SBARC Members

Field Day 2012 is Saturday, June 23 to Sunday, June 24.  The Santa Barbara Radio Club will operate from the Camino Real Marketplace (Costco / Home Depot Mall) for this event.   We will be near Starbucks.

The schedule is:               

Friday, June 22                  12 PM to 5 PM                   Setup Station(s)

                                                5:30 PM                                Pizza Party at Ginos

Saturday, June 23            9 AM to 3 PM                     Public Information and Demonstrations

11 AM                                   Start of Field Day

Sunday, June 24               9 AM to 1 PM                     Public Information and Demonstrations

                                                11 AM                                   End of Field Day

Note that Field Day runs continuously for a 24 hour period.

The Camino Real Marketplace is a great location to show ham radio  to the public.  We will attempt to get as many points and make as many contacts as possible. 

SBARC will make signs to attract the public and have brochures available.  We need club members, family, and friends to help with this event and greet the public.

The positions needed are :

Station Setup                                     Assemble Force 12 antenna and test station operation Friday afternoon.

Radio Operators                               Minimum of 10 operators needed to work two hour shifts. 

Contact Loggers                                Work with operators to log contacts.

NTS Message Sender                     Operator to send 11 messages to National Traffic System by VHF.

Public Information                           Answer questions, hand out information, etc.  We need 8 or more members to help with this.

Public Demonstrations                  Present ham radio topics to public.  Examples are Satellite Communication, Amateur Television, Disaster Communications, etc. 

Station Takedown                           Disassemble antenna Sunday at 11:30 AM

We will operate one HF station in phone, digital (psk31), and CW modes.  This station will be based in the Rover vehicle and will run a K3 with 100 watts output.

You do not need contest experience in order to participate as an HF operator or logger.  We can provide training in this area.

The Field Day Radio Operation is broken down to 2 hour shifts with the exception of the night shift.  It is desirable to have two people per shift.  This way someone makes contacts while the other logs. 

The Schedule is currently :

Sat          11 AM to 1 PM                                  Mike Wapner and Tom Saunders

                  1 PM to 3 PM                                   Paul Ryack + ?

                  3 PM to 5 PM                                   ? + ?

                  5 PM to 7 PM                                   Jim Allen + ?

                  7 PM to 9 PM                                   ? + ?

                 9 PM to 11 PM                                  ? + ?

Night Crew         11 PM to 5 AM                   Chuck Gould + ?

Sun        5 AM to 7 AM                                     ? + ?

                7 AM to 9 AM                                    Jim Allen + ?

                9 AM to 11 AM                                  ? + ?

Please email or call me as soon if you are available to participate in SBARC’s Field Day.

Thanks,

Tom Saunders

Mobile (805) 452 - 0840

Home   (805) 967 - 7351

FAX       (805) 308 - 0347

tsaund@cox.net