Attention GVARC / SBCARA Members and Friends!

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Reminder that we will be at Christmas Hill Park for the 2021 ARRL Field Day on Saturday, June 26^th. Setup at 08:00, operating from 11:00 – 20:00, then teardown by 20:30 or so (sunset is at 20:30).

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We will currently be operating on 15, 20 and 40 meters, voice and digital. If you want to set up a station on another band (10 or 80, voice and/or digital), let us know.? Also, let us know if you want to come and operate with an existing station in a Covid-compliant manner.? Or just visit with folks in our first get together since last year (providing the State opens up on June 15^th and Santa Clara County does not pose addition restrictions).

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For those who want to operate at home, here are the ARRL rules that cover home stations and their contribution to a single club score:

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“The COVID-19 pandemic-modified rules from 2020 will continue this June with the addition of a power limit imposed on Class D (Home Stations) and Class E (Home Stations-Emergency Power) participants. The news from the ARRL Board’s Programs and Services Committee comes as many clubs and groups are starting preparations for Field Day in earnest. Field Day 2021 will take place June 26 – 27.

“This early decision should alleviate any hesitancy that radio clubs and individual Field Day participants may have with their planning for the event,” said ARRL Contest Program Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE.

For Field Day 2021:

·???????? Class D stations may work all other Field Day stations, including other Class D stations, for points. This year, however, Class D and Class E stations will be limited to 150 W PEP output.

·???????? An aggregate club score will be published — just as it was done last year. The aggregate score will be a sum of all individual entries that attributed their score to that of a specific club.”

All stations will be using the N3FJP Field Day contest logging software ( ). If you are operating a station at the Park or at home you will need to download and register a copy of the software. Later on we will provide directions on how to get us your information so we can merge it with the other station logs. All stations will use the W6GGF call sign during the contest.

Reminder that you will need to bring your own food and beverages. If you are setting up a station of your own you will need to supply your own antenna, cables, table, chair(s) and power. We will NOT have access to AC power at the Park.

If you intend to participate or visit, please respond to Heatherly (N6HKT) at: heatherly@... and Sam (ai6og@... ).

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Thanks and regards,

Sam, Ray, Tim, Heatherly and Jack

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