Different kind of Field day here in North Texas!  No operating Saturday due to previous commitments,
so I was able to work Sunday and decided to try something different and spend my time on digital
modes.  Big 6 meter opening and managed to work my old club WX4E on 6m FT8!  I also worked them
later on 20m CW!

YAESU FTX-1F, RAINGUTTER-V ANTENNA, QRP WORKS SIDEKAR EXTREME FOR LOGGING AND KEYING RIG. LDG REMOTE
ATU, BATTERY POWERED. 
GOOD CHALLENGE. GREAT FUN.

The band conditions were not ideal, but the weak signal modes did get through as it was designed to.
Also, CW did well.  To my point, FT8 and FT4 are not communication modes and would not be very
useful in emergency communications.  Secondly these modes with the WSJT-X software are
semi-automatic. I feel that winter field day got it right.  Further, CW requires much more skill and
is a communication mode (No Computers required). This fact should reward the CW QSOs more points
per. 

One more point Feild Day should allocate a portion of the CW Band (Similar to SKCC) for slower
Coders/Straight keyers.

Started FD 2025 by helping out my club members (W2MMD) with antenna setup Friday PM, then came back
Saturday for FD to begin. While heading to the club Saturday, I had a spur-of-the-moment thought to
bring my POTA setup, in case one of the bands was open to operate, and after speaking to our club
president Jim N2GXJ and the band captains, I set up a temporary 6M antenna setup off the back of my
pickup truck, operated by solar/battery to my Yaesu FT-450AT. Unfortunately, the 6M band was all but
dead and did not yield any QSOs through the afternoon/evening (I only heard ~5 calls total).

After spending some time listening to the dead band, I packed up my POTA setup, and headed back to
my QTH, to set up for the outdoor 1E operation for the rest of FD. Here, I was much more successful,
completing 50 SSB and 45 FT8 QSOs until 1800Z Sunday, using my 40M EFHW and the 20-6 Hexbeam
manually rotated to 240deg. I was able to make QSOs across all bands available to me, including an
opening on 6M Sunday morning. With about 10 minutes left to go in my 24-hour period, my 20Ah LIFEPO
battery started dropping below 10VDC, and the 2.7A solar charge rate wasn't keeping up with the FT8
transmission draw, so I decided to call it.

For next FD, I will likely be looking to add a second battery/solar panel setup, to be able to
charge one up while using the other one, and allow me to run for more duration through the event.

Had a good time operating this year running battery power and a homebrew EFHW antenna.  Lots of
activity on 20 but for me 40 was the money band.  Had lightning storms run through late afternoon so
I called it a day.  Good to see so many stations participating this year and look forward to next
year.

36 Years ago, I (AD7N) got licensed thanks to my Uncle Ray (W7QDM) showing me his radio, teaching me
about radio and letting me get on the air at his station. I was hooked. I realized we had never done
a contest together and Ray and I both had done many so I wanted to do a field day together. 

We took our trailers and drove to Blackfoot Reservoir in Idaho (also happens to be POTA park
US-11308) and set up in two great campsites with a clear view in all directions. We were joined by
his son and his teenage grandson who are not yet amateur operators, and my brother (KF7ZTV), all of
whom have not been on the air in HF.

Ray set up his DX Commander vetical and operated 100w using a KX3 with a KXPA-100 amplifier. I set
up an 80-10m EFHW at 30ft and a  Chelegance MC-750 vertical. I used up to 100w running a Yaesu
FT-710. After getting our two systems networked and running with N1MM+, we started our field day
event. We wanted to get a good score but also wanted to really help get the others on the air and
feel the excitement of contesting and remote operating. They definitely got it! We got the grandson
(Brigham) on the air. He was so excited! Earlier in the week I tasked him to learn his phonetic
alphabet and to familiarize himself with the sections. He did it and he did great! At the onset of
the event, he was pretty nervous to touch the microphone and had no understanding of what was going
on. By the end of field day, he was not only S&P stations but he was RUNNING stations by himself in
SSB (logging and everything)! He was also able to run the FT modes and understand what was happening
with the exchanges. He also watched as Ray and I did CW at a comfortable 25-30 WPM and got real
excited to learn CW. My brother, Dave, got on the air and made his first 35 contacts using the FT
modes. He was going to do some SSB but had to leave a little early. All in all, FD was a fantastic
success and an extremely awesome family experience for me!

Ray did a fantastic job as well accounting for about 200 of the QSOs we made and primarily in CW. He
learned how to use the N1MM+ software which is very impressive considering he is a young 88 yrs old!
It was great to watch him sit next to his grandson and help him learn how to operate. He also gave
him the reigns and let him run by himself. He loved trying to be as efficient as possible and really
running stations and it made him excited to do more contests. I would say that Brigham made at least
100-150 of the QSOs at this field day between SSB and FT modes. He just recently had his birthday
and he's getting the gift of ham radio prep from me for a present. He's super excited to get his
license! His dad also said, he's planning to do it with him as well! Just like what my Dad, N7OAV
(SK), did with me.  :)

All in all, a fantastic field day "geekend" with my family! Not to mention 3 new first time
operators totaling 931 QSOs in 19h on the air and getting a kilo at US-11308! We also were able to
talk to quite a few people driving by seeing all our antennas up and asking about it and showing
them the excitement we were experiencing with Field Day. And thanks to my cousin Matt for all the
great food too!  Yummy!  :)

One of the toughest FD's ever as far as propagation,
and was really surprised at how difficult the  /7 was
to get across...First time using the IC-7300, did well,
Not quite as good a FD radio as the K3, but ok.
But, still had fun, even with the 100 + degree weather
in the desert of Arizona...really makes you appreciate
FD in New Hampshire in June.
73, Neil AE1P/7

I've been absent from Field Day for 25 years, and next year I will make a bigger effort. Thanks to
everyone for pulling me out of the noise. 73 de Brian/AF8WX

I have uploaded my sorted contacts lists in this section, and my Dupe Sheets in the main section of
the Field Day submission form.  I operated both as AG7ZJ when I started, and later as W7HAV under
our club callsign.

Monitored field bulletin, but unable to record full audio message due to poor conditions.

Another fun Field Day.
Set-up in the yard and operated one of my QRP portable stations on Solar battery power. Solar during
daylight and the battery lasted for the few calls I made over night.

This was the first time I participated for field day.  It was both challenging and enjoyable. I hope
I can improve my CW skills to work better at the higher speeds for next FD.

I combined Field Day with Parks on the Air.  I used an IC7300 and a stainless whip V dipole.  For
power I was using a 100ah lifepo4 battery.  Towards the last 2 hrs, I switched to a solar generator
and the Xiegu G90.  I stayed out for about 7 hrs total. It was around 96 degrees in NTX.  I brought
along my HTs and an Arrow II antenna. Didn’t get any birds and nothing on 2m or 70cm.  Still had
fun.

This has been a challenging event for me. Blew out my back so had to use shore power from home. The
meds didn't help things, but I feel like I made a decent showing anyway. Many thanks to all who
worked me as I was strictly S&P this year. Maybe next year I'll try running a bit. I love CW, but
gave SSB a try occasionally. The bands on 20 and 40 were the only ones I could find workable ops
this year, but still, was able to reach 20 of the lower 48 states barefoot and 100W. I run an EFHW
10-40 antenna configured as a sloper, up about 12 meters and an FTDX-10.
Look for me on the air and we'll see you again down the log.

73
Bob AI7FF

Power for field day was via a Generac gp8000e running natural gas via a Midwest fuels conversion
kit. My property has free gas from a private well and this generator is frequently used to power the
whole house during power outages from storms etc via a transfer switch system. I tried to upload a
photo but I don’t think it’s taking it.

Setup Friday afternoon saw a solid turnout of club members helping setup towers and trailers, test
solar power, and position antennas. We had several curious visitors stop by even before the event
began — always a great sign!

Our GOTA station was hopping most of Saturday — several kids and first-time visitors got on the
air with the help of club mentors. One family stayed for over an hour, asking great questions and
getting a taste of what ham radio can do.

We powered the site with a mix of solar and a standby generator, simulating a grid-down emergency.
Several visitors were surprised to learn we could still send email via Winlink with no cell or
internet service.

We demonstrated Winlink packet messaging using the BTECH UV-Pro handheld paired with a smartphone.
It drew a lot of interest for its simplicity and potential during disasters — especially from the
emergency managers who stopped by.

We were honored to host visits from the Ward County Emergency Manager, a Minot Police Department
representative, and a County commissioner (who’s also a ham). Their interest in our off-grid
communication capabilities shows the growing relevance of amateur radio.

More than 20 club members and volunteers participated throughout the weekend. Despite a few brief
rain showers, everyone stayed upbeat and focused on demonstrating our capabilities — and having a
little fun along the way.

Field Day 2025 at Rock Bridge State Park, Columbia MO
Several new hams and visitors had the opportunity to try out new equipment and learn from the club's
Elmers.  A session on making a QSO with a satellite was conducted by K0PHP. Our Saturday night
potluck dinner was officiated by Chef Herb.

Another one of many field days I have participated in over the years and it never gets old!  Bands
were marginal but 40M once again proved to be the workhorse it has always been!  Thanks for another
great event es 73's!

Great afternoon on the Uncompahgre Plateau with great group of hams venturing into some great
recreational areas in Western Colorado.

Solar flux was with us but the other indices were not. The bands seemed noisy, however a wee bit
more power seemed to alleviate that and we were heard. A/C was the cure for the heat wave and
attracted more operators this year than in the past.  More operators translated into more overnight
QSO's for us. This excited all our operators and spurred them on to our best score ever!  
Congrats to our operators and to ARRL for such a fun exercise.

Operated QRP with a QMX transceiver at 3 watts, powered by battery. The antenna was an EFHW strung
up into a pine tree, and the station was set up in my backyard. Made 170 QSOs — all on the
20-meter band. Many thanks to everyone who heard my weak signal! Every contact was exciting. 73 de
K1WAT - Oleg

I set up on Saturday afternoon using an old FT-817D, a G7FEK antenna and Vibroplex Brass Racer. I
intended to bicycle out to the site, but my XYL insisted I take our old van. So be it. It was great
to be out in the woods again, swatting mosquitoes and making contacts. I'm a little rusty on my CW
and it is obvious that there are many using electronic software and running a million WPM. Some
stations were so busy calling CQ they would miss my reply and keep calling CQ. Eventually, they did
hear me.
At 78 I didn't know if I had another FD in me, but here I am. Took a short nap in the wee hours, but
other than that, just kept going. A deer visited me around sunrise to check on things, that was fun.
I got called home early for a minor problem at home, but was glad to call it a day. de K1YPP

The Parsippany RACES (K2PTH) participated in the 2025 ARRL Field Day event at Johnson Beach, Lake
Parsippany. We had 16 people show up to assist and many guest visitors include our mayor, James R.
Barberio. We had a public information table that really sparked some interest in amateur radio. Hope
to see some new hams as a result. I think we all had a great time.

We had some driven rain, thunder, lightning and wind to make FD 2025 complete.
Still had a good time

First time working the field day from my home and not with a club ... very interesting ... man the
pileups on CW were fun to deal with ... I haven't worked CW in many years ... but I had a good time
...

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FIELD DAY is always fun when using CW, especially at five watts.  I'm happy at 25 wpm with a good
set of paddles.  Perhaps a CW short sprint contest for beginners only at around 10-13 wpm would be a
good thing.  - Tom K4AKC

The Daytona Beach Amateur Radio Association (DBARA) pulled off an unforgettable Field Day in
2025—one that will be talked about for years to come. Held under sunny skies and surrounded by
palm trees and camaraderie, this year’s event was more than just a success—it was a celebration
of community, preparedness, and the power of amateur radio.

From the early morning setup to the final log entry, everything came together with seamless
precision thanks to the club’s dedicated planning team and the tireless efforts of its members.
The layout was smooth, the antennas stood tall, and the stations buzzed with excitement.

One of the standout highlights was the GOTA (Get On The Air) station, which welcomed children and
newcomers to the world of ham radio. With guidance from experienced operators, several young voices
took to the airwaves for the very first time—smiles beaming as they made contacts across the
country. Their enthusiasm reminded everyone of the importance of inspiring the next generation of
radio operators.

And then there was the food—caterer-quality meals that went far beyond the typical field day fare.
Club members and guests were treated to a spread that was both delicious and nourishing, keeping
spirits high and energy levels up throughout the long operating hours.

Everywhere you looked, there was a sense of teamwork. Club members worked like a well-oiled
machine—setting up towers, running coax, logging contacts, and ensuring the event ran smoothly.
Their professionalism and passion for the hobby shined at every turn.

As the event drew to a close, a special moment brought the group together: a brief ceremony to
recognize those who went above and beyond. Custom challenge coins were awarded to outstanding
members whose commitment made a difference. These tokens, engraved with symbols of amateur radio and
DBARA’s values, were a small but meaningful way to say “thank you” to the club’s heroes.

Field Day 2025 was more than just an exercise in emergency preparedness. It was a heartfelt reminder
of what makes amateur radio so special—connection, education, service, and community.

And for DBARA.ORG it was clear: the future is bright, the signal is strong, and the spirit of ham
radio is alive and well in Daytona Beach.

SFD 2025 was an excellent event for the GARS club. We had several new and soon to be hams make their
first contact! We do not concentrate on making points. Our goal is to get folks on the air. In that
regard, we succeeded! Although we could not talk the newspaper reporter into giving it a try, the
local TV reporter did. She made her first radio contact and had a blast. (Photo attached.)
We had a lot of interest in our educational activities. Many came out just to participate in the
classroom discussions. (Photos attached.)
Each year keeps getting better. We are already looking forwarded to next year.

As part of our Field Day educational activities, we added something we called “Propagation
Station”. The intent was to engage you our members in the process of propagation forecasting
during Field Day operations. We set up a dedicated computer with screens showing the relevant solar
and propagation data. We then added the key indexes to a large custom poster at a prominent location
at the Field Day site. The poster scoreboard was dry-erase material that allowed us to fill in the
numbers as conditions changed. This scoreboard was constant source of conversations and learning
throughout the event. “Why do these numbers matter?” some asked. “What happens if we get a
solar storm?”
We tracked all the relevant space weather indexes as well as the G (Geomagnetic), S (Solar X-ray
flux), and R (Radio Blackout) indexes. On the right side of the board is band conditions, MUF, and
WSPR data.  Any operator could see the scoreboard from their stations.
For the most part the solar and space weather was somewhat quiet during the entire Field Day event.
However, our operators observed that propagation was fading, often in big swings. Chad (KY4KP)
commented that “one minute a station was loud, and then we could not even heard them again!” As
we looked at the WSPR spots and PSKReporter spots and we saw this occurring. The prediction software
models didn’t help us with this situational condition and the models only confirmed that
propagation on most bands, except 10 meters, would be good. It was guessed that the prior G1-G2
storm conditions prior to Field Day may have caused fluctuating propagation due to absorption spikes
in the D-layer. Additionally, geomagnetic variability may have contributed to the fading that we
heard. 
Because we had spotty conditions due to this activity we ran mostly digital and CW stations. SSB was
challenging on some bands, but was useable on 20 and 40 meters.

The Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club operated Field Day 2025 as 3A VA from a local county park
using our club call K4RC and GOTA call AI4WU. With over 100 attending during the event we operated a
Phone station, a CW station, and a Digital station as well as a GOTA station and making satellite
contacts. It was really hot but no storms to require shutdown. This year is the 50th anniversary of
the club founded in 1975 so one member arranged for a drone photo of club members arranged in the
shape of 50 to celebrate.

The Richmond County Amateur Radio Club participated in Fieldday 2025.

See attached slide show used for TARS FD 2025 Educational Activity - "HF and VHF Propagation."  File
provided at Document Upload (2025 FD Presentation_HF-VHF Propagation_AC4TO_Rev1.pdf).

MVARC had a lot of fun last weekend for ARRL Field Day.  We had a lot of ops join in as we operated
5A once again this year with the club getting hundreds of QSOs in the log.  We were also visited by
members of the community including a couple Fairfax County Police officers and also mamber of the
Fairfax County Department of Emergency Management and Security.

We were lucky with the weather this year and did not have to deal with any rain or thunderstorms. 
However, it was quite hot outside, which put a damper on the festivities a bit during the day.  In
the early evening on Saturday we had our club picnic with catered BBQ and had a good turnout and
ample food.  Also at the picnic, the club awarded the member of the year award to Ed N2EC, for
which he was very much honored.

As day turned to dark we had a contingent of operators who stayed through the night to get those
contacts.  15 meters stayed open well into the evening and contacts were made to Australia, Hawaii,
and Alaska on digital.  CW and SSB operations focused on 80, 40, and 20 meters and fought with many
close in signals and a high noise floor.   As morning came members and their families brought the
team donuts and coffee and after a bit more operating the group helped to take down the setup.

All in all I think this year's Field Day was a great success.  We had lots of members of the club
and the community join us, and most importantly, we had a lot of fun.  We definitely look forward
to next year's Field Day.

This submission process is too complicated.  We had a great FD.

The Baytown Area Amateur Radio Club (BAARC), pulled off an unforgettable Field Day in 2025— We set
up again at a great public location called Bayland Park.
The conditions were hot as usual, but we managed to survive the heat, humidity, and mosquitos thanks
to a nice southerly breeze off Galveston Bay. This year’s event was more than just a success.  It
was a celebration of community, preparedness, and the power of amateur radio. 
We arrived at the location at 6am to ensure the spot was ours. The pavilion we operate under is,
first come - first serve.  Everything came together thanks to our core group of club members.  Big
shout out to our new members for their enthusiasm and help.  The setup was a blur of efficiency with
the radios, antennas, coax, power, computer network for logging software, all deployed and ready to
go by 10 am. We could not have been more excited.  
Many of our newest members got on the air for the first time with guidance from experienced
operators—smiles beaming as they made contacts across the country. Their enthusiasm reminded
everyone of the importance of inspiring the next generation of radio operators.   
Food is always an important part of ARRL Field Day with the BAARC group.  Club members and guests
were treated to burgers, hot dogs and Philly Cheese steak sandwiches fresh off the flat top grill! 
You must eat good to keep the energy levels up throughout the long operating hours. Huge thanks to
those who brought the supplies and did the setup.  Your contributions were much appreciated.  
Field Day 2025 was more than just an exercise in emergency preparedness. It was a heartfelt reminder
of what makes amateur radio so special—connection, education, service, and community.

We had a great turn out for field day on River Road. Thanks Mike for hosting
Again this year.

Field Day was great fun as usual. It was especially nice to see three generations operating the GOTA
station.
73, Connie / K5CM

QSB was terrible in SFL.  QRM was also bad, as usual, with stations shoulder to shoulder.   I had to
shut down for almost 3 hours during afternoon thunderstorms!

Although a challenge, it was still definitely fun.

FD has always been a tradition since being licensed and was my introduction to “contesting”. I
haven’t missed one FD effort since first being licensed. With that being said based on numerous
factors and issues in my work and personal schedule. (I work overnight mid night shift local
hospital) I figured lets give 10M daytime a shot. I have jumped in over the years with all kinds of
efforts and the adventures that follow. Single band 80M last year instead of an all band effort and
this year 2025 decided on 10M single band. With summer doldrums and based on the numbers leading up
to FD I was somewhat skeptical.  When the 1800z start time happened I set up below 28.400 to go in
the window of those folks that have op privileges in that part of the band. I had a goal of
maximizing my rate as best I could to keep my chops up however I knew there would be some amount of
fills and coaching needed for those unfamiliar with the FD exchange. I was more than happy to
provide that learning curve if some wanted or needed that coach.

Start time 87 degrees: real feel in the 90’s.  Start the generator and get the A/C in camper going
that we have available for a hurricane evacuation vehicle as well as occasional recreation use.

It was a blast! No rates like 20M-40M but still fun having a couple of hours of over 100 each hour
despite fills and coaching! Rewarded by nice folks for leading them through the exchange. By 2100z
(1700 local) rate went south quite a bit down to around the 25/hour. No worries so went QRT  at
2130z to feed and play with the pups, feed myself and wife, and get a good rest for the Sunday start
time. Nice calls from a VO1, PJ2 and HJ7 all the while beaming between 285-300 degrees the whole
time for the hours spent running.

Ended up with 312 QSO’s when I went QRT Saturday at 2131z. First two hours 108, 116 QSO’s
respectively.

Sunday operated 1400z until the end at 1800z with a final total of 495 QSO’s as was to be expected
usually the second day yields 30-50 % of the QSO’s made on the first day. Conditions both days not
much different. Furthest west were a couple from AZ/NV and most QSO’s were from the central US
predominantly OH, IL and IN sections and approximately a dozen Canadian Provinces.

Fun time for hours spent and thank you for the Q’s! 73! Ed K5OF

First FD in 5 yrs! 50+ yrs still FUN! K5SL

Damn the thunderstorms, let's run rate!

Received this Email from Mr. Ron Davis, Airport Director, this morning:
This past weekend, the Vicksburg Municipal Airport terminal was the site of an amateur radio "field
day."
A representative of the Vicksburg Amateur Radio Club asked if the terminal building at the airport
could be used for the field day exercise.
Being an amateur radio operator myself, I readily agreed.
Operating "off the grid" during emergencies is one of the services that radio operators, "Hams,"
provide for the community.
Saturday morning began with the arrival of the equipment, cables, antennas, and all of the
additional equipment needed for the exercise.
By noon, radios were being operated, and the event had begun.
It was amazing to see all of the work that was done, antennas up, cables run, and operators at their
stations.
By Sunday noon, the exercise was over. The take-down and cleanup were completed, and all of the hams
were gone.
I was very pleased that the terminal was back to normal working order. The hams had cleaned and
straightened everything to the point that one could not tell that all of the activity had ever
happened.
It was a good job done by all.
Looking forward to doing it again next year.
Ron Davis
Airport Director

Despite the hot weather and mediocre band conditions, we had 17 members show up Saddleback Butte
State Park for Field Day.  We were joined by the State Park rangers who set up a nature exhibit in
the adjacent campsite on Saturday morning.

The United Radio Amateur Club Of San Pedro, California, Operated 2025 Field Day in class 3A, one
each CW (tribander), SSB (hexbeam), and FT8 (EFHW) station. All in all, 13 members operated and we
especially appreciate Rich, AA6VX, coming down from Central California with his motor home trailer
with 400AH of batteries. AA6VX and N6HE have an operating CW together at K6AA Field Day almost every
year for about 50 years now; quite a tradition! FT-DX10 on SSB and IC-7300 on CW. Thanks to Steve
K6NT for "volunteering" to be FD Chairman again this year. See everybody again next year!

I did a solo FD at the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was also a POTA activation as it's
at the Fort Point National Historic Site, US-0819. 
I spoke with visitors and a some heard CW for the first time and witnessed me making a CW QSO. Maybe
there will be some new hams soon!

Had a hard time on HF, no QSO's despite trying, but we were successful in the area from 70cm to 6m,
inclusive.

Field Day is a great opportunity to get outdoors, gain experience assembling equipment in the rough,
and operate a station under challenging band conditions. This year the West Valley Amateur Radio
Assoc (WVARA) operated QRP in the 7A Battery category from Mora Hill in Rancho San Antonio Open
Space Preserve, overlooking the Silicon Valley from an elevation of 500 feet. The weather this year
was cool and pleasant -- 15 degrees below average for late June!

We had a Get-On-The-Air (GOTA) station, three HF CW stations, three HF SSB stations, three HF
digital stations, and five VHF/UHF stations including one with satellite link capabilities. Our GOTA
station (W6ZZZ) was particularly popular with plenty of drop-in visitors including a good number of
kids, and Mark (W6IA) single-handedly netted us eleven satellite contacts.

Being outdoors also meant that we got to put up wild-n-crazy antennas that our spouses and neighbors
would never allow back home. Antennas on Mora Hill this year included a 4-band (10/15/20/40) yagi
antenna for CW, and traditional tribanders (one with a 40m driven element resonator) for the SSB and
digital tents. SSB, CW, and Digital each had a triplexer which enabled sharing each yagi between
multiple transmitters. We also had separate 80m dipoles for each mode. 

In order to minimize interference within our site, we took care to have HF transceivers with
well-designed front-ends in order to minimize spur transmissions and receiver pumping/de-sensing.
Most of our site’s HF stations used Elecraft transceivers. We likewise set up most of our antennas
in a line pointed at the East Coast, so the side lobe rejection helped reduce interference. Being
QRP further helped control cross-mode interference on each band.

Our digital stations benefited from Bobby K0XI's van which came with a self-contained 30-foot
telescoping mast. In order to minimize interference between the CW and digital stations, we located
the digital yagi about 200 feet from the rest of the site. The digital team was able to avoid long
runs of coax by installing the digital RF hardware for both of their stations in the van and then
running 200 feet of Cat5 Ethernet cable to the main site where the digital tent and the Flex
terminals were located.

Propagation conditions were generally favorable over Field Day weekend.  There was plenty of action
on 15 meters, and 20 meters stayed open the entire 24-hours. Sadly, 10 meters band conditions were a
bit of a disappointment.

Many thanks to those of you who put so much effort into making this year’s Field Day event a
success. This has always been a major team effort, and this year that was particularly true. I
really appreciate how everybody chips in. I was especially struck by the hams in our club who helped
out with set-up and teardown even though they couldn’t be around to make contacts. That includes
Brian Davis (NT6F) who used his truck to tow the solar trailer to/from our site, and Tim Stehle
(KN6FGH) who made a special trip to bring us pizza Saturday evening.

And a special thanks to Clay (N5YJZ) and Nick (KZ2V) for towing the WVARA tower trailer and the
porta-potty trailer, Bobby (K0XI) for his van, and Kevin (KK6VF) who went out of his way to make
numerous things come together - most notably our site's AC power distribution and the solar array.

Changes in 2025:  Back in 2023 and 2024, our Mora Hill operation was 12 Alpha Battery: three CW,
three SSB, three digital and three VHF/UHF stations along with a “free” GOTA, satellite, and VHF
station. Setting up all those stations and associated antennas was a real project.  As expected,
going from 12A to 7A resulted in a drop in our total QSO count (down about 22 per cent from last
year).

This year we worked to simplify the set-up process and reduce the amount of work required. Part of
this change was scaling back to the 7 Alpha Battery category with three CW, two SSB and two digital
stations plus the usual free VHF and satellite stations. In terms of HF antennas, we still had
WVARA’s 4-band yagi on the club’s 45-foot tower trailer, but instead of last year’s three
2-element quads for 10, 15 and 20 meters, we opted for a 10/15/20 tribander up 30-foot on a push-up
mast. This went up in half the time of last year’s quads. And Bobby’s van with its suite of
antennas for the digital stations also went up quickly thanks to Dave Koberstien (N9DK).
Installation of all of our site’s antennas and stations was completed by mid-afternoon!

GOTA:  This year we gave our youth-focused GOTA station (W6ZZZ) a higher priority and made our
second SSB station (and the SSB team’s triband yagi) available during Saturday’s daylight hours
to our GOTA team. While that meant that we made fewer SSB QSOs, it also meant that the kids that
visited our site had a much easier time making their first radio contacts. Chuck Kamas (AD6CL) and
Kevin Smith (KK6VF) did a magnificent job of coaching a steady stream of youngsters. And our VHF
station captain, Vince Bafetti (KB6NTW), helped with the visitor overflow by getting several kids on
the air via his VHF station.

Murphy’s Law:  Of course, Murphy paid us a visit. Saturday evening we had RFI issues with 80CW
hammering 40SSB. After an hour of debugging, Bobby (K0XI) and Bill Fehring (W9KKN) identified the
problem and provided a solution (voltage sag on the K3 mitigated with a voltage booster device from
Bill). Major kudos to Bobby and Bill!

The International Space Station:  Mark Sayer (W6IA) accomplished his satellite magic Sunday morning
(eight satellite QSOs) and in addition achieved a two-way QSO with Astronaut Nichole Ayers (KJ5GWI)
on the International Space Station -- totally awesome!

If you'd like to join WVARA's Field Day event in 2026, feel free to email me (Jim, K6EI) at
CQFieldDay@gmail.com

I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY MY SCORE TO THE MBARA CLUB CALL N6IJ - how do I do that?
My contact: k6grl@arrl.net OR linda.24.7@sbcglobal.net

The current online form does not include the opportunity to apply my score to an associated club as
is mentioned in ARRL's Field Day Rules.  
It is possible to apply a personal score according to ARRL's FD Rules on the subject, below is from
https://www.arrl.org/field-day-rules

7. Scoring: Scores are based on the total number of QSO points times the power multiplier
corresponding to the highest power level under which any contact was made during the Field Day
period plus the bonus points.
An aggregate club score will also be published, which will be the sum of all individual entries
indicating a specific club (similar to the aggregate score totals used in ARRL affiliated club
competitions). Participants from any Class can optionally include a single club name with their
submitted results following Field Day. For example, if Podunk Hollow Radio Club members Becky,
W1BXY, and Hiram, W1AW, both participate in 2024 Field Day -- Hiram from his Class D home station,
and Becky from her Class C mobile station -- both can include the radio club’s name when reporting
their individual results. The published results listing will include individual scores for Hiram and
Becky, plus a combined score for all entries identified as Podunk Hollow Radio Club.

Thanks to all for a great Field Day.
73 de Bill, K6KQV

The Lamorinda Area Radio Interest Group operated K6ORI as a 4A station from Lafayette Community Park
on Saturday June 28, 2025. The club set up in the picnic area adjacent to the playground and
baseball fields. It was a very hot day, which kept away many potential visitors. HF SSB stations
operated on 40 meters, 20 meters and 10 meters while the VHF station operated on 6 meter SSB plus FM
simplex on 146.52 MHz, 223.50 MHz and 446.0 MHz. The VHF station ran off a solar-charged battery
while the 40 meter and 10 meter stations were powered by a gasoline generator. A battery powered the
20 meter station. All equipment and antennas were safely installed and removed by club members.
Although the park is surrounded by hills, K6ORI managed 56 HF SSB contacts and 12 VHF/UHF contacts.
The operation was visited by Lamorinda Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Dennis Rein, who bicycled
to the park due to heavy construction on the adjacent road. A pair of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
students visited and set up a VHF digital station but could not make any contacts. The K6ORI Field
Day operation demonstrated to the public and local served agencies the club’s ability to set up
and operate a multi-transmitter HF and VHF portable station in less than ideal conditions using
emergency power.

SBARC member turn-out was less than hoped for due to the 100th anniversary of the 1925 Santa Barbara
Earthquake.  Many members were staffing the table and demonstrating spark-gap transmitter & crystal
receiver, much like those used to notify the US Navy of this Santa Barbara disaster.

In spite of the limited club member attendance, we engaged many members of the public that heard
about our event via two television interviews conducted in advance of Field Day.  We also had quite
a few youth, one of whom attended last year, was licensed this past January, and worked the radio
for several hours this year (we did not have a GOTA call sign unfortunately).  

So, in spite of our limited QSO count, we raised our standing in the city of Santa Barbara and are
increasingly recognized as essential members of the emergency response community.

We were surprised at the number of GOTA participants at our field day this year. Apparently the word
got around and we got a number of recently licensed hams visiting and taking advantage of the GOTA
station. Very gratifying for us and hope to repeat that next year.

The Spirit Mountain Amateur Radio Club, Mohave Amateur Radio Club, N.A.B.R. - Neighbors Helping
Neighbors, and London Bridge Amateur Radio Association participated together in ARRL Field Day 2025
at Pine Knoll Recreation Area 2 located inside of Hualapai Mountain Park in Kingman, AZ on Saturday
June 28 and Sunday June 29, 2025. We enjoyed great food provided solely by club members, welcomed
the company of visitors that attended, and worked through the difficult band conditions to make as
many contacts as possible in the allowed bands. Completing a total of 189 QSOs and sending 11 total
radiograms via Winlink, we are happy to have outgrown our prior years of Field Days and we look
forward to our next event! This time together will likely pave a great way into further coordination
and partnership between the local clubs along with enhancing technology for connecting repeaters for
local nets, participating in further events, and welcoming the community to further enjoy and learn
about ham radio. We are happy to say that one visitor asked a lot of great questions and wanted to
become a ham herself. We thank all who attended and we hope to have bigger and better events in the
future. 73 for now, and here’s to next year!

K7ID Field Day 2025 was a fantastic event! Moving to a new location deep in the northern woods of
Idaho added a unique atmosphere to the gathering. Five HF radio stations operated throughout the
event. Despite the challenging band conditions, making numerous contacts was a testament to the
skills and determination of our club operators.

A wonderful BBQ was prepared by Jay Bremner (KK7BVY) and a great breakfast was prepared by Jim
Sibley (WA7NSJ) contributed to a warm and inviting community spirit.  It was wonderful to see more
visitors who showed interest in learning about Ham Radio, as fostering that curiosity is essential
for keeping the hobby vibrant and growing.

Events like these not only strengthen the bonds within the Ham Radio community but also help to
introduce new enthusiasts to the joys of amateur radio. Keeping Ham Radio Great indeed!

https://www.kmvt.com/2025/06/30/magic-valley-amateur-radio-club-participates-nationwide-emergency-co
mmunication-drill/

2025 Field day was a major improvement over the last couple of years. With the use of careful RF
planning, line filters, highpass and bandpass filtering and careful placement of window line we had
little to no intermod issues. This was so effective that for much of the event the 20M voice, CW,
and digital stations were running simultaneously. During the setup our ARRL official Brett arrived
and did a phenomenal job answering questions of a non-ham who was interested in baluns and
transformers. We had the entire site on generator for nearly 40 hours and burned ~6 gallons of fuel
which demonstrates how efficiently the club could activate and operate. As usual come Sunday morning
our local elder (over 90) elmer W0GOP showed up to run CW as a crowd gathered as usual. He is a
great inspiration to all who want to run CW in the club.

Overall the new location and layout was much applauded and will be replicated for next year.

We held several educational activities at the GOTA station, which was probably the most successful
GOTA we have ever had, getting so many kids on the air. We held an exam session at our FD site, out
of which we got seven new licensees and four upgrades. Our three-person CW crew from 2024 drew a
huge interest, and inspired one to get into CW to the point where he joined our five-person crew
this year, once again attracting large interest and breaking our CW contact record. We held a
potluck dinner for an hour about five hours into the event, and drew over 100 people, including our
ARRL Section Manager K7BDP, who showed up and enjoyed our wares with us.

Only a light rain, not the usual FD deluge.  First time for my public location to draw visitors,
other campers might have been bored LOL.

This year I used my 66 year old transmitter (CE 100V) and 68 year old receiver (75A-4).  Same
receiver I used on my first Field Day in 1960.

Fun was had by all who attended the BARA (Barry Amateur Radio Association) ARRL Field Day 2025 Even
in Freeport, MI! Our thanks to the entire ARRL Team - for all you do for Amateur Radio!

The Saginaw Valley Amateur Radio Association had a great time at Field Day 2025. The weather was
great and so were the people that attended the event. 7 stations were in operation covering CW, SSB
and two digital modes.
Saturday evening featured a great dinner of sub sandwiches, salads, chips and drinks and that was
followed by our educational class of learning how to install PL259 connectors.
Sunday morning started off with a hardy breakfast of bacon and eggs and then on to more contacts.
All the club members and guests had a wonderful time at this years event and we look forward to next
year.

Always have a great time doing this event with Friends.

Did Boat Anchors on the Air at the Magoffin Home State Historic Site. I hauled out mt FT 101B, with
a Versa II tuner using 86' of wire in an inverted L.
While I didn't get many contacts, but had fun explaining to folks and getting the hybred a chance to
shine in the "field".

Greetings and Thank You!  I had a lot of fun and found operating at 4 watts output to be a great
experience.  My quest for this year is to just use QRP or 4 watts output for my POTA activations
this year as well. I have a little over 4,000 POTA QSOs since the first of this year as well. I
thank all of the excellent operators and their fantastic stations for helping me reach that goal so
far.  72/73 and TU, Jeff K9JP

Please include with Rockford ARA club logs.

Did this remotely from home just to see how it worked

This Field Day, the only antenna was my 18.5-foot long 20m Slinky Junior dipole, which measured 2:1
SWR. See the TinyTenna link for details. The tiny radio was a QRP Labs QCX-mini 20m CW transceiver.
The portable iambic keyer paddle was a GHD GM702. The battery was an Anker PowerCore Select 20000
(A1363H11-1) power bank rated for 20Ah, 18W that I purchased at Walmart. Its output was converted
from 5Vdc to 12Vdc by a Baofeng USB 12Vdc 1A power adapter (a DC-DC boost converter). The overall
results were okay considering that I operated only a third of the event time, the low output power
(2.5W), single band and operating mode, antenna size, and antenna height (7'). I made 44 contacts,
but no Canada or west coast this year. Considering the high SWR, I was only running 1.25W into an
electrically-small, linear-loaded dipole antenna on the 20m CW band. I operated for about eight
hours total, averaging a contact about every 10 minutes. The weather was very hot and extremely
humid. Unfortunately, the heat was so unbearable the previous week as well that it killed another
one of our chickens (RIP Ophelia APR 2022 to JUN 2025). The two birds passed within a year of each
other by just 3 days difference. We're down to only 2 hens now, Natalia and Cordelia. 73 fer now de
Rob, KA2BEO.

This year I moved from the city back to the suburbs, in part due to ham radio. This was the first
year from my new QTH, with a new radio, and a new antenna. I used a Kenwood TS-590SG running 100
Watts into an OCF dipole. Very nice! Ironically, due to the scoring system, I actually did better
last year running QRP from my apartment into a stealth end-fed. Who cares, I still had fun!

On Sunday morning, an N4 station was on 14.290 at  S9++ for the duration of the ARRL bulletin. Gotta
wonder.

I had a lot of fun bands were kind of slow I thought. I wish they would have a rover section for
mobiles 
I thought about being a 1 Charlie, but I would get no extra points, so I just did    1 DELTA from
home

I'm recovering from a recent knee replacement operation. Sitting in a chair was limited to a couple
of relatively short sessions (~ 2-3 hours). I had a good tie anyway. Thanks for the contacts!

73, 
"Gus"

4E Setup, 1 station went down early due to technical issue, CW Keying failed reducing CW to limited
operation, Cross-band interference limited operations on all HF rigs, still managed to break
time/score personal records - all QSOs completed using "Alternative Power" - after 390 Q's and 17hr
mark - power began  to fail, worked to credited 400th Q - voltages dropped below minimums -
exhausted went QRT for needed sleep. 
 
Bonus points not claimed for "Adult Beverages Consumed", "Total Bills in Swear  Jar", "Falling
Asleep At Rig", "Educational Activity of Rapid Troubleshooting of Radio Issues", and Didn't send the
recorded audio of FD Message Digital Mode as "Joke" to ARRL. 
 
Good time, Grilled Bacon wrapped Hot peppers consumed limited SSB Operations as well. 
73 de Tom KB2URI

Operated bicycle mobile

First time FD, tried to follow instructions believe entries done correctly. Had a little trouble
setting up wsjtx found some you tube videos that were helpful with settings. Was told my home base
efforts could add to my clubs FD points and I referenced them in documentation.

Tucson is HOT in the summer and this year was no exception.  In my experience dating back to my
first field day in 1978, it's always hot in June.  And this year, some of the bands were equally
hot.  Using my home brew 40m EFHW on 15, 20 and 40 I racked up more points than I have in several
decades.  All contacts were FT8 and CW at 5 Watts on the new FTX-1F from Yaesu.  I operated for a
relaxing total of 16 hours and 45 minutes despite the heat - nobody believes you but 105 degrees at
5 percent humidity is really pretty comfortable.  I made more contacts this year than the
temperature, so I was very happy.

