"Every day is Field Day". Look here for news about the January and June Field Day events and other portable events throughout the year.
Thanks to all that made the W9DUA Field Day event a success.
A special thanks to KB9RW, Br. Stephen for providing access to such a wonderful location for field day.
A highlight of the event was 3 young men who stopped by to visit after having traveled to the Chicago area to pass their technician test. As they were preparing to end their visit a mother brought her son, a scout, who is interested in ham radio. He returned for Monday open hours with more questions.
See calendar event: https://www.svrc.org/calendar/2024/2024-field-day.html
The Sangamon Valley Radio Club's 2024 effort into Field Day. Setup will start on Friday June 20th at 3pm local. Watch this event and/or the upcoming article on the main website.
On Saturday, June 25 & 26, 2022, the Sangamon Valley Radio Club will be operating a group of amateur radio stations in support of a national event, “Field Day” from the Rochester Community Room next to the library. Field Day is sponsored by the Amateur Radio Relay League, a national organization providing assistance to all U.S. amateur radio operators. Volunteers will be in the Community Room from 1:00 pm Saturday to 12:00 pm Sunday. The event is open to the public.
COVID-19, of course, put the club's 2020 Field Day on hold, but not coordinated individual participation as outlined by ARRL and updated for 2021.
While we're not ready to go full force, you'll be able to taste at least some flavor of Field Day, albeit in front of your computer screen.
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has forced changes to how ARRL Field Day is conducted. Last year, the SVRC did not participate in the traditional group activity. Instead, we followed the ARRL guidelines for individuals operating from their home stations.
This year, Field Day is going to be quite different for the members of the SVRC. Since the Covid virus has restricted our movements and social distancing is the new normal, the SVRC is not going to assemble a team to conduct Field Day as it has in the past. Instead, we are recommending that our members run their own Field Day exercise on their own. As long as you follow the health guidelines, we hope you can work from home or from some personal outdoor area and make as many contacts as you can.
This year, the SVRC is going to host the field day station at the Red Cross 3rd floor club meeting room on June 22 & 23. You can sign up for specific one-hour blocks during the nearly two-day event. We are trying something new by operating from the club station in hopes of garnering more public participation and demonstrating to our sponsor, the American Red Cross, our ability to conduct grand scale communications from their facility. This is only a trial. If we wish, we can return to the Riverton School location next year.
Field Day 2019 will be held June 22/23, 2019 at the Red Cross building at 1045 Outer Park Drive in Springfield. The operation will be as an Emergency Operations Center classificatrion. The official start of the event will be at 1:00 p.m. with some setup prior to that time.
