This is a page dedicated to the
2007 Field Day Contest.
The dates for this year's contest
are June 23th and 24th, 2007.
The ARRL has a website
with the rules and other Field Day info.
The Alabama Section Web Page
is: http://www.arrl-al.org/
Object:
To work as many stations as possible on any and all
amateur bands (excluding the 60, 30, 17, and 12-meter
bands) and in doing so to learn to operate in abnormal
situations in less than optimal conditions.
A premium is placed on developing skills to meet the
challenges of emergency preparedness as well as to
acquaint the general public with the capabilities of
Amateur Radio.
Date and Time Period:
Field Day is always the fourth full
weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and
ending at 2100 UTC Sunday. Field Day 2007 will
be held June 23-24, 2007.
Below is a map showing some of the Field Day
2007 sites in Alabama and NW Florida along with a short description
of the Group or Club , location, and other information.
I will add additional sites as the info is sent
to me.
Please
note the form at the very bottom of the page when submitting your Field Day
info.
E-mail your requests to ke4hie@alaweb.com
and I will add them to the page .
(I
will be able to make additions and / or corrections up to June 17th.)
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Birmingham-Shelby Amateur Radio Clubs (BSARC)
Location: OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, Pelham,
Alabama
Callsign : N4JDU
Talk-in Frequency: 145.290
Contact: Jeff
Drew, Chairman 205-936-9915
Directions to site: Operations will
be held at the National Guard site
inside Oak Mt. Park.
From
the Main Gate - Stay on the main
road for 4.9 miles. Look for the
FIELD DAY sign. Entrance on your
right.
From the Back gate at the Fishing
Village: Stay on the main road for 2.2 miles. Look
for the Field day sign.
Entrance on your left.
Comments: Birmingham-Shelby
Amateur Radio Clubs announce joint operations for annual Field Day
Event.
The Public is Invited !
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Blount County Amateur Radio Club
(BCARC)
Location: Blount Co. Court House EMA office
Callsign :W4BLT
Operating Class:2F
Talk-in Frequency:146.700 pl 203.5
Menu:?
Contact:Scott Nolde kg4rll@yahoo.com
Web Page:www.w4blt.org
Directions to site:Hiway 75 South, Oneonta, AL 2 blocks south of hiway 231
Comments: Yall Come on by
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Calhoun County Amateur Radio Association (CCARA)
Calhoun County ARES/RACES (CCARES)
Coosa Valley Ham Radio Association (CVHRA)
Location: Cheaha Lake, Just
below State Park
Take Highway 281 until you get to the top of
the mtn where Cheaha State Park is located and continue down the back side
of the Mtn, Turn right at the first right hand turn and go about 1 to
2 miles and Cheaha Lake is on the right. Turn in and we will be at the Rock
Pavilion on the left. We will have signs...
Talk-in: 147.090+ PL 131.8
Menu:
Bring what you want grilled. We plan on grilling all day and night.
Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Steaks etc...We will have plenty of Ice for cold
drinks.
Bands Used:
80, 40, 20 VHF Space Station, VHF/UHF Satellite,
Modes Used:
SSB, FM, PSK-31, D-STAR Simplex
145.670, Amateur Television
Saturday Set-up begins at 11AM and FD starts
at 1PM and there will be a few that stay all night. FD ends Sunday at 1PM.
The Region 7 Department of Homeland Security Communications Vehicle will be
on scene all afternoon and we have invited media and special guest. Please
come out and support Field Day 2007.
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Decatur Amateur Radio Club (DARC)
Location:
Pt Mallard Park in Decatur, AL
Talk-in frequency: 147.00+
Menu: N/A.
We'll eat dinner about 6:30 PM Sat. Families and guests are invited.
Directions to site: Take 8th St East to
Pt Mallard Dr to Pt Mallard Park. Folllow park road past Spirit of
America Stage. Look for sign, antennas and stations set up in a pavillion.
Comments:
Final plans are to be made at next Club meeting, 7:30 PM, Tuesday, June
5 at Morgan
County Courthouse, EMA auditorium. Members and guests are invited.
Bob McKenzie - Co-chairman of DARC Field Day Activity
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DeKalb County Amateur Radio Club
(DCARC)
Location: Comer Scout reservation, Parade field, Mentone /Fort Payne
Alabama
Callsign : W4GBR
Operating Class: 3A
Talk-in Frequency: 147.270 PL100HZ
Menu: hamburgers, hot daws and much more
Contact: w4ozk@arrl.net
Web Page: www.w4gbr.org
Directions to site: North on HW89 from Desoto State Park, Comer Scout
large arch and sign will be on your right.
Enter camp and follow road up then down the hill look for large parking lot on
the right then
dining hall and parade field.
Comments: Bring your tents, sleeping bags and everything you will need
for a camp out.
Expect hot during the day and cold temperatures at night.
There are bathrooms and showers on site. Adirondack huts for sleeping,
they have a mattress,
bring your sleeping bag and pillow.
Field Day is a very fun amateur radio event and something for everyone!
It is an emergency communications practice and Comer Scout camp is a great
place to exercise.
Also, contesting, food, fellowship, radios, antennas and FUN.
Additional informaion for the DeKalb County Amateur Radio can be found at:
http://www.w4gbr.org and e-mail: w4gbr@yahoo.com
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East Alabama Amateur Radio Club
(EAARC)
Location: Lee County Emergency Operations
Center
Operating Class: 2F (poss 3F)
category
Menu: A big social dinner for club
members, families, friends and VIP's is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at
5PM.
Directions to site: located at 908
Ave B in downtown Opelika AL.
Comments: Our ARRL VE team will conduct a test session at 3PM
(anyone wanting to test please email Mary Moore wx4mm@tm-moore.com
to assure a reserved testing chair).
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Eva Amateur Radio Club (EARC)
Location: Eva
Park in Eva Al at the Eva Ball field.
Callsign : KI4FDU
Talk-in Frequency: 145.21
repeater no tone
Contact: KD4SIY
or W9KOP - Sflory@mindspring.com
Directions to site: take
I-65 to HWY 55 go east to stop sign turn left go .5 mile north to the site .
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Geneva Amateur Radio Society (GARS)
Location: Fowler Park
Callsign : W4GEN
Operating Class: 1A
Menu: We
will order pizzas or sub sandwiches or some sort of take out on Saturday.
We will have some soft drinks and bottle water available. If you are
planning to attend,
please plan for what ever you will need for refreshments or snacks.
Contact:
Jim/KC4HW
Comments: KF4CHK has reserved Fowler Park (same
place as last year) and the pavilion for Saturday (only).
We are planning a 1A (one transmitter independent of commercial power).
Both Aaron and I will
bring our generators. KF4BHP has the tent from last year and I have
bought one.
We are planning on one station for operating and a demonstration station that
will be capable of
RTTY/PSK and possibly other modes. KF4BHP is again being generous enough
to supply his
TS570 with power supply and G5RV antenna setup. Additionally, I will
bring my 4BTV vertical.
KF4BHP will also bring his laptop for logging.
For the Demonstration station I will bring my
IC706MKII and setup for the demonstration station.
The antenna will be a 20M delta loop.
I have notified the Geneva Reaper
with a publicity item. If you see it in the paper, please
bring me a copy. Thanks! Additionally, I have invited (in writing)
the Geneva Mayor, Chief of
Police and Fire Chief, Commissioners and the EMA to our FD activity.
I am planning to be at Fowler Park
around 11AM Saturday, Jun 23rd.
Will begin setup at 11AM. Once
the setup up is complete we will begin operating.
Operation will stop at 2PM Sunday. We will need some help taking
everything down,
so if you can come back on Sunday, please do.
OK, this is it in a nut shell. One final thought! This event
is a great opportunity for each of
us to play Ham Radio and work a lot of other stations that are doing exactly
the same stuff.
It provides a great opportunity to see how a station goes together, how to
make contacts and
generally just learn and have some fun! It sure would be nice if we
could get all our club
members to come out and support this event, make some contacts and just hang
out for a while.
See if you can put a little time in to your weekend schedule of activities for
your Ham Radio Club!
Jim/KC4HW
http://www.AlabamaContestGroup.org
http://www.AlabamaQSOParty.org
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Huntsville Amateur Radio Club
(HARC)
Location: US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Callsign : K4BFT - ( Big Fat Turkey )
Operating Class: 5A
Talk-in Frequency: 146.94/52
Menu: Picnic lunch on site starting about 3pm Saturday
Contact: Leigh Bartlow WD4CPF@hiwaay.net,
cell 256.293.0439
Web Page: See http://www.hamfest.org/newvox.pdf
for HARC's current monthly newsletter
Directions to site:
Take Interstate 565 to the Space Center exit 15 - Old Madison Pike/Bob Wallace
Ave.
Follow the signs to the Space and Rocket Center - Tranquility Base, RV
campground,
just south of the Interstate. We are in front of the Marriott, in the
open field on the right
at the RV entrance - commonly known by Space Campers as Area 51.
Comments: We'll have our usual 5 towers up - work the Turkey!
Come see us - parking at the Marriott.
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Lillian Contest
Group (LCG)
Lillian, AL
Callsign :
KC3QU (tentative)
Operating
Class : 2A
Contact : kc3qu@gulftel.com
Site: Perdido
County Park, County rd 99, 1 mile south of Hwy 98
Comments :
New group here in Lillian, Have rcvd permission from County Commissioners to use
park.
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Marshall
County Alabama Amateur Radio ARRL Field Day 2007 (MCAAR)
Marshall
County Alabama Repeater Systems
Brindlee
Mountain Amateur Radio Association
North
Alabama Sand Mountain Club
Location: Behind the
911 Center, 911 Street, Arab, Al.....Click
here for a map
Talk-in Frequencies:
147.200 PL 123(Boaz),
443.050 PL 123(Boaz),
146.920 PL 77(Arab),
147.380 PL 100(Guntersville)
- (LINKED)
Contact: Bill
Clingan (KC0ONR) . 256-558-3421 , kc0onr@mcars.us
Web Page: http://bclingan.org/FieldDay2007/index.htm
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Marshall
County Auxiliary Radio Service (MCARS)
Location:
lat N34-16.612, Long W86-13.571 -
Albertville
Rec
Center
Callsign
: KB4EOC
Operating
Class: 3 A
Talk-in
Frequency: 145.11 PL 107.2, 442.95 PL 203.5 146.48 Simplex, 145.14
D-Star (KI4RYX)
Menu:
The best the grill can offer. Last year was ribs and chicken
and hope to be better this year.
Contact:
Mark Boden – N4TZV@arrl.net
Web
Page: WWW.MCARS.NET
Directions
to site:
Take Rose Road
off Hwy 431 and follow signs to
Albertville
Rec
Center
.
Comments: All
are always welcome as in the past. Come by for the radios, food or the
fellowship.
Come
join us for the 6th year in a row from the heart of
Marshall
County
.
MCARS
field day event will be held at the
Albertville
Rec
Center
June 23 & 24. Join us for fun, food, and fellowship. Members will be
at the site at approximately 9:00am with the contest starting at 1:00pm. If
you wish to get a taste of what it's all about, our operators can let you get
on the air.
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Milton Amateur Radio Club (
Milton, Florida ) - (MARC)
Location: N30-38-009 / W087-02-254 - Adrian Carpenters Park
Callsign: W4VIY
Operating Class: 4A
Talk-in Frequency: 145.490 No-Tone
Menu: A table full of many items of different foods.
All types of drinks. A coffee pot that never runs out.
Contact: Robert Perry KA0AGC ( KA0AGC@bellsouth.net
) ( 850-390-1665 )
Web Page: MiltonARC.org
E-mail: MiltonARC49@yahoo.com
Directions to site: In Milton, Florida you will travel on Hwy 90 till Stewart
Street Hwy 87
turn north ( go thur two traffic light ) to Munson Hwy turn right go
east
( go thur one traffic light ) then you will see the intersection of
Broad Street
and Munson Hwy. Can't miss Adrian Carpenters Park.
