[bars] BARS FIELD DAY – CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND SIGNUP June 25-26

[Mark N]

Field day is one of my most memorable experiences in ham radio. It’s
somewhat like camping while we contact as many other hams in a 24-hour
period around the world as we can. We all use the same club call sign so
even as a technician, while on-site you may use the control operator’s
Extra privileges on the HF bands!

Many of the group who have received their licenses over the last 2 years
may not have heard of field day since Covid shut down a lot of group
activities. This is one of the biggest contests of the year so there will
be a lot of activity. I’m reaching out to everyone in the group to see what
your level of interest is in joining us on June 25-26. The contest starts
at 2:00 PM EDT on June 25 and ends at 2:00 PM EDT on June 26.

The activity involves setting up transceivers and antennas in a remote
location to operate. This year we’ve selected the Billerica Emergency
Management station as it offers some nice luxuries like bathrooms,
conference rooms, and an area to sleep if needed.

One of the main goals is to bring new hams together with more experienced
hams to learn different modes of operation, emergency communication
techniques, setting up antennas and just having fun.

During the contest, multiple stations may operate simultaneously on several
bands to contact as many other hams as possible during the contest. You may
operate as little or as much as you would like to build your skills and to
help the group collect points. There will be many time slots available so
we would like to see what the interest level is so we can decide the number
of stations to set up. We could also use help setting up and taking down
antennas if you would like experience with that as well.

Please send me a reply of your interest level and whether there would be a
certain time you would like to operate. I’ll be putting together a page of
time slots once we have a better idea of the interest.

 Contact me directly at sadge6868 at gmail.com by Friday, June 10 if possible
so we can start putting the groups together. There will be food and
beverages available so help us out by participating and learning more about
HF operation.

As a preview, we’ll be having an open house at the Billerica Emergency
Management Station at 67 Alexander Road in Billerica on Friday, June 17 at
7:00. Come take a look at the location and see what it’s all about!

 Thank you, I hope to have you join us!

Mark Nelson
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