START-OF-LOG: 3.0
CONTEST: ARRL-FD
CALLSIGN: KC3BUZ
CLUB: 
OPERATORS: KC3BUZ
LOCATION: EPA
CLASS: B
SECTION: EPA
CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-POWER: 
CATEGORY-MODE: SSB
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: 
CATEGORY-TIME: 
CERTIFICATE: YES
GRID-LOCATOR: FN10qd
CLAIMED-SCORE: 0
CREATED-BY: World Radio League v1.0
EMAIL: clg2dc84@gmail.com
NAME: Chester "LARRY" Garner
ADDRESS: 
ADDRESS-CITY: 
ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: PA
ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 
ADDRESS-COUNTRY: United States
SOAPBOX: 
QSO:       PH 2025-06-28  1806 KC3BUZ         1B EPA VE1LD           4A NS 0
QSO:       PH 2025-06-28  1817 KC3BUZ         1B EPA K5TYR          8A NTX 0
QSO:       PH 2025-06-28  2240 KC3BUZ         1B EPA N4MZ            2A AL 0
QSO:       PH 2025-06-28  2250 KC3BUZ         1B EPA W4G             3A GA 0
QSO:       PH 2025-06-28  2312 KC3BUZ         1B EPA W0OGY           3A SD 0
QSO:  7269 PH 2025-06-29  1041 KC3BUZ         1B EPA AC4RC           3A NC 0
QSO:  7210 PH 2025-06-29  1127 KC3BUZ         1B EPA W4CN            3A KY 0
QSO:  7277 PH 2025-06-29  1208 KC3BUZ         1B EPA WA1ENO         1E EMA 0
QSO:  7251 PH 2025-06-29  1210 KC3BUZ         1B EPA WINVT           2A VT 0
QSO:  7210 PH 2025-06-29  1220 KC3BUZ         1B EPA VE2CVR          2A QC 0
QSO:  7237 PH 2025-06-29  1229 KC3BUZ         1B EPA W1OP            3A RI 0
QSO:  7231 PH 2025-06-29  1231 KC3BUZ         1B EPA K3IR           4A EPA 0
QSO:  7227 PH 2025-06-29  1253 KC3BUZ         1B EPA KN4XP           1B NC 0
QSO:  7226 PH 2025-06-29  1259 KC3BUZ         1B EPA AJ1G            1E CT 0
QSO:  7253 PH 2025-06-29  1315 KC3BUZ         1B EPA KZ1M            5F CT 0
QSO:  7235 PH 2025-06-29  1320 KC3BUZ         1B EPA WA3YHH          1E NH 0
QSO:  7211 PH 2025-06-29  1329 KC3BUZ         1B EPA W8WRC           5A OH 0
QSO:  7270 PH 2025-06-29  1443 KC3BUZ         1B EPA W8VPV              OH 0
QSO:  7295 PH 2025-06-29  1447 KC3BUZ         1B EPA AA4RV           6A NC 0
QSO:  7298 PH 2025-06-29  1449 KC3BUZ         1B EPA W8BAP           3A OH 0
QSO:  7269 PH 2025-06-29  1458 KC3BUZ         1B EPA KC2RC          2A NLA 0
QSO:  7210 PH 2025-06-29  1516 KC3BUZ         1B EPA WC8RK           1A WV 0
QSO:  7204 PH 2025-06-29  1519 KC3BUZ         1B EPA K8UNS           4A MI 0
QSO:  7203 PH 2025-06-29  1522 KC3BUZ         1B EPA K1PET           1B CT 0
QSO:  7165 PH 2025-06-29  1537 KC3BUZ         1B EPA VE3IC          3A ONS 0
QSO:  7188 PH 2025-06-29  1541 KC3BUZ         1B EPA WA2COU          2A NC 0
QSO:  7213 PH 2025-06-29  1547 KC3BUZ         1B EPA N2AAR          7A WNY 0
QSO:  7227 PH 2025-06-29  1553 KC3BUZ         1B EPA W8ATR           3A OH 0
QSO:  7234 PH 2025-06-29  1602 KC3BUZ         1B EPA N4BCJ           2A NC 0
QSO:  7259 PH 2025-06-29  1607 KC3BUZ         1B EPA W3PGH          3A WPA 0
END-OF-LOG:

That was a very fun and enjoyable field day, it did start off a little slow and I  had to stop
briefly for safety due to a thunderstorm that rolled through, but after that, it was very enjoyable!


Had a lot of fun! I'm 21 years old and I've done field day a few times now with the club but it was
great to do it at home again!

Band conditions were okay considering the last few weeks of them not being good at all. 10-20m was
having some fade as well. 40m in the afternoon on Sunday started to have the same issue here.

It was challenging, but was fun.

Pulled out my old Hendricks PFR-3 CW only 5w transmitter that I built 15 years ago. Powered it with
a LifePO4 battery, strung up an inverted V, and had myself a GREAT time! 

Hope you all did as well.
73!
Dave - KC6ZBE

Over the last couple of months, I researched, designed, sourced, and built a 160m
off-center-fed-dipole. I didn’t test it before Field Day.
Sought advice from the National Forrest Service Ranger on Mt. Graham for a good location.  He
recommended Columbine Corrals Campground for Field Day.  It is high on the mountain (9,500’), has
restrooms, running water, and space for the antennas.
Wife and I took a drive up Mt. Graham to check it out, and it looked like a good site.  I was a
little worried that with the 4th of July weekend coming, there might not be a good campsite
available to operate from.
We rented a 32’ camp trailer and drove up on Wednesday, June 24th.  The Forestry Service
recommends against pulling a trailer larger than 22’, but I called the Safford office and was
told,  "if I’m comfortable pulling it up and back, it won’t be a problem."  It took some
maneuvering to get that big trailer in place, but we managed to get it right where we wanted it.
It took about 3-4 hours to setup the 160m OCFD and another 2-3 hours setting up the R7000 vertical
antenna.  I tested both with a Nano-VNA.  Both antennas could use some tuning, but not right now.
It took another 2-3 hours to setup the solar panels, charging system, car battery, laptop, and
radio.  There was no internet or phone service on the mountain.
I ran a Yaesu FT-991a.  It had been previously setup for FT-8 use, but was later reconfigured for
CW.  Something happened in the later setup that caused FT-8 to fail.  It took an hour or so to
figure out just what setting needed to be changed to get FT-8 back.
I had a little intermittent trouble with the R7000 vertical antenna, so I was glad I brought both.
Until I got back home and was able to log my contacts, I didn't know how many QSOs were eligible or
how many countries I contacted, but was pleasantly surprised when I did.
Just as I got the antennas down and packed away, rain hit.  Then it turned to a significant hail
storm for about half an hour.  The ground was mostly covered with pea-to-marble sized hail.
The rented trailer had an electrical problem, so I swapped its battery with the one I brought to run
the radio.  Even with the solar panels charging that battery, I ran out of power after just a few
hours on Saturday. The next day, I ran both batteries in parallel and was able to get to the end of
Field Day time.
This was a FANTASTIC outing and Field Day.  I'll be 70 before next Field Day, and I don't think I'll
approach it the same way. All the equipment setup and tear down (not to mention the trailer
setup/tear down) was exhausting on my own. Next year, maybe I'll go with my club (EAARS) or operate
from home.
It was so much fun and I'm elated over having done it!

The weather cooperated in NE Ohio in time to setup at Lake Milton State Park for Field Day 2025.

Please add my points to W1BRS Field Day.

Here's my first Field Day station ever.

One of the coolest experiences of my life.

Working the radio at midnight with nothing but the sounds the radio, a crackling campfire and a
whippoorwill calling in the dark.

All operations from campsite of Rollins Reservoir. 100% battery power charged by solar. End fed half
wave as sloper.  Fishing was good - caught and cleaned.

The heat was a bit much, but we had a great weekend.

First field day here. Utilized my POTA equipment in the backyard instead of the attic QTH antenna.

Enjoyed Field Day as always. Ran a K3/10 at 5 watts to wire antennas: one was a 66' dipole
configured as a quadrant antenna for 20M, and a 44' quadrant for 15M. I used the 66' for 40 and 80M
as well. Never heard a peep on 10M this year. Window line for feedlines, and a Matchbox tuner to
handle those chores. Weather was good, no storms, no rain, and average summer temps. QRN was strong
from the eastern half of the US on 80 and 40, and there was QSB on all bands. But who cares when
it's FD? 73, Dan  ke0tt

First Field Day as new ham operator. Had an amazing time preparing and participating in the event!

Small Group. Thanks to KB2DDM, AE4GX, KQ4CCO and KM4SED, and WA1EAW for food support
Operators and crew, Aiken Radio Club,Aiken, SC, KE2HG.

While a club was present (at least, a few members of the North Florida Amateur Radio Society
NOFARS), I used my own call as I wanted to be separately counted since I was operating on battery
power and at a lower power output, which would place me in a different category.

If the ARRL keeps shutting down LOTW right before Field Day I will not be participating in Field Day
again.  If the ARRL has been hacked again and they are covering it up by saying they are updating
the database a different leadership for the ARRL should be considered.  AND Who keeps pushing
cabrillo file submissions!!!

I made an incorrect entry on 40M SSB  It should be 31.  I will try to change it.  We had 4 stations
set up at the North Fire Station in Morrilton Arkansas.  Should have made more QSOs but we had a lot
of fun visiting and tweaking our operations.

Club website: https://houstonpota.wordpress.com/
Visit club Facebook page for more FD photos and videos (including the satellite contacts)!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1236768911042991/

This is the first time I have used CW!! There are a lot of great Hams who were very patient as I
fumbled through.  Hopefully with a better antenna and more practice, I will have many more CW
contacts next year. This was a lot of fun and I am hooked on CW.

We had a GOTA station operating as W4TAY but it was taken out by severe weather near the beginning
of the event. We decommissioned the station for the entire event :(. We had a great turnout and
hopefully next year it will be even better!.

The Korean Ham Club has many families that operate hams and is conducting emergency communications
training.

I used a fixed station running from emergency power. The emergency power consisted of a 12V 35Ah
sealed lead acid battery and a 60W Bioenno solar panel. The lead acid battery was charged overnight
from commercial mains before the contest. During the contest, the battery was charged using the
solar panel. Peak power transmitted was about 10W on 20m. The transceiver was a uBITX, and the
antenna was a trapped end-fed driven using a 49:1 UNUN transformer.

error in qso totals 20m should have 45 not 49

For the third year we ran using battery power only from a Ford F150 Lightning.
Including transportation to the site, power for setup, camping overnight Friday, 24 hour operation
of 2 stations at 500W each and the drive home, used 50% of the battery capacity.
Truck was charged from solar power before the event.
Our site was the home of a Navy radio station during World War II.  We have used this site each year
since the early 1950's.

Rig: Mountain Topper MTR3b powered by 8AA rechargeable batteries (~2W) to 20m EFW up ~30 ft in pine
tree; QTH backyard shack (1970 VW bus camper)

Field Day 2025 with my grandparents. My grandfather (W7JZE) and myself (KI7YXM) participated up in
Sedona, Arizona. It had great views and some fun contacts were made! A lot cooler than than down in
the Arizona Valley of Peoria/Phoenix, were I live.

I have some duplicates.  Do I need to remove them?

Sitting under a shade on a hot summer day, making QSO for ARRL FD-2025 was a blast on my Yaesu
FT897-D powered by a battery and using a Comet H-422 Antenna. One thing I noticed in this FD was I
was not able to hear or make a single 10 Meter contact. not sure if its just me. The 21 meter worked
well int area's of NH and CT and that was the farthest I could get.

Only operated a couple of hours on Sunday.  Rained out Saturday.  Combo POTA activation at Mammoth
Spring State Park (US-1099)

2025 ARRL Field Day conducted in Huger Recreational Area of the Francis Marion National Forest.  We
packed in our own power, batteries and solar panels for the radios and small generators for creature
comfort, fans. We bagan with breafast in Moncks Corner, SC then moved on to our site around 11 AM. 
Operations began at 2 PM EDT and continued until around 6PM EDT.

A nice visit to FM08MV, Lost River State Park in West Virginia. 73.

This was a great challenge for communications. The solar events makes people really dig into the
settings and filters of their gear. 
It was a great experience!

This was the first time I had operated FD on my own.  I used my POTA station and was able to jump in
and out over the weekend.  I was able to get one other contact to make 30...but I didn't catch the
complete call - boo!  So, 29 is all I earned.  More next year! :)

Conditions seemed overall good.  I used a G5RV this year and compared to my FD3 antenna from last
year I felt it lacking.  It seemed more often I could hear but not be heard.  I am reminded that a
resonant antenna is just more efficient.  Weather in CO was great, and my son joined in the fun
also.

Fun to work all the cw ops who were in the field and elsewhere. Congratulations for their FB efforts
in keeping the tradition alive and well.

73 Mike

Had great fun!

I'd made these contacts in the early hours of the event before heading to the El Cajon club's set
up. Once there I connected with several hams I've otherwise only known over the air, as well as met
several new. A visit which was supposed to be a couple hours lasted fourteen. I also had the
opportunity to operate HF for the first time: the firsts being K1C in WMA on 15m phone, and K6MMM on
40m phone, racking up dozens more over the evening. A fantastic Field Day weekend, well in line with
this year's theme.

Always my favorite event but I long for the days when computers were limited to logging/dupe
checking.  I don't think I worked a bug, cootie or straight key op.  Maybe we need a bonus for
anyone sending CW computer-free.

Contesting for ARRL Field Day with Ollie!  I made a promise that if my son, Ollie, studied hard and
passed his Amateur Radio FCC license that we would do Field Day this year.  He's having a blast!

ND7T, KQ7I, and KR7D operated mariNE mobile on the M/V Ohana as class 2C from Eagle Harbor, Cypress
Island, San Juan Islands, Washington State USA (grid CN88po).  

Weather was great, even if conditions were meager (high local noise).  Many creatures 'visited' us,
including Orca whales, dolphins, eagles, jellyfish, geese, and more.  

Equipment included Icom 7300, Yaesu FT-891, linked radial vertical (in the style of the KJ6ER POTA
Performer), and a 66' End Fed long wire (strung between 20' and 30' temporary masts on a 42' boat).


Thanks for the QSOs.

A bit laid back this year and we had a new operator, KR4BZG who made his very first amateur radio
contact.  He picked up good operating skills immediately.  Sunday morning the clouds looking down
from the mountain were mesmerizing and we sat watching them for an hour.  We even saw a rainbow
below us, which was a first.  Looking forward to 2026.

We combined two local repeater groups in our area KT4EMA & KE4QCY and the event was an absolute
success, with radio and fellowship and great hot weather!!! 

ALABAMA

2d designator was transmitted but 1d was submitted.

