O.C.A.R.C.'s 2017 A.R.R.L. Field Day
June 23rd, 2017 (Fri) Starting at 9:00 AM: Setup
June 24th - 25th, 2017: Operations (Sat, Sun)

(Always the fourth full weekend in June)

Results:

Location:

The Orange County Amateur Radio Club, OCARC, hosted their Field Day at the Walter Knott Education Center at 7300 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, CA. This Field Day site is at the same location we've used since 2009. The school is located immediately west of Knotts Berry Farm.

Here are maps and a layout of the Field Day site:

• see Annotated FD MAP PDF

Driving Instructions:

Directions to the Walter Knott Education Center in Buena Park:

• Head for Knott's Berry Farm
• Take the Beach Blvd (south) exit from the 91 or 5 FWY
• Turn right (west) on La Palma Ave, along the north edge of Knott's Berry Farm 
• Continue driving on La Palma, past the Park to 7300 La Palma Ave.
• The school will be on your left on the south side of La Palma. Use the first entrance on the East side of the school buildings.

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

Cell Phone Contact for Directions:

Tim Goeppinger N6GP will have his cell with him 714-875-2344

Setup:

Construction of antennas and towers is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM (local time) on Friday June 23rd (while it is still cool).

Teardown:

Teardown will begin at the end of the 24 hour contest at 11 AM (local time) on Sunday June 25th.

Operations:

The OCARC will be operating in Class “A”. The number of simultaneous transmitters we plan to be running is five, but is subject to change if necessary.

Technician class operators, this is your opportunity to work some HF bands with a relatively powerful station. 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!

Field Day Call:

We will be using the Club call, W6ZE, for our general operations.
The GOTA station will be using the memorial club call sign of W6NGO.

Co-Chairmen:

2017 Band Captains and Teams:

• 20 meter CW station captain
• 20 meter SSB station co-captains  and 
• 40M SSB station co-captains  and 
• 40M CW station captain
• Digital PSK-31 (20M and 40M) station captain
• VHF/UHF (6M, 2M and 440 MHz) station captain
• GOTA (80M, 15M and 10M) station captain

Meals and Food:

Boy Scout Troop 440 will be providing meals at a fixed cost. This is a convenience to the club and a fund raiser for the Boy Scouts. Here is the meal plan:

Meal details will be released in the upcoming RF. At that time this page will also be updated.

Contest Rules:

2017 ARRL Field Day information, including: the FD Information Packet, Full Rules, Summary sheet, W1AW Bulletin Schedule, Logging Sheets, the FD Logo and much more is available on the Field Day page of the ARRL website in the months prior to Field Day.

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 Updated 11/29/2016.
• Previous Field Day Scores (Preliminary numbers). Updated 7/2/2012.
• Previous Field Day Locations. Updated 7/8/2016.
• Here are links to photos from our previous Field Days:

• Here are links to our previous Field Day webpages: