depending on contacts.
 
There is a pot luck supper at about 5 Saturday evening consisting of Hamburgers and Chile. Anyone wishing to bring items for this can contact Audrey at ve7odd at rac dot ca or Cheryl at Cheryl.oeste at shaw dot ca.  
 
If you wish to operate or help log and want to book a certain time please contact Hans VE7OES or Jim VE7GOF 250-479-8925, or call us on the WARA Repeater System in Victoria 146.84 or 146.66. One of us is usually listening.

2009 Field Day Update

• Malcolm VA7DAO has acquired the special event callsign VE7IYOA which will be on-the-air in June 2009 and be available during field day June 28th and 29th in Victoria, B.C Canada. It will Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first look at the sky through an Optical Instrument.
• For Field Day 2009 we may go into the 4A class as we attempt to commission a Digital station including Hellschreiber, PSK31, RTTY, etc.
• We will also try to have a 2 m station called ‘Get On the Air’ (GOTA) for new hams to try their new radio skills. This is open to new hams with one year or less experience and any aspiring hams to try out.
• Contact the coordinators to schedule a time slot

Schedule:

• Breakfast at Kitty's Restaurant, Victoria at 0700 (no host)
• If anyone needs a ride out please meet us there by 8:30
• Setup at 0900 to 1200
• Operating runs from 1200 Saturday to 1200 Sunday. If you want to schedule a time-slot to operate on the air, or do some data logging
• Pot-luck dinner Saturday Night 1700. If you would like to contribute, please contact Cheryl Oeste (email: cheryl.oeste at shaw dot ca or Audrey Chew (email: ve7odd at rac dot ca)
• Take down antennas and equipment on Sunday

Field Day is an annual event occurring every June. It is technically not a "Ham Radio Contest". Its purpose is to work as many stations as possible on any and all amateur bands (excluding the 60, 30, 17, and 12-metre bands) and in doing so to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions. It is held in North America only, and sponsored by the ARRL (American Radio Relay League USA). Click here to go to ARRL Field Day page.

Amateur Radio operations set up radio stations "in-the-field" with emergency power and operate the radios from 1200 local time Saturday to 1200 Sunday (24 hr duration). "Points" are obtained by contacting other similar stations. Official time for field day is beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and ending at 2100 UTC Sunday.

Other aspects of Field Day:

• We assemble and build antennas of different types on site such as dipoles, yagis and tower assembly.
• We encourage trying new bands and technology.
• Field Day gives you an opportunity to meet new "Ham Friends"
• No experience required, we will show you in the true spirit of "Ham Radio"
• All of us learn something new every year.

Plan to attend, this is Ham Radio at its best! Family and Friends are invited, as well as any visitors in the area.

Scores for Field Day 2008
3A category denotes 3 transmitters running on generator power.
2 Power Multi(plier) denotes that transmitter power was between 100 W and 5 W