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Field Day 2002 June 22-23

Field day this year will be held at the grounds of Parkwood Hospital,  801 Commissioners Road East, London, Ontario. It starts at 2 P.M. EDT Saturday June 22 and goes until 2 P.M. EDT Sunday June 23. If are not familiar with field day, it is a special event for amateur radio operators. It is a 24 hour contest to see who can rack up the most points and contacts via amateur radio. Stations who operate on emergency power, such as generators, batteries, solar power or other non-commercial power obtain extra points. Field Day is an anual event, and fun is normally had by all. To get involved in field day, contact a member of the executive.

Here's the details!

The weekend of June 22-23, 2002 is an Amateur Radio event called Field Day, during which radio operators and clubs compete among each other under simulated emergency conditions, usually using field erected radio stations, emergency power sources and temporary antennas. The goal of the event is to practice radio and emergency preparedness skills, and to demonstrate this kind of operation to the public. Several clubs will be operating at various locations this weekend, and welcome public visitors.

The event begins with groups of radio operators arriving at the chosen Field Day site to build the stations for the contest. Radios are set up in tents, trailers, or out in the open. Antennas are raised on towers or hung from trees. Emergency power sources are connected, usually gasoline or diesel powered generators, but also storage batteries, solar power, wind power, sometimes even human power is used to provide electricity for the radios during the weekend.

At the designated hour (2 P.M. EDT Saturday in London, Ontario. 18:00 hours GMT), communication begins. Stations participate from all over the US and Canada, and to a limited extent from around the world. The stations are competing to make the highest number of contacts in a 24 hour period, using voice, Morse code, satellite and digital communications. At times the action is fast. Good operators under good conditions can make 200 or more contacts per hour! At the end of the contest, a station may have logged 2000 or more contacts, often including every state and province.

During the contest, most operators will be happy to supervise while you make a few contacts yourself. So come see us at Field Day 2002!

 

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