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FIELD Day 2009 - Thanks for attending!

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Field Day 2010 - Let's Get Ready!

ARRL / HIARC Field Day - June 27-28, 2009

Please visit the HIARC 2010 Field Day web site when you're finished here!

HIARC Field Day 2009

Results of The 2009 HIARC Field Day

The 2009 HIARC Field Day was held at the Grant Community Club Fairgrounds in Grant-Valkaria, FL, with the following results:

CW QSO's: 676
Digital QSO's: 0
Phone QSO's: 453
Bonus Points: 1330
Score: 4940

HIARC received our full submitted FD score of 4940 points.  We finished 2nd in category 2A in the SFL section to AC4XQ who had 5312 points. We placed 7th in the SE Division, and 71st in the country in 2A!

We hope you enjoyed HIARC Field Day 2009 at the Grant Community Center grounds!  Visit the FieldDay2010 web site for more information about our setup for 2010!



Welcome to the official U.S.A. ARRL 2009 Amateur Radio Field Day Web Page for the Harris-Intersil Amateur Radio Club (HIARC) in Melbourne/Palm Bay, Florida.
Our club call sign is K4HRS

We are happy to invite everyone: the public, present, and future amateur radio operators, any anyone even vaguely interested in emergency radio communications to

HIARC Field Day 2009
Grant Community Center (GCC),
toward the north end of the property at the intersection of Avenue C and 2nd Street. (Directions below.)
Saturday, June 27, 2:00pm through Sunday, June 28, 2:00pm
Contact hiarcfieldday@att.net for more information

"ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air operating event in amateur radio. On the fourth full weekend in June, tens of thousands of amateur radio operators gather for a public demonstration of our service. Field Day is part educational event, part operating event, part public relations event – and ALL about FUN!"

ARRL "Commercial" for Field Day (Click here)
http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/2009/2009FieldDayPSA1.wmv

We'll have a "Get on the Air" (GOTA) station set up for the public to try out in a low-pressure environment, and also some educational activities and food.
There are some great tall trees and a 60+ foot light pole for antennas, and plenty of shelter in case (er... when) the rains come. 
If you haven't operated in a while, come and brush up at the GOTA station.  If you've never operated a radio, come by and see what all the fun is about!

We'll be set up on Saturday morning, hopefully on the air by 2:00pm Saturday, June 27, and will operate for 24 hours until June 28 2:00pm Sunday afternoon.  Call in on 146.520 MHz simplex and we'll guide you in.

Directions to the site:  To get to the Grant Community Center, take U.S. 1 south from Valkaria Road to 1st Street.  Turn west on 1st at the historic Grant Grocery Store. Go up the hill, then turn north on Avenue C.  We'll be on the left in/near the big red building.


The site is graciously provided by the Grant Community Club, a private, local civic organization that supports the community of Grant (now Grant-Valkaria) with a library, social and charitable activities, and scholarships.  Their clubhouse grounds are the site of the annual Grant Seafood Festival every February.  The annual barbecue festival Q-Fest is also held there in September.

From HIARC Field Day 2008 K4HRS

Important Links:
Google Groups
HIARC Field Day
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You can learn more about field day from the official ARRL web site here: http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/,
or contact hiarcfieldday@att.net for more information about HIARC Field Day or ham radio in general.