I did a solo effort for 2025 ARRL Field Day, operating as 1B.  I set up in a tent on one of the
farms my family owns in southern Kentucky.  It was a hot, humid, weekend, but I had a great time.  I
ran an Icom 725 from a generator, using a ZS6BKW antenna at 40 feet.  It seemed like 20 and 40
meters were the best bands, but I did manage quite a few contacts on 15 and 10 as well.  It seemed
like the west coast stations were more difficult to work this year, but it may have just been the
orientation of my antenna.  I heard Hawaii on 15 meters on Saturday night, but wasn't able to work
them.  I had quite a few pileups whenever I called CQ FD, so that was surprising.  One person told
me that I was the strongest station on the band on 40 meters on Saturday night.  Hard to believe! 
Thanks to everyone who answered my CQ, and to everyone that I worked during Field Day.  Hope to hear
you on the air again next year, Good Lord willing!  73, God bless, and the all bvest to you and
yours!  DE KU4UV

Interesting event for me.  I focused on some personal learning and worked "on-the-fly" setup for
this event, configuring and running a much smaller number of contacts than usual while trying to
maximize the "types of contacts".  I spent quite a lot of time getting software to play well with
the FT-991a, of course.  FLDigi, WSJT-X and CW via N3FJP with a winkeyer all eventually got working,
so that was all a big win for the go-kit overall.  I learned a lot about my portable antennas, as
well.  I was never able to get my crank-ir setup/tuned on 75m for some reason, so I gave up on that
(fight with it another day?).  However, it worked well on the other bands (for what it is).  QRP
operation went well overall, but of course CW was the easiest to get contacts with, followed by some
digital (but I kept having to move around with that lower power level...) Voice was very tough,
especially on Saturday, but that was fairly expected.  (at least I met my goal and found a few!) 
Solar and batteries as well as the go-kit all did quite well for me for this one, so I was happy
with those.  As I wasn't chasing points, I only worked about 12 hours of the event on and off, but
it was quite enjoyable and worth while for me this year.

I had a great time operating from Potholes State Park over in EWA.  I could tell the folks that were
using call history files in their logging program.  There would be a long pause after I sent my
exchange while they corrected the usual WWA to EWA.  Thanks for all the QSOs!

Field day is our largest operating event each year.  We dedicate many hours to planning and
discussion each year.  This year our goal was to run ALL radios on natural power.  Several of our
members have been utilizing solar panels as part of their POTA operations.  We had a bit over 2KW of
solar available with battery backup to get us through the night.  Power never dropped below 13V on
the LiFePo batteries.  Heat was terrible but the rain went just north and south of us and dropped
the evening temperatures to comfortable and less humid.  Propagation was not nearly what we had
hoped for but we squeaked out 1500 QSOs in a 2F operation.  Thanks for working KY4KY and W4KBR.  Of
course the most confusing question we received was 'what's your section?'

KY8C ran two 100ah lipo Batteries charged with two 100w solar panels.

We had a 14 year old girl operated 3rd party and was doing this for her 4H project.  Her name is
Zoey Barnhart and is a student at Eastern High School.
We operated all on battery & solar.

We rented a barn (with AC!) for Field Day 2025 and had a blast. Antennas were BuddiHex, 40m 2
element array and a very low OCFD for 80m. Rigs were Flex Radios. W0AAE joined us and was a rock
star helping our rate meter! NF0T captured the ARRL message for us. KC0UJC was new to Field Day
(being a CW POTA guy) - so this was a great experience for him. He also provided pizza! It was a
blast and there were a few lessons learned.  
 
Brad, KC0MKG, came out late Saturday evening to be a GOTA operator. He's an extra, and has a
IC-7300, but he had never been on HF. We fixed that and he made 26 QSOs. He finally went QRT around
1am!  
 
Big thanks also to my XYL, Lynne, for helping with setup on the BuddiHex.  
Pat - N0HR

It's tough to be noticed running 5w on FT8 during Field Day anyway, but I was determined to do it
while sitting in the truck using hamsticks, and a deep-cycle battery, without any connection to the
truck electrical system!

Left site unsecured for rain at lunch during Friday setup. A sudden cloud burst soaked many things
we did not want wet. Among them were my pre-printed ARRL Field Day logs. I had waterlogged logs! I
hung them to dry. We roasted steaks over an open fire for dinner.
 My antenna was a 792' end fed long wire run from a boxelder tree to a giant cottonwood. Works great
but what a bear to set up! Not using that again, it is just too much work.
 Used a solar panel to charge batteries starting Friday afternoon until Saturday  night. Started the
generator before I went to bed to ensure battery power would be available in the morning. Cannot use
that generator while operating due to electrical noise.

@POTA 3-fer US-4566 US-4576 US-4579 in Kansas City, Missouri | TX-500 + PA-500 + Chameleon MPAS SS25
| Sunday FT-891 + Chameleon SS17

Beautiful weather on Saturday; Storms and showers on Sunday. Happy Field Day!

I know this is nothing fantastic but the first time I've tried Field Day since upgrading to my extra
class.  I'm going through the formalities so I can be ready for the next one.  Thanks.

FIELD DAY 2025 AT GREAT BROOK FARM PARK CARLILE MASS.

Ran on solar...the whole time!

First time by myself on Field Day.

Due to personal commitments Field Day weekend I had a short amount of time to participate.  I still
had fun activating a POTA park for an hour or so while also making some contacts for Field Day.  I'm
hoping next year I'll be able to join my club (The Natchaug Amateur Radio Club in CT) and
participate longer.

Who stole 15m? Not a peep all weekend on any mode. 40m and 20m were the only usable bands. 

RF feedback kept the digital station off air for a few hours, but never hit my stride after.

Well, there's always next year!

WSJT-X OPs: The ARRL should consider using another frequency just specific to FD OPs because FD
operations and regular FT8/FT4 operations were going on at the same frequencies, plus non-FD
participants were trying to contact FD operator stations, which essentially got in the way. Another
frequency for ops using the WSJT-X program during FD would allow FD participants to contact and work
only FD stations, allowing non-participants to still enjoy FT8/FT4 operations. 73, and I hope
everyone had a good time. My group sure did!! - Jim W2KYM (N2F operator)

(1) I submitted the list of worked stations as a PDF.  If you need a different format, please
advise. I included a CVS format as well in the Document Upload feature. joebarcelo1@gmail.com
973-634-1923
(2) Our elected officials included the Mayor of Oakland NJ and a council person from Franklin Lakes
NJ.
(3) Served agency reps included ARC and the Franklin Lakes Office of Emergency Management.

Casual operations this year. I hung back at the house as Thunderstorms started off the operating
period on Saturday. Put the club on the APRS map and did a little digital VHF before the kick off.
Then once things cleared I was off and running with my Vibroplex and had a nice time sitting down
and making a QSO here and there as I went about my weekend. Felt more contest like this year, not as
many 72/73 as expected.

I'm 74.  Last year I got my General ticket.  This is my first Field Day as an individual
participant.  It was a little intimidating at first with all the QRM and the bands weren't very
accommodating.  It was fun overall.  On a side note, please address the regular award delays.  I
waited months to get my LOTW DXCC award and it's looking like the same thing is happening with WPX
award.

Saturday morning I received an unexpected invitation to attend the Christening of the newly
completed DDG 129 at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, MS honoring the late Admiral/Alabama Senator
Jeremiah Denton, Jr.

Senator Denton was a Naval Aviator in the Vietnam War who was downed on a combat mission when a bomb
misfired resulting in his capture and being held as a POW for almost 8 years.  He famously spelled
out "torture" when interrogated by the Viet Cong on television by blinking his eyes.  He was finally
released in 1973 and was the first Republican elected to the Senate from Alabama since the Civil
War. 

I could not pass up the opportunity to honor the Admiral/Senator.

After the Christening, I completed a modest 1B entry.

Just 40 CW QSOs in several hours of FD, having missed most of the operating time with the antenna
lowered due to persistent thunderstorms and lightning.  Operated from my RV under generator power.

SMRA had an excellent field day this year.   Over 54 visitors and Country Commissioner Jean Foschi. 
We had several youth in attendance.   They not only saw all the operators, but learned to terminate
COAX and PowerPoles at our training station.  Weather cooperated, but technical network issues
impacted our contacts this year, especially in the digital FT8 area.   Our radio media and social
media, help get us many more visitors than usual.   We heard astronauts on the ISS, but could not
break through the pile up.   Although it was extremely exciting to hear the astronauts

Worked at Bear Creek Lake State Park outside Cumberland, VA (an hour's drive westbound on US-60 from
Richmond) at cabin 1. Had only 40 and 15 meter capabilities for this year - my 20 meter antenna had
a missing bolt and nut at the mount, preventing me from securing that antenna to a portable mast.
100 watts on SSB contacts, 20 watts on CW contacts. Had a solar panel connected to a battery to
power the radio for this event.

This year we primarily called CQ on phone and made significantly more QSOs than last year. We also
had no issue making QSOs using solar power. Next year we plan to start off using solar power and
continue until the battery is depleted to see how many QSOs we can make. An after action report was
completed to document our successes and recommendations on how to improve next year.

Participating in my 50th consecutive Field Day event!
This was the first year to charge our battery using solar panels. 
We made one DX contact during the event and a few others before the event started.  Radio connects!

Was happy the three kids participated this year- even though we didn't do a lot.  K4SWD and KR4EGN
seemed to enjoy what we did do.

Thunderstorms in the area caused me to shut down for most of the contest.

I did not have much time to operate but what I did have was a blast. Using a 100' doublet at 50' and
100W was difficult at times with propagation not its best. But gave me a chance to give my new bug
from Alberto (I1QOD) a good workout.

ic7300 20M dipole up 8ft.

This year we were not out to set any fancy records, but to learn the radios and to learn message
handling. We had a very good turnout, including two ladies studying for their tech license. We now
have a group of hams that could assist us in our radio room during Hurricane season. While we don't
want any hurricanes, we will be prepared. We also combined resources with two clubs - the Houston
ECHO Society and the Oak Forest Radio Club. Some are members in both clubs. To be honest, the bands
were not at their best to our location as we only worked 40, 20 and 15 meters. But everyone did seem
to have a good time and we did rack up a few bonus points. de AG5T

Operated at Lake Colorado City State Park.  WB5N had the same idea unbeknownst to me, so we made
things work while managing to keep our B category operation in line.  It made for a lot more FT mode
operating...

I managed to stay up until around 1:30am local, then got back out of bed a bit after 5:20am local. 
Shut down around 10:30 and vacated the site in line with park expectations.  10M yesterday was
pretty bad, but it opened up today.  We also had to keep an eye on the weather - you can see a long
ways out in the panhandle plains, so a storm 50+ miles away can appear to be a lot closer than it
really is...

This park is an interesting one.  It's very near a power plant, and there are 345kv transmission
lines running near the sites, but they are still pretty quiet.  Most of the noise on 40M and down
likely came from storms, but it was still easy to work stations.

I began as 1E not realizing that the 6-meter bonus station had to be counted.. 
Several hours into the event I realized and changed to 2E.
I was monitoring 2m for FT8 but never made a contact during FD.
Normally I field day with a club but I was sick and staying isolated.
I also needed to test my software setup before the ARRL 222-Up contest in a few weeks.
See my VHF activities at https://n5zy.org/

On June 28-29, 2025, six members of Tom's Garage Amateur Radio Club operated Field Day as N6MI (2A
SB) from the Los Padres National Forest on Frazier Mountain (8,013 feet high), Ventura County,
California (DM04ms). Tom (K6VCR) and Drew (N7DA) ran the 40 and 15 meter station (100 watts) from
Tom's comfortable trailer. They used a two element 40 meter yagi at 50 feet (AB-577 mast) and a
three element 15 meter yagi at 25 feet. Larry (NB6E), Greg (KI6RXX), and Scott (N6MI) operated the
80-20-10 meter station (100 watts) from Scott's converted television news van. The van team used an
inverted vee on 80 meters and a tri band JK Antenna yagi (C3S-JK) at 60 feet (pneumatic mast) for 20
and 10 meters. Shane (K1BTW) ran the VHF station from a card table under an awning, with over the
shoulder instructions from N6MI about FT8. Shane used a three element yagi at 20 feet on 6 meters
(armstrong rotator), a vertical for two meters at 12 feet, and a handheld on 223.5 FM.

With Tom's instruction, Drew has become an expert in quickly and safely erecting the military
surplus AB-577 (http://ontariosurplus.com/ab-577_guy_diagram.htm).

We were not able to field a GOTA station this year, but we will try to find some rookies for next
time.

The weather was pleasant (high 70s in the day and about 48 degrees at night). The wind was calm,
with occasional bursts up to 15 miles per hour. No problem.

Radio conditions were modest. On the first day, there was atmospheric noise on 20 meters. The
conditions settled down on Saturday evening. Ten meters never opened for us.

Our favorite chef (KN6OGP) was unable to attend Field Day. We missed his waffles and burgers. But a
young member of the press (Broden Weeks) brought us pizzas on Saturday evening. Publicity and a
(still) hot meal -- such a deal.

Our contacts:

3.5 CW 29 
3.5 FT8 31
3.5 LSB 1

7 CW 250
7 FT4 3
7 FT8 20
7 LSB 50

14 CW 545
14 FT8 51
14 USB 350 (all Greg's good work)

21 CW 315
21 FT8 2
21 USB 352

28 CW 2 (sad band conditions)

50 FT8 45
50 USB 19

144 FM 67

222 FM 3   

If your club would like a Zoom presentation on Field Day or portable contesting, we will provide a
speaker and slide show to your club. Contact N6MI, bovitz@bovitz.com. Visit N6MI.com for more photos
and adventures.

Thank you for the contacts.

This was my first ham radio contest entry. 

