1. Alexandria Radio Club FD Chairman: Jack Hranicky – K5OTZ
Annual Ham Radio Field Day
June 23-24, 2012
Armistead Booth Park,
Alexandria, Virginia

2. Hours/Days of Operation
Set Up: Saturday, June 23, 2012: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Radio Checks: Saturday: 12:00 pm to 1:50 pm
Operations: Saturday 2:00 pm to Sunday 2:00 pm
Take Down: Sunday, June 24, 2012: 2:00 pm until finished

3. Armistead Booth Park Off S. Pickett St
Armistead Booth Park Off S. Pickett St. on Cameron Station Blvd, Alexandria, Virginia FD
N 38º
W 77º
Elevation: 185 feet

4. Satellite View of Park FD

5. ARC Band Captains* Band Station Captains
6M and up Phone _____KI4D_______
10-15M Phone __KV3W_& _KF7IJZ__
20M Phone __K5OTZ_&_ N4CWP_____
20M FSK _______KI4D_____
40M Phone ____KA4GFY______
75M Phone _______KA4GFY________
40-80M CW______N8IK_(Saturday)____
20, 15, 10M CW___KF4BBT__
Get-on-the-Air __set up on site___40M___
* When Band Captain is present, any ham can work calls on any station.

6. FIELD DAY RADIO OPERATIONS FD will use the Club Call Sign:
W4HFH (7A)
NOTE: ALL STATIONS OPERATE AT THE HIGHEST CLASS LEVEL AT THE TRANSMITTER

7. FIELD DAY FOOD .
Club has purchased the meals but members can bring other STUFF.
Food chair is Stephanie Adamy.
We will make up a food/drink sign-up list for contributions. There will be plenty of water and soft drinks.

8. Site Power Configuration of Generators And Solar Panels
Parking Parking
Club
Trailer
Rest
Rooms
GENERATOR
GENERATOR
SOLAR
Tent
Shelter
SOLAR
GENERATOR

9. Site Power Configuration of Generators And Solar Panels
FD Parking FD Parking
Rest
Rooms
Club
Trailer
75M
40M
20M, 6M & UP
Tent
15 & 10M
20M
Shelter
40&80M CW
10,15,20M CW
GET ON AIR 40M

10. All Stations Need Radio (with filters, etc. but tested elsewhere
Power (solar or generator)*
Antennas (dipoles, beams, etc. but tested elsewhere
Logging computer and software
Lights, power strips, power supply
Miscellaneous (table, chairs, coax, SWR meter, etc.).
* Park AC power will only be used for computers, lights, and non-radio equipment.

11. Club Logging Software http://www.win-eqf.com/
The Field Day Logging software is:
Win-EQF (version2)
Plus: HAMCALL (ARRL)

13. FIELD DAY SCORING… 7.1.1. Phone contacts count one point each.
CW contacts count two points each.
Digital contacts count two points each.
% Emergency Power: 100 points per transmitter classification if all contacts are made
only using an emergency power source up to a total of 20 transmitters (maximum 2,000 points.)
Others:
Media publicity, public location, public info table, message to section manager, message handling, W1AW bulletin, government officials’ visit, etc.
Field Day Report by KA4GFY

14. Field Day Take Down Save Logging Data w/backup
Disconnect all power sources
Take down antennas
Take down radios, etc.
Clean up area