Comments: Come out and enjoy Ham Radio and meet your fellow hams.
Work with different radios and many different antennas.
We are there to make contacts and just have fun.
Bring the family and let them get on the GOTO station
where they can work without a license.
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Montgomery Amateur Radio Club
(MARC)
Location: Montgomery,
AL
Callsign : W4AP
Operating Class: 2A
Talk-in Frequency: 146.840
Mhz (-) No Tone
Menu: Chili,
hamburgers, hot dogs
Contact: Randy
Sedlak, KV4AC; rcsedlak@aol.com;
334-613-3848
Web Page: http://www.w4ap.org/index.php
Directions to site: http://maps.google.com/maps?
f=q&hl=en&q=4975+Snowdoun+Chambers+Rd,+Montgomery+AL&sll=32.391937,-86.245217&sspn=
0.14756,0.271912&ie=UTF8&ll=32.25736,-86.217291&spn=0.009236,0.016994&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1
Comments: Site
address is 4975 Snowdoun Chambers Rd, Montgomery AL 36116
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Monroe Amateur Radio Club
(MARC)
We will be meeting at the Court
House again this year.
The set up will begin at 10:00
am.
Operations will begin at 1:00 pm and
go until????(no time limit).
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North Okaloosa Amateur Radio Club
(NOARC)
Location: The Old Dorcas Fire
Station, East of Crestview, FL.
Callsign : W4AAZ
Operating Class: 2A
Talk-in Frequency: 147.36+ tone 100hz.
Menu: TBD
Contact: N4CU 850 537 9456
Web Page: http://www.noarc.net/
Directions to site: Starting at SR 85 in
Crestview, drive east on US 90 about 7.8 miles and turn left on the dirt
road just
past the general store. The FD site is the fire station on the left,
just behind the store. If arriving
from the east on US 90, turn right about 0.2 miles past CR 393.
Comments:
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Playground Amateur
Radio Club (PARC)
Location: Raintree Estates Recreation Area,
Niceville
FL
Callsign : W4ZBB/K4FWB
Operating Class: 2A
Talk-in Frequency: 146.79
Menu: TBA
Contact: KB4OID
Web Page: Field Day Web Page: http://w4zbb.org/parcweb/fdsumary.htm
Directions to site: See map from web page
Comments:
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Russell County Radio Club
(RCRC)
(Phenix City, AL)
Location: K-MART Parking Lot, 2500 Airport Thruway, Columbus GA
Callsign : WX4RUS (we will be using W4AN for the SSB and CW)
Operating Class: 3A GA
Talk-in Frequency: 146.610 (-) (PL 123 hZ)
Contact: wx4map@gmail.com
Directions to site: I-185 southbound Towards Columbus, Airport Thruway exit,
turn right, K-MART on left side
Comments: RCRC will team up with the Columbus Amateur Radio Club,
Columbus GA.
The RCRC will control the GOTA station.
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South Alabama Radio Club
(SARC)
and
Opp Amateur Radio Club
(OARC)
Location: Frank Jackson State
Park - Opp, Alabama.
Upper Pavilion (next to the camping area on the hill)
Callsign : WC4M
Operating Class: 2A - AL (Battery
power)
Talk-in Frequency: Andalusia - 147.260+
(100hz) and Opp - 146.640- (100hz)
Menu: Friday
will be a Seafood Supper. (Fish and Shrimp with all the trimmings.)
Malcolm Reed - KG4IDV will prepare the Friday Evening Meal. (Thanks Malcolm!)
Saturday will be Grilled Pork and Chicken with all the fixings. Potato and Pea
Salad,
Baked Beans, B-B-Q Bread, Sweet and unsweet tea, Coffee.....along with
Homemade
Ice Cream , cakes, and pies for dessert both nights!