Apologies to my first several contacts because I did not yet understand the requirements for the
ARRL Class and Section codes. I know this log will have mistakes in those two fields for some
entries. 

A big overall thanks to ARRL for the event. Overall it was a big development and learning tool, and
a confidence builder. Up until this contest, I had no CW station on the air, because of HOA rules.
With help from local hams, I was able to put up a decent working stealth HF antenna that worked
minimally acceptable. 

73 to all, N6OHI

We had a successful field day, joining four local radio clubs - the PRC (Pasadena Radio Club), SPARC
(South Pasadena Amateur Radio Club), JPLARC (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Amateur Radio Club), and
CITARC (California Institute of Technology Amateur Radio Club) amateur radio clubs.  It was fun
introducing the many youth visitors to Morse Code and the ITU phonetic alphabet.  This was a 24-hour
event, but by 2 am only a few remained.  Our CW superstar was back again Sunday morning at 6 am.

N6R-Event-Chair and Part-time-10m-digital - W6NCT
N6R's FD-2025 was once-again a near-perfect collaboration of VCARS and SSARC members. Setup went
smoothly, in spite of a couple last-minute staffing-changes; the actual, on-the-air operation time
was efficient with enough resources to man all the stations for as long as the band-conditions
allowed; and the tear-down continued the collaboration, getting done (and headed home) in less time
than prior years. I even managed to get a little practice operating FT8 on 10m. All-in-all, a GREAT
event at the beautiful Reagan Presidential Library (Simi Valley, CA). Woo-Hoo!

20M-PH - NQ6X
20M phone was radioactive this year and the number of stations made it hard to carve out a run freq!
 N6ZE and I managed to nab 69 of 85 total sections working through some really tough signal
conditions.  Really nice weather made this an enjoyable year.

20M-PH - N6ZE
N6R had an emphasis on Operations, rather than Admin this year. 10 sophisticated stations with
substantial antennae, including 7 stations on HF, using various modes including CW, SSB, & Data,
participated, as well as 3 on VHF/UHF utilizing SSB & FM. Stations were located in parking lots, by
the Museum Entrance, & flag pole area. Because The Reagan Presidential Library & Museum is the most
frequently visited presidential facility, the PIO booth at the Library’s main entrance provided
lots of ham radio familiarization for news media and visitors. In addition, several visitors spent
upwards of an hour at various station operating positions.

10/80M PH/FT8 - AC6A
10m was a tough and almost dead this year. We caught three openings: one Saturday to the North, and
another to the East around sunset and again at sunrise. 80m was great. A dedicated RX antenna made a
difference, pulling in signals that would’ve otherwise been lost in the noise. Most of the action
was on FT8. Fun note: worked VK5/VK9 and JA stations after sunrise. The stations used 7 kWh of
battery power. Great teamwork, great contacts, lots of fun.

Set up at Henry Frank Park in Mishawaka, IN.  W9AB was going to be there for field day, but
cancelled a couple of days before the event.  Rig was a K2 with internal battery to an EFHW.  A
couple of interested hams who didn't get the memo about the cancelled field day showed up and I
started teaching one of them CW.

Operated from Mazama campground in Crater Lake National Park. The mountain was kinda in the way, but
otherwise lots of fun!

All hand-sent CW, 5W solar, paper logs, no computer, no internet.
Enjoyed good 20m propagation with a transceiver designed and built by me.

Cannot understand why CW contacts (which require operator skill) get the same point multiplier as
digital (which do not). Do we still need to incentivize digital for some reason?  Phone operators
must be REALLY wondering about that...LOL!

The worst QRN from storms I can ever remember, tremendous QRN 2040-2130Z then had to get away from
struggle. Unable to copy almost anyone at 2220Z, so QRT again. One storm around 2245Z forced QRT. I
feel sorry for the locals in the field. N3IC on nearby South Mountain had to QRT for 3 hours.
Conditions on 15M were excellent. Lots of rookie mistakes from those worked on SSB made for fewer
stations worked. Way too much repeating info and repeating back what was received.

73, Jeff

My first 1B1 Field Day. Used an Icom IC-7000 to a Wolf River Coil TIA and 208" Chameleon whip, using
Lake Superior as a ground plane.

We had a great time. Probably a dozen or so participants and visitors. We ran 4 stations all day Sat
and most of the day Sunday. We tore down about 2PM EST due to other commitments. Good food was
shared and great fellowship. Can’t wait until next year!

Thank you for the ARRL Field Day.  This year was especially good for the members of the Portsmouth
Radio Club.  We had more operators than I remember and more staying overnight with us to work the
radios.  The mood was resoundingly happy and encouraging to all attending.  We tried one setup with
a Wolf River Coil that did not work with the late day rainfall and was quickly replaced with a
sloper that carried through the night on 80m then 10m in the morning hours. We had a member who
joined us on a Field Day many years ago and became a natural on the radio, became a member, got
called in the train and become a law enforcement officer, got married, had a terrible accident and
lost a foot and part of a leg, is still working for law enforcement. He came back to us right before
and joined in this Field Day which overjoyed us all.  He stayed all night and worked the rigs with
me.  Very proud of this boy (he is the youngest member of the club right now). Our totals were the
highest we've had and I believe we covered more states than ever.  We always say we're not there to
win any contest, we're there to test equipment, improve our operations, and have fun. This year was
different.  This year we were more focused. We had new hams needing help and it was given.  We had
jokes but we also got excited about the numbers. It was great.

This was my first Field Day event as a General Class operator. While I couldn't operate for great
lengths of time, I managed to get a few hours in here and there. What a blast! Thanks to all 23 of
my contacts! My last contact fell just outside the ending time, so won't count here, but no worries.
That contact happened to be my first POTA Hunting contact! Win-Win for me!

73s to you all!

Had a great time with my battery powered QRP station with a Homebrew Rybakov antenna. Contacts were
90% CW.  Conditions on Saturday were not great - Lots of QSB. Conditions were better on Sunday. This
was primarily a 20 and 40m activity 10m was silent whenever I checked.

I chauffeured my wife and granddaughter to a community theater performance of West Side Story. 
While they enjoyed the show I went to a local city park and used my Elecraft KH1 for a short Field
Day operation.  I only made 16 QSOs, but it was a nice day and a lot of fun.

Was very imressed with the number of stations on CW! had a great time operating from my car with my
FT-891, 80 watts, and several Shark Mini-Hamstick antennas.

This was our newly formed clubs first Summer Field Day event. The Hillbilly Hams ARC operated as
NC4HH 4A NC.  With 8 of our 10 members participating, we had a blast enjoying the fellowship, food,
making contacts and even the setting up and taking down of our equipment and individual stations. 
It was an all-hands-on deck kind of event with everyone having so much fun while avoiding the heat
and severe storms that impacted our area on Saturday evening. Our event was considered successful,
and we are already discussing our plans for next year's event as well as planning upcoming POTA meet
ups for the club. A huge shoutout to all of the participating individuals and clubs this year. 
#ARRLFD

It was finally a nice FD weekend here in CT after several years of rainout!   Operated remote and
hiked into a spot with a great view and an open spot for my solar panel.  Wonderful VHF/UHF line of
sight all the way from Springfield to Hartford.
I only had my 20m dipole running about 15W on HF so definitely self imposed difficulties but I would
agree with some of the sentiment I saw in other messages here.  This is supposed to be "field day"
and there were a LOT of stations on the band that I'm sure were running significant power.
A more reasonable power limitation for all operator classes would make the conditions much more easy
to deal with for those that are trying to operate in the spirit of the event.

This was another good year.  No complaints, except maybe for the mosquitos.

It has been years since I did a single op Field Day.  This was a fun one and I had a great time at
9081 ft ASL on Mt McKinnon Utah in the Monte Cristo Recreation area in the Uinta National Forest.  I
decided on sticking with my 40M - 10M homebrew EFHW and it played pretty well.  A big thumbs up to
my wife Melissa N7NRG for packing me up an epic food stash and sending me off to play radio.

Please see the attached pictures and attached document for more details.  A big thanks to all the
ARRL efforts!  The hobby just can't continue without our support of the ARRL. Dig deep into your
pockets and support the ARRL! Max NG7M

Great time at FD this year.  I planned on either 4 hours or 200 contacts with the KX2.
20M CW seemed busy, in fact I couldn't find an open spot where I could run so did S&P mostly.
Power for the rig was from my solar charged batteries (300 watts of Panels).  
WX was great, except for the wind.  It knocked over my WRC antenna once.  That was fixed by using
some firewood logs to brace it.
While QRP is great, I'll probably go with a bit more power next year.  Its a lot more fun to run.

This was my first Field Day!  I had a great time, and learned a lot. Next year I'll be even more
prepared.

- It's great to set up in a park next to a sidewalk, since people walking by are interested and want
to talk! It is totally worth it to pause operating for a few minutes to answer questions.
- I remembered food, water, and sunscreen, but learned that a shade/shelter is pretty important if
you want to be able to see a computer screen!
- I went through all my batteries and couldn't operate the full 24 hours.  I figured it was better
to pack it in than to lose point bonuses by recharging.  Next year I'll bring twice as many
batteries.
- Pre-testing your equipment is super important.  I had used my radio portable before, but decided
to use a different laptop for digital, and the mouse went crazy every time I transmitted.
- I didn't copy the ARRL FD bulletin because I got distracted.  I need to set a reminder next time.

-Our site was located at the Java Mansion Ruins and listed on the ARRL FD locator.
-Our Site was visited by Andy Goldblatt, the Planning Chief of the Smithsonian's Office of Emergency
Management and it's Emergency Operations Center.

Platte County ARG - NR0AD  Established September 2004 
                    Field Day 2005 - 2025  20th Anniversary 
Bill Grod KC0TPN-SK,  Ted Craven W5USI/W0TCW,  KC0QIG  Ron Rodvelt

In 2025, our amateur radio club is celebrating its 20th year of operation, a testament to its
longevity and the shared interest in ham radio among your diverse members. The Platte County Amateur
Radio Group (PCARG), stemming from the former TWA radio club, has been a significant participant in
Field Day operations for two decades. This reflects a strong and enduring commitment to amateur
radio activities and emergency preparedness within the community. 

SK  KEITH D. KAISER  Born July 13, 1952, a revered Leader in the Boy Scouts of America, High
Altitude Ballooning World and the Amateur Radio Community 
    Passed away on April 11, 2025.  
Keith, WA0TJT, is survived by his wife Deb W0DLK, and Family,  "The Kaiser Klan"
First licensed in 1967 at age 15 while attending Lincoln High School in Bloomington, Minnesota.
A member of Northland ARES, serving as AEC in Platte County.  
Among his many accomplishments,  
Keith is the Author of "NET CONTROL MANAGER"  an Amateur Radio net control program resource that is
recognized by Amateur Radio groups around the world.  
The Legacy of the NCM project will live on.   
   Visit https://www.qrz.com/db/WA0TJT 
Keith will remain in our memories as a Mentor, a friend, and a guiding voice to those who knew him.
Though his key has gone silent, his call sign will forever echo in the hearts of those who had the
privilege of knowing him. Silent Key – WA0TJT, 73, old friend.


Rick K0KEX
PCARG
EC Platte County

This Field Day was Nanticoke Valley Radios first time participating. We are a newly formed club. We
had a great time even though the conditions were challenging.

Loved all the CW activity!
Operated 15m and 10m only
Radio: Kenwood TS-590SG 100W
Antenna: 10m vertical dipole + 15m elevated ground plane
BY-1 padadles and keyer
Pen and paper log

Our pictures of the ARRL Summer 2025 Field Day

Posted on my YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/lDplAAGgMuc

https://youtu.be/Z-wpm_T3MCg

We had a lovely little field day event with a dedicated handful of crew with support from our long
time members and new members alike! We had some public stop by to see what it's all about, as well
as another visit from our MLA who enjoys getting to see how we would operate in an emergency.

Field Day 2025

A fun time for all Amateurs in North America.
Just did a small effort from home as circumstances allowed.
The Club did a great effort with the Military at one of their facillities.
Thanks to all that worked me  73 VE3BK

First day was a write-off.5 watts could not be heard Sunday morning was slow, but made a few qso's. 
Later, propagation improved.  Switched from KX3 to my new QMX Plus. Dropped from 5 watts to 3 watts,
but more stations on JTWS-X display. Better receiver and purer transmitter.  Anyway almost all qso's
on QMX plus despite lower power.

Field day was a wonderful success this year, thank you to everyone who helped with planning, setup,
and participated.

Welcome table and GOTA setup table

First solo field day after doing it at the club last year right after getting my license.  It was a
lot of fun, and the perfect opportunity to see how well my solar power setup worked.  (It worked
very well)

2025 FD was an experiment - QRP remote site without internet access; all digital; modified Buddipole
for 40/80; and 100% solar power using the new Buddipole controller. Solar worked well, even under
heavy overcast conditions. My copy of WSJTX was corrupted, likely thanks to lightning in the area. 
Conditions were quite good until Saturday night when the storm and R1 condx hit.  Lessons learned:
Keep a backup copy of your software as well as data and have a backup battery in case the sun
doesn't shine!  Apart from that it was an enjoyable weekend and am looking forward to next year when
all factors will come together in a positive way.

We had 3 transmitters and 3 antennas set up for the event and were ready to operate as "3A BC" -
However we realized that one of the antennas had an issue so we ended up not ever running all three
transmitters at the same time, however we did use all 3 transmitters by switching antennas, but
never used all three at the same time. I explain this so that it is known why we were exchanging 3A
BC instead of 2A BC. -Adrian Huber VA7AGH

Yukon Amateur Radio Association (YARA) had a change in location this year. The Kwanlin Dun Cultural
Center kindly allowed us to set up at their location to allow us a more public accessible location.
This allowed YARA 12 members to introduce those who were Curious to ask questions and view the set
up.
Utilizing the Clubs Mobile Comms Trailer VY1MCU, and the clubs newly acquired FT-891 and FC-50
tuner, YARA utilized a 80m Doublet Antenna and 15m Mono bander a top a 60 ft crank up mobile tower.
Aurora cause significate QSB which we over came the challenge utilizing, CW, and FT8, as SSB was
almost unusable at times.

Julia Pagel from CBC Radio came by and did a Interview with some members as well.

Thank you again to the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Center for hosting us this year.
and YARA would like to acknowledge that our Field Day setup was on the Kwanlin Dun First Nations
traditional land.

Futurity, CO at 9740 ft. Ran about 2 contacts per bug bite.

Please note the dates on our phone contacts are not within the field day date. That is because those
contacts had to be transcribed from a paper log. The contacts are correct just not the date. Thanks

Although conditions were tough - SEMARC and its members made it another successful Field Day!

We tried copying FD message but another station was =calling CQ on that frequency - I had asked that
they move up or down for a few minutes  so we could clearly copy the FD message and they refused to
do so. :(

5 to 6 Inches of rain Saturday into Sunday really put a damper on the event and limited
participation this year.  Maybe next year ...

We operated for a few hours at William O'Brien State Park to break in the new zBitX QRP rig.  Most
of the QSO's were CW, although I worked one phone contact to prove the concept.  I also wanted to
put at least one FT8 contact in the log, but that didn't happen.

5 stations were planned however it was realized afterward that 1 station was unable to make any QSOs
and another station did not qualify per the rules. Our exchange during the event was "5E" but should
have been "3E".

This is W0EO
I submitted two additional Cabrillo files for W0QJ

Thanks
Richard Brethold
W0EO

Due to health issues I worked 1D this year.

It was our pleasure to have the Mayor of Wichita, Lily Wu attend our Field Day and present a
proclamation of Wichita Amateur Radio Week. See photo and document attached.

We also had Julie Stimson (KF0QKH), Sedgwick County Director of Emergency Management visit.

Had a great time up in the mountains near Boulder Colorado.

I called out on 2 meters, 220, 440, and 900 (all FM calling frequencies) all day long and didn't
hear a single person.  Technically, I had three radios, but without making any contacts with them, I
didn't count them.  It would have been nice to rack up a few more points that way.

EVENT: Framingham Amateur Radio Association Field Day Operation 2025
Operators: 
Sumner Weisman, W1VIV on 40 and 15 CW
Bruce Rusch, W1HNZ on 20 and 15 CW
Ron Rothman, WO1E on 20, 10 and 6 FT8
John Iwuc, KB1VXY on 6 SSB and 2 meter FM and Site Coordinator
Assistants: 
Steve Moro, N1MH
Andy Boughton, KC1DMM
Jonathan Slawsby, W5GI
LOCATION and CLASS:  3E from Hopkinton, MA
TIMES: 2pm to 6 pm on 6/28/25, and some further 6 meter on 6/28 and 6/29.

First Field Day forced to operate from home (1E) due to circumstances beyond my control. Ran 5 watts
on all modes from RV Battery with solar attached to homebrew charge controller. 19 hours of
operating and the battery only went down 1 volt. 

Satellite contact through SO-50 failed due to an operator calling CQ FIELD DAY for the entire pass.
He didn't make any contacts while blocking others from getting any. Maybe next year.

Our 3rd Field day as a club at The Blandford Fairgrounds. Elevation is aprox 1,500ft give or take
some. The weather for a change was pleasant, considering the two previous years the rain was
sideways on the hill. HIHI. We had an overall combined total of 22 operators and setup/teardown
crew. we had a small skeleton 3rd shift crew of 6 people who stayed overnight for the 24hr on the
air display. We were pleased with the outcome, seeing many new visitors, new hams and reconnecting
with older friends. We had KC1VEP “Scotty” man the GOTA station Saturday, while W1IKW Iain
manned the GOTA for The Sunday GOTA visitors. Thanks to the ARRL for another great Field Day season!

I used FD as an opportunity to learn something about FT8, how it works, some of its ideosynchracies,
and how to deal with WSJT.  It is not as automatic as I was told and it requires some continuous
work if you want to use it for FD.

All my DX stations did not follow the rules, but I just logged them as they came.

Great South Bay  ARC   W2GSB 3F NLI 
GOTA   W2TOB  3f  NLI 
Our Gota operators were amazing. W2DIY KY0TO did a great job making over 300 contacts 
W2GSB 3F NLI   967 contacts all on battery power, charged by solar panels on the roof of our club
trailer 
We set up two Buddi hex antennas and two endfeed dipoles 
We had the Town Supervisor and Assistant Supervisor stop by, as well as several Suffolk County
police officers during the overnight
Summary:

Entry received at: 2025-07-04 13:09:55

Call Used: W2GSB     GOTA Station Call: W2TOB     ARRL/RAC Section: NLI     Class: 3F

Participants: 45     Club/Group Name: Great South Bay ARC

Power Source(s): Battery, Solar

Power Multiplier: 2X

Preliminary Total Score: 7,827

Bonus Points:
  100% emergency power                            300
  Media Publicity                                 100 - Documented by newsday fd 2025 .jpg
  Public location                                 100
  Public information table                          100
  Formal message to ARRL SM/SEC                     100 - File [MESSAGE TO SECTION MANAGER.txt]
previously uploaded
  W1AW Field Day message                             100 - File [FROM ARRL HQ NEWINGTON CT 2025
FIELD DAY MESSAGE.docx] previously uploaded
  Formal messages handled (10 x 10, max of 100)       100 - File [Message ID 7BAB5UYGCHCG.txt]
previously uploaded
  Natural power QSOs completed                       100 - File [W2GSB 3f nli Dupe sheet.txt]
previously uploaded
  Site visit by an invited elected official          100
  Site visit by an invited served agency             100
  Educational activity                               100
  Social media                                       100
  Site responsibilities                               50 - File [SITE RESPONCE07012025.pdf]
previously uploaded  
  Satellite QSO                                      100
  GOTA Station                                       1605
  GOTA Coach                                         100
  Entry submitted via web                          50
Total bonus points                              3,305

Score Summary: (File [W2GSB 3f nli Dupe sheet.txt] previously uploaded)
                  CW  Digital  Phone  Total
   Total QSOs    175    838     235
 Total Points    350   1676     235   2261   Claimed Score = (QSO points x power mult) = 4,522

Submitted by: JOHN MELFI, W2HCB   radiorights@gmail.com

Band/Mode QSO Breakdown:
               CW          Digital      Phone
            QSOs Pwr(W)  QSOs Pwr(W)  QSOs Pwr(W)
      160m                                       
       80m                222   100     57   100
       40m    47   100    249   100     37   100
       20m   128   100     74   100     24   100
       15m                 10   100             
       10m                 62   100             
        6m                                       
        2m                                       
       222                                       
       432                                       
     Other                                       
 Satellite                              17    50
      GOTA                221   100    100   100
     TOTAL   175          838          235

GOTA Bonus: GOTA Coach - 100 Bonus Points
Name/Call                 QSOs  Bonus Points
DANEIL GARCIA, W2DIY      222      1110
Christopher Earls, KY0TO   42       210
Mark B Farjam, KD2VCM      17        85
Robert G Haladay, KF8BAO    4        20
George W Smythe, KB2GSM    35       175
MICHAEL J STOREY, KBSTGA    1         5

Sorry about the caption typos my key board screwed up

Social Media Post and Event Documentation:
https://youtu.be/eVT0PLgm0NE

Short on preview of Field Day Setup:
https://youtube.com/shorts/Cy9UkaA-Ixk?feature=share

Short on Fieldday Results:
https://youtube.com/shorts/Mh-ybvoEybs?feature=share

Live stream of Radio Exparementation:
https://www.youtube.com/live/wFnrOPPe2NA?si=JPTho7-v9IPE5HAv

Tweeter Posts:
https://x.com/KG5AHJ/status/1938407090877321552
https://x.com/KG5AHJ/status/1938364126973333559

Attached files give an overview of the Fair Lawn ARC Field Day 2025 event.

Great Fun. Some storms on Friday prevented early setup and in spite of poor club turnout we had a
great time and got one member, Tim Kd2WYD, on the air for his first Field Day contacts.

Only had two hours but still had fun.

I would like to update the w2vci entry. We had 3 stations logging but were not networked. How do I
combine the three logs into one that I can send to you.

Another fun year despite the Thunderstorms and Rain

Teamwork and constructive suggestions abounded under the diverse weather conditions and the
unexpected Solar Flare.  The Solar Flare at mid-day on Saturday really played havoc with 10, 15, and
20 meters.  Most of Saturday, the Es was short, even on 20 meters.  40 meters never went 'long'.  As
I looked at the map late Saturday night, almost no contacts West of the Missippi River appeared. 
However, Sunday opened up on 10, 15, and 20 meters quite nicely.  Contacts were made from 80 meters
through 10 meters.  160 meters tuned up nicely on the vertical, but the summer thunderstorm noise
was too strong to hear anything late Saturday.  Nothing was heard either day on 6 meters.
 
Antennas included a 10-element Spider Beam at close to 35 feet above ground, a 90-foot inverted 'L'
vertical with six long ground radials of various lengths with a remote LDG autotuner at the base. 
Two other smaller verticals were also tried, deployed, and used to make additional contacts.  What a
joy to make the contact on the 1st or 2nd call with that beam!
 
Rain, rain, and then more heavy rain!  Great conversations inside the pavilion, one dead car
battery, a Red Cross official visited (bonus points), some non-ham visitors (more points), wild
cats, raccoons, and other creatures of the night on cleanup crew (no points).  But we had fun!
 
Rich - K3SOM

I had to shut down a few times for big thunderstorms. And of course the QRN was horendous!

Current rules for Field Day do not adequately encourage preparation for disasters. Of our some 600
QSOs, 157 were class "D." 80 were class "E." None of the operators of those stations gained any
experience operating in an unfamiliar place with emergency antennas. I think class "D" stations
should be discouraged, not be permitted to work stations in classes "D" or "E," and should not be
permitted to call CQ. Class "E" stations should be limited, too, but not as severely as class "D."
Our "GOTA" station is a joke: one experienced operator earned all our GOTA QSOs, and that has been
largely the case each year for several years. GOTA operators should be limited to a small handful of
QSOs, maybe ten, each. If a GOTA operator can work more than ten QSOs, he should be operating one of
the regular transmitters. While FD rules allow inexperienced or inactive Amateurs to activate the
GOTA station, experienced Amateurs are not explicitly prohibited from activating the GOTA station.
They should be. Our GOTA operator wields considerable influence in our club, and no one wants to
challenge his position; rule changes for GOTA would help.

W3UL remote station located in St Narys City, MD
100 Watts and OCF antenna
Callsign: W3UL
Contest: FD
 Band     QSOs     Pts  Pt/Q
   3.5      13      26   2.0
     7      91     182   2.0
    14      72     144   2.0
    21       6      12   2.0
    28       1       2   2.0
 Total     183     366   2.0
Score: 732
1 Mult = 1.0 Q's

Wow, been planning FD for a month.  It turned out great.  Had a few hiccups before the start. I had
to rebuild the antenna the day before.  And the laptop decided to die 2 hours before the start.  It
was great to see friends new and old.  I had a goal of 300 QSOs.  Unfortunately, it was only a 8.5
hour operation, because the Lake closed at 9PM but we got out of there at 8:59pm with 318 QSOs in
the log!

IC-7300; Bioenno 40ah battery, solar panel, and controller; 80m Carolina Windom mounted at about
40ft on portable fiberglass telescoping mast; inverted-V to trees at about 15 ft.   Phone-only
because I forgot a key!  No FT8 because it would never be used for EMCOMM. N3FJP logging.  Location
on north shore of Magothy River in Pasadena, MD.

W3YMW Mountain Amateur Radio Club, had a wonderful turn out we continue to get better every year
operating and always excited for ARRL Field Day

The ARRL Field Day event was held on June 28-29th. It was a Fun time for the Radio Amateur Club of
Knoxville. Our radio site was Fort Dickerson which overlooks the Tennessee river and the city of
Knoxville,TN. We had Five stations on the air that were powered by generators. We had a variety of
temporary antennas installed out in the grassy field areas and trees. 

We had 25 RACK Members in attendance and many visitors

Our Preliminary Total Score is 2,547 with Total Bonus Points of 1,295

A Big thank you goes out to those members who helped with the operation of the transceivers and the
logistical members who labored in the plus 90 degree heat setting up and taking down the radio site.
Thanks to all those that participated in this event. We had great BBQ food that put a smile on our
faces. We can't wait for next year!!

Paul James, N2PJ
Field Day Director, and 
RACK 2nd Vice President

https://www.w4bbb.org/rack-field-days

Thank you Fairdale, KY Fire for weekend use of the air conditioned facility. Bands were not the best
but some newbies and visitors benefitted as well as the veteran op's.

This was my first field day experience. Just getting active again after many years off air. It was a
whole bunch of fun! I had limited time to make QSO, but I will plan for more time to be active next
year, and probably join as a club operator. 73 to all!

Turns out we did not have one of our invited elected officials visit us, so that 100 bonus points
does not apply to us.

Over the last 50+ years, I've participated in lots of field days in lots of settings. These days, I
use a couple of 100 amp-hour lithium batteries hooked to two solar cells for charging and for my rig
and accessories power.  I run 5 watts and it's always amazing how well 5 watts can do with the right
antennas.

My big pleasure was working FD with my senior FD operating partner.  His name is Willi, K4VSV, a
92-year old ham that's still gets giddy about operating Field Day.  It was certainly my pleasure to
operate the 2025 FD with Willi, and I hope we have the opportunity to operate many more in the
ensuing years.  

