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