San Antonio Area Hams 
Field Day 2009 |
What is FIELD DAY? According to the Amateur Radio Relay League, the object is, "To work as many stations as possible and in doing so, to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions." That’s the official reason for having FIELD DAY, but another reason is for Amateur Radio Operators and their families to get together to have LOTS OF FUN and show Visitors many of the things that can be done with Amateur Radio – from the old Morse code to the new satellite communications and latest digital modes. This year, there are some new locations and old locations to choose from. We're listing all of those we found registered at the ARRL Locator Site, plus some we knew about via email announcements. We're covering San Antonio first, then spreading out to other towns / communities near us, plus one location not so near us (Corpus Christi) just because they asked us to list them. http://sanantoniohams.org/blog/?cat=19 PHOTOS WANTED - Take digital photos at each FD event you visit, and then contact us for instructions on where to upload your photos for posting to the 2009 Field Day Photo Section. Credit will be given to the source of each photo. Learn more from ARRL
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2009 FIELD DAY SITE INDEX
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San Antonio - Combined Location for 2009 Too much info to put here, so please read the postings made to the blog area. We're keeping those updated on a weekly / daily basis. http://sanantoniohams.org/blog/?p=1270 Less Than 2 Weeks ’til Field Day, Are You Ready?
An invitation was made to all ham clubs / groups in the San Antonio metro area, asking them if they wanted to participate. In order for a club/group to be a “named sponsor / participant”, your club / group must commit to sponsoring / staffing a station on the air for the full 24 hour period of the event. If you can’t handle that level of committment, you can still participate, but won’t be named in the press releases, etc., as one of the sponsoring clubs. And if you just want to come out and “play” with us, you don’t need to be a member of any of the sponsoring clubs. One restriction you should know about – No vehicle traffic in/out of the Field Day Site after dark, until sunrise. That’s the rules of our host. But you can park outside in the front parking lot, and walk in/out thru the side gate. Only the vehicle gate will be secured at dusk by the Fire Department on scene for security purposes. So if you think you might need to leave in the night, park out front in the parking lot, don’t drive into the inner area. Oh, and there was a 2nd restriction as well. No booze. If you want to drink and operate, you’ll need to go visit one of the other Field Day sites in the surrounding counties, or hold your own. The City of San Antonio has a rule forbidding consumption (or the presence ) of any type alchohol drink on the grounds of this facility.
Already there are at least six groups committed to sponsoring at least one station, possibly more. The organizers are working to coordinate bands and modes to keep us in compliance with the rules set out by ARRL for this event. We have to use generator or battery power for our radios (and any laptops used for digital modes) but can use available AC power for our air conditioning, fans, laptops used for logging (only), etc. The City of San Antonio’s Fire Department / Emergency Management is fully supportive of this event. Come be a part of making ham history in San Antonio. We hope this will be just the start of a new San Antonio Ham Tradition.
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Boerne
Just follow Hwy 46 east from Boerne until you see the signs for the Fairgrounds.. Call in on the 146.64 repeater if you need assistance in gaining access to the fairgrounds |
New Braunfels Read Details for 2009 here - http://sanantoniohams.org/blog/?p=1114 WB5LVI - Talk In repeater is down, use 146.52 simplex or cell phone listed above. The Guadalupe Valley Amateur Radio Club invites you to participate in Amateur Radio Field Day 2008 at Mike's house. This is a free event, and is open to the public. We will use temporary stations & emergency power to attempt to contact as many other stations as possible. A variety of radios, antennas, & operating modes will be demonstrated. When Setup begins at 11am, Saturday. Operations will commence from approximately 1pm Saturday until 1pm Sunday. Yes, this is a 24-hour event. Feel free to take a turn on the microphone during the wee hours of the morning. :) Food & Drink We're not organizing food & drink as a group. Feel free to bring your own. Because this is a family activity, we request that any smoking or consumption of alcoholic beverages be done away from the operating positions. Questions? Email Mike at wq5c@texas.net or call 830/660-8871 |
HONDO (MEDINA COUNTY) Location: Hondo Community Center, 1014 18th St Hondo, TX |
SAN MARCOS |
Notes from Austin: We have a new Location - American Red Cross at 2218 Pershing Dr, across from the old Mueller airport.
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Talk-in: 146.820 |
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We will be setting up in the afternoon on Friday, June 26th so as to also operate during a Navy-Marine Corps MARS traffic net that evening. Field Day starts on Saturday, June 27th and runs through noon Sunday, June 28th. It is a 24 hour event, but we’ll be doing other ham-related things, including experiments, while we are there. Read 2009 Plan Details here.... http://sanantoniohams.org/blog/?p=936 Who: About a half dozen operators operating under emergency conditions. |
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On
June 27th & 28th, Amateur Radio Operators (Hams) all over the
World will participate in an annual exercise called FIELD DAY.
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