At our March & April meetings we discussed, bantered and polled, and ultimately decided as a club that this year we will focus on operating skills, logistics ease and enjoying time together. To that end, our structure for this year’s Field Day is:
FIELD DAY COORDINATOR — George N2APB has volunteered to coordinate the various activities and teams (see below) and ensure that these Leads have the tools to perform their duties.
LOGISTICS — David N1ESK has volunteered to coordinate the site setup, assist the other leads with their duties, and coordinate the post-event cleanup and restoration.
SAFETY — The Safety Lead performs the duties required by the ARRL Field Day Guide, and simply keeps the Field Day site free from hazards.
FOOD — The Food Lead coordinates the purchase, delivery, and preparation of the meals, snacks, and drinks. (Purchases will be reimbursed!)
RADIO — The Radios Lead ensures the radios, antennas, and other equipment are acquired, set up, and operated for the benefit of the attendees.
LOGS — The Logs Lead ensures all contacts are logged and submitted to the ARRL.
So we just need FOUR MORE VOLUNTEERS. The roles are simple and this arrangement ensures that nobody has an overwhelming burden.
A SATURDAY-ONLY EVENT— In keeping with the club’s goal of “simple, fun and learning“, our Field Day event will be on Saturday only! (Nothing is officially scheduled for Sunday.) We’ll set up the stations, antennas, fire up the grills for the dogs & burgers and start the FD party early Saturday afternoon. Bring the family, friends, neighbors, pets, and have an all-day celebration with good times, radio, learning and relaxation! We have the shelter all day long and on into the wee hours of the night so if some of our diehard 80-meter and 40-meter ops want to take advantage of the nighttime propagation, they can do it! When done, we’ll just call it “done”, pack up everything and go home and relax. (Note: For true diehard ops, we can make the club callsign KN4DUA available from homes on Sunday for continued point accrual.)
Contact us if you’d like to help out with any aspect of this year’s activity … and Thank You!
George N2APB (n2apb @ verizon . net)
and David N1ESK (n1esk1 @ charter . net)