O.C.A.R.C.'s 2011 A.R.R.L. Field Day
June 25th - 26th, 2011

(Always the fourth full weekend in June)

Location:

The Orange County Amateur Radio Club, OCARC, will host Field Day at the Walter Knott Education Center at 7300 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, CA. This year's Field Day site is at the same location as the previous two years. The school is located immediately west of Knotts Berry Farm. 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:

• Microsoft Research Maps (Zooms and scrolls).
• Annotated FD Map.
• Planned FD Antenna Layout.

Driving Instructions:

Directions to the Walter Knott Education Center in Buena Park:

The location of the OCARC FD on the school grounds can be reached by entering from La Palma into the school's west driveway. See the annotated FD map. The school grounds are behind the school buildings to the south.

Setup:

Teardown:

Operations:

OCARC will either use operating class 5A or 6A for 2011.

Technician class operators, this is your opportunity to work some HF now that the bands have finally opened up. 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 properly licensed control operator present!

Stations currently planned:

1. 40 meter SSB (with a touch of CW thrown in)
2. 20 meter CW
3. 20 meter SSB
4. 15 meter SSB
5. 10/80 meter SSB and/or CW
6. VHF/UHF PHN
7. GOTA (Get On The Air)

Field Day Call:

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

Meals and Food:

The OCARC will be providing food for the main meals. Meal plans are shown below

• Friday evening - "tri tips dinner and salad" catered for the set-up crew.
• Saturday morning - no plans for meals - "bring your own donuts"
• Saturday lunch - will have Subway sandwiches
• Saturday evening - pizza will be brought in
• Sunday morning - Egg McMuffins, OJ, and coffee
• Club will provide cold-iced water bottles
• Every FD participant should plan on bringing HIS OWN iced-tea, sodas, or Gatorade.

Contest Rules:

2011 ARRL Field Day information, including: the FD Information Packet, Full Rules, Summary sheet, W1AW Bulletin Schedule, Logging Sheets, 2011 FD Logo and much more are available on the Field Day page of the newly updated ARRL website.

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: