Facilities and Field Day Committee

Purpose

To account for and maintain the equipment and facilities owned or loaned to the BEARS. Also to coordinate Field Day activities for club. Equipment includes a well outfitted Ham Shack/Trailer which is located at the Museum of Flight next to the new Aviation High School across East Marginal Way South from their main facility. Also included is a trailer mounted Satellite antenna system, as well as antennas and equipment at fixed repeater and packet sites in the Puget Sound Area.

Field Day

Field Day is an Amateur Radio Relay League sponsored activity designed simulate emergency operating conditions. Participating clubs and groups set up radio stations in remote locations and operate for 24 hours, attempting to contact as many other stations as possible. Extra points are awarded for special operating modes and power sources used. Logs are summarized and submitted to the ARRL for varification. Official results are published in QST, the ARRL magazine.

Here is what we are planning this year.

Here is the archive from past years:

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