Audio PSA: Allen Scofield -
KG4CNA has produced an audio PSA for our Field Day Event.
Go here: http://www.voiceoverallen.com/pickup.html
and click on the link to download and listen.
Contact: John
Brown - KE4HIE - ke4hie@alaweb.com
- President of the South Alabama Radio Club.
Entertainment: We will have
several hams gathered doing some "Picking and Grinning" throughout the event.
Web Page: South Alabama
Radio Club: http://www.wc4m.net/
Opp Amateur Radio Club: http://www.opparc.org/
Comments: Come out and see the
operation. (1:00pm Saturday to 1:00pm Sunday)
There will be some Club members camping there starting Thursday night.
Antenna setup will start Saturday morning and the event starts at 1:00pm.
Friday and Saturday evening meals will both be served about 5:30 pm.
We will be on the air all night Saturday night so come out and get on the
radio!
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South Baldwin Amateur Radio
Club (SBARC)
Location: Robertsdale,
AL
Callsign : W4DYF or perhaps
KI4ELU
Operating Class: 2A
Talk-in Frequency: 147.090
and 146.685 with 82.5 tone
Menu: Everyone is welcome.
We'll have food, drinks, and coffee. Come join us!
Contact: Robert (Frog)
Hardin KG4DCE our Field Day Chairman
Web Page: www.sbarc.com
Directions to site: We are
having the club field day at Garrett park in Robertsdale. It's located a few
blocks west of
downtown Robertsdale. Take AL-59 to AL-104 which is the stoplight for Silver
Hill. Go west on
AL-104 to county road 65 and go north on 65. It's only a 1/3 to 1/2 mile on
the right.
We will be located in the pavillion.
Comments: Spend the day
talking to other hams and learning from each other.
Bring a youngster and let them use
our GOTA station!
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St.Clair County EMA /ARES "amateur
radio emergency service" (SCCARES)
Location: Pell city, AL. - Lakeside Park
Callsign :K4SCC
Operating Class:2a - Extra
Talk-in Frequency:145.130 - pl 103.5
Menu: Hamburgers
and Hotdogs
Contact: Dale
White (KF4ZLU) or Steve Ayres (KG4VSH)
Web Page:www.k4scc.net
Directions to site: U.S.
Hwy 231 south from Pell City to Hwy 34,
turn
Left at light and follow to the first road on right past the Civic
Center.
This
is the entrance to the park.
Comments: All
are welcome to come out and join us for some good clean fun, and a lot of
talking.
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Turkey Heaven Mountain
Repeater Association (THMRA)
Location: Ranburne, AL -- Cleburne, Co.
Callsign : N4THM
Operating Class: 1A
Talk-in Frequency: 146.865 (-), PL=131.8 Hz
Contact: Randy Smith, W4AUB@wildblue.net;
Cell-205-913-1038
Web Page: http://www.n4thm.com
Directions to site: Approximately 35 miles East of Anniston, AL.
From I-20, take Exit 205, East on AL Hwy 46 approximately 15 miles to Ranburne.
Fire department is located just East of downtown.
Comments: Operating on the grounds of the Ranburne Rescue Squad and Fire
Department.
A small group excited about Field Day.
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W4W
will be operating from Neely Henry Lake.
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Zamora Radio Club (ZRC)
Location: Behind the Zamora Temple, site of the
Birminghamfest, 3521 Ratliff Rd, Birmingham
Callsign: W4ZHR
Talk-in freq: 146.76 pl 88.5
Menu: Barbecue
Contact: K4TQR
Directions: click for map Zamora
Comments: all are welcome
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West Central Alabama Amateur Radio Club
(WCAARC)
KI4PND
Breakfast at 8 a.m. at Ryans in
Jasper Hwy 78 after breakfast go to the Red Cross and wait on start
time.
Jimmie Dill NR4G 205-527-4602
American Red Cross 1902 Corona Ave Jasper
Al.
Everyone Welcome
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Web Page:
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This page last edited on
06/20/2007 by John Brown - KE4HIE.