Planning for Field Day 2025 is under way. Field Day is a great opportunity to visit with members and understand other perspectives on how to operate out in the field. And we’ll be there for over 24 hours, hopefully fitting most schedules. Here are specifics thus far, in no particular order:
- Event active hours are Saturday June 28th at 2pm local until Sunday June 29th at 2pm local
- We generally begin setting up on Saturday morning around 8am
- We’ll be operating at Remsberg Park at 7408 Holter Rd Middletown MD
- We plan to operate exclusively with solar/battery power, foregoing commercial and generator power.
- FARC field day is both about making contacts AND testing/experimenting with new equipment. It’s a great opportunity to bring what you have, and we’ll help you get it on the air. OR just bring yourself and we’ll have the rest.
- We’ll use the club call sign K3ERM
- We plan to operate as 4A our complete exchange will be K3ERM, 4A, MDC. Here is the exchange secret decode: K3ERM is our club call sign. 4 = max of four radios, and A means that we’re operating as a club from a non-permanent location. MDC is our Amateur Radio Relay League (aka ARRL) “section” – we’re in the Maryland/District of Columbia section, hence MDC. On the radio, we’ll say “This is Kilo Three Echo Romeo Mike, we’re Four Alpha, Mike Delta Charlie.”. The far end will reply with their half of the exchange, for example, the Antietam Club would likely be “W3CWC, 4A, MDC”.
- The 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 15, 10 and up are all authorized bands.
- There is a whole host of provisions that earn extra points – we hope to snag as many as possible.
- You can find the ARRL rules for 2025 here: arrl field day 2025
- Feel free to bring food/drink to share.
- We use a shared spreadsheet for planning – use this link for access: 2025 Field Day. It may require that I provide approval, but will do so for just about anyone.
ANYONE from the local community is welcome to stop by. We’re happy to discuss all types of radios and how they may fit into your world.
Send me questions at using my calls sign @arrl.net.
Mike K3MMM
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