O.C.A.R.C.'s 2009 A.R.R.L. Field Day
June 27th - 28th, 2009

(Always the fourth full weekend in June)

Location:

The Orange County Amateur Radio Club, OCARC, will host Field Day at the Walter Knott Elementary School at 7300 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, CA. The school FD site is immediately to the West of Knotts Berry Farm Park. Everyone is welcome to attend. Amateur radio operators are encourage to bring their families. If you're a ham just visiting the area on business or vacation, you're welcome to join us.

Please bring a copy of your ham license to FD to allow you your full license privileges.

Here are two maps of the Field Day site:

• Map It (Zooms).
• Annotated Map.

Driving Instructions:

The Walter Knott Elementary School in Buena Park may be reached by:

• Head for Knott's Berry Farm
• Take the Beach Blvd (south) exit from the 91 FWY
• Turn right (west) on La Palma Ave, along the north edge of Knott's Berry Farm Park.
• Continue driving on LaPalma, past the Park to 7300 La Palma Ave.
• The school will be on your left on the south side of La Palma.

The location of the OCARC FD on the school grounds can be reached by entering from La Palma into the schools far right driveway. See the annotated FD map. The school grounds are behind the school buildings and are to the South.

Setup:

Operations:

OCARC is currently scheduled to operate in the 9A class, meaning there will be 9 transmitters running full time on emergency power. We will also have one VHF/UHF and a GOTA (Get On The Air) station that are not included in the nine. The GOTA station is for new amateur operators who have not worked in the HF bands and for visitors who do not currently have an amateur radio license. Any operator that makes 50 GOTA contacts over Field Day earns the club bonus points!

Technician class operators, this is your opportunity to get HF in your blood :) If you are looking for inspiration to upgrade, this is your chance. Anyone can work the HF bands at a Field Day site with a control operator present!

Stations making up our 9A class:

1. 80 meter CW
2. 75/15 meter SSB
3. 40 meter CW
4. 40 meter SSB
5. 20 meter CW
6. 20 meter SSB
7. 10M SSB
8. 6M SSB
9. UHF

Free Stations:

1. GOTA (Get On The Air), Satellite, etc.
2. One 2M PHN station

Field Day Call:

We will be using the Club call, W6ZE, for our general operations.
The GOTA station will be using N1AB call for its operations.

Meals and Food:

The club will provide the following meals (Menu to be posted shortly):

• Friday Dinner for those helping setup - steak and potato salad
• Saturday Lunch - pizza
• Saturday Dinner - hamburgers, hot dogs, macaroni salad, and potato salad
• Sunday Breakfast - scrambled eggs, pancakes and sausages

Contest Rules:

The 2009 ARRL Field Day Rules are available in html and pdf format. Field Day log sheets and check sheets are also available here.

Club Field Day History:

Here are links to past Club ARRL Field Day scores and sites:

• W6ZE Field Day Results as Published in QST Magazine..
• Previous Field Day Scores (Preliminary numbers.).
• Previous Field Day Locations.
• Here are links to photos from our previous Field Days: