2025 Field Day
Local Field Day Activities – June 28-29, 2025
- Yavapai Amateur Radio Club (YARC)
Club Station at Jeep Posse
1200 Commerce Drive, Prescott
Dates: June 28 & 29, 2025
Hours: Operating 11 a.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday
Contact: Mike Belanger W1DGL, club-station@w7yrc.org
I will be at the station for Field Day, working contacts under the club’s call and our category of “F” (Alternate EOC). Don’t know if we’ll be doing digital (FT8/FT4, etc.) or CW yet on the 2nd radio, but we’ll definitely be working SSB – so it’s a definite . Anyone who is willing to come in during the ‘odd hours’ of the evening/night to help out (and give me a break) so I can log for them instead of doing everything myself and/or would like to log for me, would be appreciated. You only need to come in for maybe an hour or two, longer, if you choose to. If you know CW and would like to operate that mode for FD, you’d be more than welcome to do that, and I can easily set up the 2nd radio for you to do that.
We have a “script” you can follow, at least until you feel comfortable with it, then you can ‘sorta’ go off-script, a little.
Mike, W1DGL
Club Station Manager
- Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association (VVARA)
Mingus Summit Picnic Area
On the side of 89A at the top of Mingus Mountain
Dates: June 28 & 29, 2025
Hours: Set up at 9 a.m. Saturday morning; Operating 11 a.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday
Flyer: https://www.vvara.org/pdf/Field-Day-Flyer-2025.pdf
- John Snedden KT7P and Dave Erlach N5MB – QRP
Wekuvde Day Use Area, Prescott
Directions: Take Iron Springs Rd to Granite Basin Rd, turn right and go 3.1 miles. On the right is a sign “Wekuvde Day Use” and a parking lot with a Camp Host. John and Dave will be under one of the picnic shelters. Lat/Long is, 34.613370, -112.544683.
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025
Hours: Set up 1000 to 1100 MST; Chasing and calling 1100 to around 1600 MST
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Field Day Story
Where the spirit of Amateur Radio Past joins forces with the Next Generation of Innovations, Interests and Individuals!!!
ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air operating event in amateur radio. On the fourth full weekend in June, tens of thousands of amateur radio operators gather for a public demonstration of our service. Field Day is part educational event, part operating event, part public relations event and ALL about FUN!
Amateur radio is about knowledge and growth. It is a hobby and service that truly offers something for everyone. Amateur Radio embraces both the old and new. While CW may no longer be a testing element, it is still a strong and favorite operating mode for many. Tens of thousands of operators are embracing digital technologies, from RTTY to newer digital modes like PSK31 and Olivia. Phone operation, probably the largest segment of the hobby, also has new frontiers to be explored with digitized voice, VOIP, and IRLP. And this is why Field Day the largest annual on-the-air operating event is so exciting. It gives all the old timer and the newcomer, the brass-pounder and the computer assisted operator the chance to share and teach the broad range of modes and technologies we find in our hobby.
Field Day is truly the time in which we bring amateur radio to Main Street USA. By setting up in parking lots, malls, Emergency Operations Centers, parks and even at home, amateur operators learn skills that will allow them to better serve their communities. Setting up in these public venues gives added public relations value their friends and neighbors can see and experience the fun and public service capability that their ham radio neighbors bring to the community.
Join in the fun! For more information on amateur radio and the ARRL the national organization for Amateur Radio visit www.arrl.org