Field-Day

Field Day in Review - 2025

July 19, 2025

Figure 1: Antennas don't work, but the sunset was pretty.

This year’s field day was an adventure. Great times were had by all but I could not have created more technical difficulties if I had been trying for the record.

Let’s back up. After last year’s field day, fueled by excitement and more than a little hubris, I volunteered to build and captain a VHF/UHF station this year. I’d seen some early success building rotators and antennas for satellite operations. With nearly a year of prep time I knew I could build an amazing station.

I did not.

Field Day in Review - 2024

July 12, 2024

Somehow I’ve avoided operating on Field Day for the seven years I’ve been licensed. Life always found a way to keep me busy on the fourth full weekend of June. This year I finally made it out, joining PAARA at Bedwell Bayfront Park.

I’ll admit that I skimmed the announcement so I wasn’t expecting super-stations run out of the back of U-Haul vans or to be operating from a part of the park normally inaccessible to vehicles.