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ICARC Participation in 2025 Field Day

Here's our planning page for 2025 field day.

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Callsign Count
KC0JFQ1
K0LUM2
WB0VZK2
KC0WLO2
KE0SSW (Mike)1
KE0WOQ1
KF0MRJ1
N0DWK1
KD0ZBI1
KE0WOQ1
KF0HES1
KF0MMB1
KF0MRJ1
N0DWK1
W0JWC2


Operator Schedule

Who's here for setup
N0DWK KF0CGP WB0VZK KE0QKF AK0Z W3ACO KF0MRJ


13:00-14:59 15:00-16:59 17:00-18:59 19:00-20:59 21:00-22:59 23:00-00:59 01:00-02:59 03:00-04:59 05:00-08:59 07:00-08:59 09:00-10:59 11:00-12:59
KF0CGP
KF0HES
AK0Z
WB0VZK
KE0WOC
AK0Z
KE0QKF
KF0SCA
KE0SSW (Mike)
N0DWK
WB0VZK
KF0CGP
KF0CGP
AK0Z

Who's here for TEARDOWN
WB0VZK K0GH KF0CGP KF0MRJ




Pictures


Field Day Operating sheet

See www.n3fjp.com for more details.
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Field Day Rules

Click to visit ARRL'S Field Day page

Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC (1:00 PM CDT) Saturday and ending at 2100 UTC (4:00 PM CDT) Sunday. Field Day 2025 will be held June 28-29, 2025. The object is to work as many stations as possible on all amateur bands (excluding the 60, 30, 17, and 12-meter bands) and in so doing to learn to operate in abnormal situations with 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.

Stations may work 24 consecutive hours. Set-up may not begin earlier than 1800 UTC (1:00 PM CDT) on Friday.

Exchange: Stations will exchange their Field Day operating Class and ARRL section. Example: a two-transmitter class A station in Iowa would send "2A IA" on CW or "2 Alpha Iowa" on Phone. DX stations send operating class and the term DX (i.e. 2A DX). A station may be worked only once per band. Phone, CW and Digital modes on a single band are counted as separate bands.

Scores are based on the total number of QSO points times the power multiplier plus bonus points. Phone contacts count one point each and CW and digital contacts count two points. If all contacts are made using an output power of 150 watts or less, the power multiplier is two.

Bonus points:



ICARC 2025 Field Day Radios:




ICARC 2025 Field Day Plans:

(left over from the ICARC meeting of June, 2019)

Location:


This plans section remains as our ongoing outline.

ICARC has Shelter 12 at City Park (Iowa City).

Setup:

Setup will begin Saturday morning at 8:00 AM CDT sharp! The main task is to put up the antennas. Rich will bring his "spud" gun to shoot lines over tree-tops.

The generator will be set up and fueled, extension cords run, radios set up and connected and computers and networking cables will be connected and tested.

We must be finished setting up well before operation begins at 1:00 PM CDT!

Operating:

Schedule from Dennis

We will operate in the portable, independent of power mains, 2-transmitter category (2A) on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters.

The 2 HF radios will operate SSB and CW on all bands beginning at 1:00 PM CDT, and ending 24 hours later.

Coordination:

This is rather out-of-date for 2025...
Updates may bwe emailed to KC0JFQ through regular channels...
  1. Coordinator - Dennis
    1. Submit FD scores to ARRL

  2. Power Sources - Cordell, WØCJB
    1. Generator -- Honda 2000 from Aero Rental
    2. Gasoline, 5-gallon can

  3. Antennas and other Equipment from storage - Cordell, WØCJB & Emmett, KEØNBH
    1. Antennas
    2. Coax cable & guy rope
    3. Ground rods & grounding wire
    4. Spud gun (W3ACO)

  4. Transceivers - Rich, W3ACO & Willy, KCØJFQ
    1. ICARC TS-50
    2. ICARC Heathkit SB-1400
    3. WIlly IC-7200
    4. WIlly IC-7300
    5. MIke IC-7300
    6. JOhn IC-7300

  5. Computers - Kyle, ???KDØZBI??? & John, ACØXY
    1. Computers - one per operating position
      Supplied by ACØXY, KØCF and KEØQKF
    2. Software (N1MM+)
    3. Networking hardware (Router and CAT5e cables)

  6. Potluck dinner 18:00 - Willy, KCØJFQ
    1. Catering from Costco -- Chicken legs
    2. PotLuck for other things
    3. Beverages
    4. Participants are encouraged to bring a salad, hot dish or dessert
    5. Club suppliues paper plates, napkins, cups, etc.

  7. ICARC Signs - Kyle, ???KDØZBI???

  8. Bonus Points, etc. - Carl, KCØHZV
    1. Assign someone to copy W1AW FD message (KØCF volunteered 2019)

  9. Publicity -
    1. Press-Citizen, KCRG, and/or other area Radio/TV stations
      1. Sample press releases are in the Field Day packet from ARRL
    2. Bring FD to attention of youth groups, potential new hams, others
    3. Post fliers around town




Last updated Jun 13, 2025 by KC0JFQ