The Field Day site will be at Green Acres Park pavilion 3 on Garfield St. in Hazel Park. That is where we had the picnic last year. You can go to the ARRL Field Day locator for great directions. We have the use of the park for the entire Field Day Weekend. We will be able to stay overnight, however there are no sleeping facilities at the park. You can park a small trailer in the parking lot or sleep in your car. We cannot use all of the parking spaces since the other 2 pavilions are also rented.
Paul AA8OZ has offered that anyone is welcome to sleep and/or crash at his place if they are too tired to drive home. He lives 5 minutes from the park at 1670 Garfield St., Ferndale, MI. (8 houses off of Hilton).
We need volunteers to operate and/or bring radios. Mike WD8S and Gerry K8GT usually operate 40 and 20 meters CW. Paul also like 40 meters CW. We need SSB operators and other bands covered on either mode. We would like to get as many stations on the air as possible. Dee N8UZE has offered to bring her gear and we can use it as a GOTA station. We will need a couple volunteers to be the GOTA coach.
Letters to the City officials, TV and newspaper asking them to visit our Field Day activities were sent out. Marsha N8FE and Sean K8KHZ will be manning the PR table. We have handouts from the ARRL and Marsha and Sean will be available to answer questions.
If you have any questions about Field Day contact Paul AA8OZ.
Optional Items to Bring:
- Folding chairs
- Bedding if you are sleeping over in the cabin
- Tent and supplies if you are into roughing it (no RVs allowed near cabins)
- Shower supplies
- Fan to cool you off (cabins have electricity)
- Your own Station setup (see chairman as to what to bring)
- Rain gear in case it rains
- BUG SPRAY
Rules Field Day and Site Locator available on ARRL website.
