The Guadalupe Valley Amateur Radio Club will be again holding Field Day at WQ5C’s QTH on River Road. We’re planning on running a home station on emergency power, along with a temporary station, and possibly a “Get On The Air” station reserved for inactive hams. The highlight will be a cookout on Saturday evening. All area hams & their families are encouraged to attend.
The specifics:
Saturday, Jun 27:
- 07:30am breakfast/coffee @ Los Gallos ( as usual )
- 09:00am setup begins
- 01:00pm Field Day begins
- 06:00pm cookout
Sunday, Jun 28
- 01:00pm Field Day ends, teardown begins
Location:
WQ5C’s QTH
3485 River Road, New Braunfels
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talk-in on 147.00 (-) 103.5Hz
(830)606-6391
Operations
We will have at least 2 stations on the air, callsign: WB5LVI
Phone/CW/RTTY/PSK31 – 80 meter – 6 meter
Power: generator & battery
Primary station: – 80 meter – 10 meter, 100W
10/15/20: 3 ele yagi @ 68′
40: 2 ele yagi @ 68′
80: inverted V @ 60 ‘
Secondary Station: 40 meter – 6 meter, 100W
40/20/15/10: vertical
6 meter: TBD
GOTA: TBD
Folks are welcome to operate all night, if they like.
Cookout
We will be grilling burgers & hotdogs. Feel free to bring your favorite side dish or dessert. Please let me know if you’re planning on bringing something so we don’t end up with 42
pounds of potato salad. 🙂 The club will provide the meat & buns. Iced tea will be provided. If you prefer something else, please BYO. Please bring your folding chairs.
Get On The Air
The GOTA station may be operated by any person licensed since the previous year’s Field Day, regardless of license class. It may also be operated by a generally inactive licensee. Non-licensed persons may participate under the direct supervision of an appropriate control operator.
We will have a fair amount of knowledge & test gear on hand. If you have a rig that hasn’t been on the air in a while, feel free to bring it down & fire it up.
RSVP!
We’d like to get a head count so that we can know how much food to purchase. Please RSVP to pfeufferm@gmail.com by Thursday, Jun 25.
Hope to see y’all there!
–Mike WQ5C
(830)606-6391
President
Guadalupe Valley Amateur Radio Club
