Welcome to the official U.S.A. ARRL 2012 Amateur Radio Field Day Web Page for the Harris-Intersil Amateur Radio Club (HIARC)  Our club call sign is K4HRS, located in the Melbourne/Palm Bay/Grant-Valkaria area, Florida.

We're thrilled to be able to to invite everyone: the public, present, and future amateur radio operators, any anyone even vaguely interested in hobby and emergency radio communications to join in the fun at


staged toward the north end of the property, near the intersection of Avenue C and 2nd Street. (Directions below.)
Saturday, June 23, 2:00pm through Sunday, June 24, 2:00pm, 2012.

We'll have a "Get on the Air" (GOTA) station set up for the public to try out in a low-pressure environment, a radiotelephone (voice) station, a Morse Code station, a Satellite station, a VHF station, and also some educational activities and food.

There are some great tall trees, crank-up antenna(s), and a 60+ foot light pole for antennas, and plenty of shelter for protection against the rains which may cool down this (typically) hot June weekend a bit. 

If you haven't operated in a while, come and brush up at the GOTA ("Get on the Air") 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, and will operate for 24 hours until 2:00pm Sunday afternoon.  Call in on 146.550 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 St. 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 hallmark event, the all-volunteer run Grant Seafood Festival, is held in February or March (2012: March 3-4), and benefits the community.  The annual Grant Barbecue Festival (formerly known as Q-Fest) is also held on the grounds in September and benefits Brevard's kids.