Our thanks to the ARRL, and all of the great operators and stations that we had the privilege of
contacting during the FD period.  We had to shut-down early Saturday evening due to lightening in
the area, but hit it hard on the last day.

So 73 all and we look forward to next year's Field Day fun.  I have uploaded a picture of Willi,
K4VSV, at the operating position of station W4JF.
73,
Joe W4JF

Operated just 6 hours, spent more time on beach activities and sleeping late.  Pota ops will get
credit too.  And the early afternoon heat siesta.  And a bit of 18 year old Irish.  Some perfectly
grilled Fillet Mignon.  Fine cigars.  Good clear weather.  A smooth calm emerald green Atlantic
ocean.  The only downside is it ended too soon. 
Battery power, Elecraft K2, 59 foot doublet fed with 300 ohm window line to a 4:1 balun and an MFJ
manual tuner.  Logging with Writelog.

WE HAD SEVERAL INTERESTED VISITORS WHO COME TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION.  OTHER THAN HOT, A REALLY
GOOD TIME, LOTS OF NEW HAMS WORKING WITH SEASONED HAMS TO LEARN THE ROPES.

I had a lot of fun on field day at my home QTH and ran ft8 on 3 bands 10,15,20 and enjoyed the
event!  Looking forward to next year!

FUN TIME and HOT!!!

Another fabulous time in what is now a long series of "all CW" PVRC Blue Ridge Chapter FD events! It
was not without surprises (of course). We did a pivot in the last week of planning from our usual 2A
to 1A when we ended up with only 6 on the team. Fortunately, we had enough to safely raise the
AB-577 so we had our usual antenna complement of tri-bander, 40M Delta Loop, and 80M Inverted Vee.
Changing to 1A also eased setup since it eliminated the need for filters and switches. What was
unchanged was the great location of the VFW Hall in Leesburg, which has a back yard JUST big enough
to accommodate our antennas.

This year we used a K4 that gave operators the use of a good sized band scope if they wanted. I
found it very useful in locating a run frequency. All equipment worked great. The only glitch was
that a couple of times the CW speed would get cranked up spontaneously to the high 40's. This was
likely an RFI issue into the keyboard. Next year we'll pack a few more ferrites. It happened
infrequently enough that it did not effect operations.

The biggest hit to our operations was a thunderstorm cell that slowly moved in and hung around
Leesburg for an uncharacteristically long time. That meant almost no QSOs for over two hours.
Despite that set back, we still managed to just meet hour goal of making 50 Qs/hr average for the 24
hours.

Thanks for all the Qs!

We had to cancel taking the camping trailer to our Terlingua desert property, rain made the road to
muddy to risk it. SO, we operated from my house and enjoyed swapping lies during our down time (too
much) due to thunderstorms.

We had a lot of fun this year -- the contacts were great, the conversation was excellent, and the
food was out of this world! Our initial estimates show a 3x increase in contacts from 2024.

This increase is attributed to recording and following up on lessons learned and practice, practice,
practice. While Winter Field Day is not an ARRL activity, it is useful as a midpoint between ARRL
Field Day events to test proposed solutions.

Our goal is to get better each year, one step at a time.

In our hotwash on Sunday afternoon, an interesting point was raised that I thought worthy of
sharing. Why are we not awarding bonus points to entries that provide VE testing that results in a
new licensee? If we can get an unlicensed individual through the doors and interested enough to take
an exam -- and pass! -- shouldn't that be celebrated/rewarded?

While we only operated on Saturday, we got together as a club to experience different modes of
operation, various rigs, multiple power sources and different antenna configurations. We were also
excited to have a visit from our WTX Section Manager David Overton, W5JDO. We learned alot and look
forward to next year! 73, Rich-W2SKI

We have a small group but a big time with ARRL Field Day!!! We operate 3A each year with 2 stations
in our emergency communications trailer and one station in the nearby outdoor pavilion. we also run
a GOTA station under tent next to the pavilion. 

We always invite local Police, fire, ambulance and sheriffs office out to participate with us. At
5:00 PM each Field Day we host a Fish Fry for all our members their families and all our friends
that serve our community employed by our all emergency services.

I ran my entire field day operation via. 4 12V SLA Batteries and 2 200 watt 12V solar panels.

Visitor Sign iN & Information Table

While our operation was set up in the local city park, inclement weather kept many folks from coming
to the park, and therefore, we had very few visitors, and the few that did come by were not willing
to operate our GOTA station. Despite some long weather delays, the Olive Branch Amateur Radio Club
Field Day event was successful with several hundred QSOs completed. It also gave us the chance to
introduce some new members to Field Day activities and demonstrate our ability to deploy a
self-sustaining communications node.

Great time this year playing radio.

Addition Field Day activities at W5SSV

Discovered the new 12 volt power supply did not like to run on the generator. Well this activity is
here to9 learn.

This is my first time participating in the event.  I did not go to my local club's designated area,
but I managed to set up my station behind my house; it was a valuable learning experience for me,
especially in terms of preparation and prevention (such as fire ants and mosquitoes).  My wife and
dog (Casper) came out and visited me; that made it even better.

Touch and go...'just had to be there and get the smell on me.

A fantastic event for our Club, again this year. Over 100 participants coming and going, with 26
operators, not counting GOTA. Supporting documentation follows as well as a few pictures. We have
proof for the visit by an "elected official", as well as "served agency", but I don't see how to
upload that here, or how to add lines under document upload with Chrome browser.

ARRL Field Day 2025 – Imperial Valley Amateur Radio Group

The Imperial Valley Amateur Radio Group proudly hosted another successful ARRL Field Day event in
2025 at the De Anza Rescue Unit building in Imperial, California. This year’s event was a great
success, marked by strong participation, excellent operations, and a vibrant spirit of camaraderie.

Special thanks go out to the dedicated volunteers of the De Anza Rescue Unit, whose support and
presence were instrumental in making this event run smoothly. Their hospitality and collaboration
were deeply appreciated by all.

We also recognize and commend the nine amateur radio operators from our group who took part in the
operations and setup:

Larry KI6YAA

Tommy Jr KI6SJB

George KF6ASF

Terry KG6FGB

Henry WA6AUP

Emmanuel KM6YPQ

Marcos N6EES

Antony KM6SOX

Gary KM6LKP

These operators worked tirelessly over the weekend, making nearly 200 contacts across Phone,
Digital, and CW modes, showcasing the skill, dedication, and teamwork of our local amateur radio
community.

We were honored to receive a visit from ARRL Southwestern Division Director Richard J. Norton, N6AA,
who spent time with the team, observed the operations, and expressed appreciation for the group's
continued efforts in supporting amateur radio and emergency preparedness.

This year’s Field Day stood out for its high energy, improved coordination, and enthusiastic
participation. It was a testament to what can be accomplished when amateur radio operators and
community partners come together.

Thank you to all who participated, supported, and visited. We look forward to seeing you again next
year for another unforgettable Field Day experience!

2025 ARRL Field Day marks the return of a 24 hour Field Day operation for the Santa Clarita Amateur
Radio Club since before covid. We're happy to return to full operations for this landmark event.

Another great year. We do request a rule be reviewed though. We operate from 100% batteries (with
solar panels for charging) but cannot operate in the battery category because we run 100 watts. With
modern lithium battery technology, it is easy for stations to now run 100% battery power for long
durations without being limited to QRP. It is our suggestion that the battery category allow outputs
of 100w or even 500 like the other "Class A" stations.

QRPLabs QDX radios powered by solar charged battery. Inovato Quatro USB battery powered computer and
low power monitor.  66' 40mtr dipole, 133' 10-80mtr EF antennas, peaks at about 40'. All contacts
FT8/FT4. Spitting distance to CO on WY border above Tie Siding WY just short of 9,000'.  Wonderful
bright sunny days and very low winds, which is not typical at this location - great days, with
enough breeze to keep most of the Wyoming mosquito hordes away. QRP of course is a challenged, and
of course depends on the good efforts of those willing to make the contact on the other end. Thanks
to those who I made a QSO with, and those who I didn't but they made the valiant effort.  Had a
computer or radio issue the last two hours, but too tired to troubleshoot - went home a bit early
-HI, 73 John K0FTC

I copied FD msg via RTTY, PSK-31, and MFSK-16 digital. No question that MFSK-16 is a superb
communications mode. I also like the broadcast from K6KPH as it comes in very well from the west
coast to the Rockies (I operated south NM this year). And a final statement: I appreciate those
sending "CQ FD" at 35 wpm slowing down to 15-18 wpm so that I can copy their FD info.

All documentation is included in the Bonus Summary File. -Media Publicity and Natural QSO's.

I have uploaded my sorted contacts lists in this section, and my Dupe Sheets in the main section of
the Field Day submission form.  I operated both as AG7ZJ when I started, and later as W7HAV under
our club callsign.

HARK - Hassayampa Amateur Radio Klub operated Field Day 25 at the Southern Yavapai County Search and
Rescue Building located near the Wickenburg Sportsmen's Club.

We operated 4A - Low Power using a generator and battery (natural) power. 5 ops took turns at the
rigs. We operated a total of 16 hours.

Diplexer, Triplexers, and BP filters from VA6AM allowed us to run 4 rigs into a single 75-10 EFHW
(MyAntennas.com) simultaneously. Antenna at 30ft.

Well, I had another family style event for Field Day... Just like most years past.  This year (2025)
I traveled up to Sedona, AZ to get out of the Phoenix Valley summer heat.  I operated mobile, mostly
from the area of the Sedona, AZ airport.  Good elevation... I was not down within the valley
containing the town of Sedona.  This year I took my grandson, Alex (KI7YXM) with me for his first
field day. He operated separately from his Handy-Talkie. Always a fun time, every year!

2025 was the first time the OCERI / COCARC club setup at the Three Rivers Casino and Resort. This
site is a emergency rally point for Tsunamis, and we setup the Emergency Communications Trailer with
(2) HF stations, a pop-up tent for the GOTA and CW/Phone Station, and second pop-up tent for the
public information table. We experience a higher than normal visitor volume as this was a more
public location. We also experienced wind gusts of over 20mph and this made securing the pop-up
tents challenging, but we were successful and operated for the full 24hr period (after setup on
Friday afternoon). Thanks to all the volunteers that made this event a success! We had approximately
30% of the club assist with Field Day this year in some form.

LIST OF OPERATORS: W7EE KK7YBW KK7NOM KK7BIP K7QA W7RPG K0SN NZ7S

Set up on the East Rim of the Kiabab Plateau in Arizona for a picnic with spouse then set up KX3,
GoalZero power and a Buddipole vertical. Just north of the Grand Canyon North Rim National Park.
Visited the park the previous two days having lunch and dinner in the very sadly now burned down
lodge.

This was the first year of FD operation for W7TRC after the Red Cross relocated their Tucson HQ. 
Operation was set up as a demonstration of how amateur radio can serve the Red Cross when all other
means of communications have failed.

FD operations were in the HQ building parking lot in the comm van.  We only intended to operate for
a few hours on Saturday which became very apparent when the air conditioning unit in the comm van
was not working.  Temp inside was over 100 degrees with only a small fan working.  The HF wire
antenna being mounted close to the ground was not very good in making distant QSOs.  Plus band
conditions were not good on Saturday.  Only 9 total contacts were made mostly on local 2m and 70cm
FM.

We hope to operate again next year with more than a few leasons learned this year.

Our club sets up at the east Flagstaff Home Depot and always have a number of visitors curious and
interested in what we are doing. This is a great place for public awareness.
Thanks to a grant from the ARRL Foundation, we can now run completely off the grid with 4 solar
panels on the roof of our 20' car hauler converted to a communication trailer. We also use 4 100ah
lithium batteries, one dedicated to each of the 3 stations on board and the 4th battery is for
lights and an inverter for our computers. We are ready in an instant to get on the air anywhere,
after setting up the antennas.

This was a "zero effort" field day while camping (family first).  My goal was to see how fast I
could set up the station, make contacts, and determine viability of using a particular laptop/power
configuration for a longer event.

There were a lot of learnings....
- 5W QRP Battery Only is difficult.
- The OFFSET in BktTimeSync isn’t your UTC offset - it’s the number of seconds you want your
clock offset from the server time. Sigh.
- Running JTSync to mitigate decode issues (see above) will hose up WSJT-X to logging connection :)
.

I could not find anything about Site Responsibilities documentation.  It is very similar to Safety
Officer, so I simply took that checklist and utilized that.  If that is not the way it's supposed to
be done, then please feel free to tell me.

A special "Thanks" to the Wisconsin Section Manager, Jason Spetz, who took the time out of his day
to stop in for a wonderful visit!

And thanks to all of the hard working members and friends that came out to help set up the "rocket
launcher" AB-577 with the rotor and beam. No injuries to report!

A super effort by all!

We have a new member of the Jay County Amateur Radio Club in Portland, Indiana. Jeramiah (KD9CCW)
was AWESOME during the 2025 field day. If you logged a voice contact with W9JCA on 40 meters, most
likely it was him you heard. He was operating until 4:30 AM!!! He picked a frequency on 40 meters
and let loose. His personal was over 450 contacts! He had pile-ups going constantly. We haven't had
that happen at our club in over 5 years! Great job, Jeramiah!

Our CW stations were running on batteries, so we had 176 natural power QSOs. For the social media
points, our club president made posts to Facebook from time to time from the site as well as
advertised it before the event and posted pictures afterward as well.

Operators were Anne, WB1ARU and Tony, WA1ENO.
We were able to work 62 US sections and 10 Canadian sections out of the 85 possible sections,
although we were on just 2 bands and did not spend the entire 24 hours on the air.

Operating QRP presented more of a challenge this year as condx on 20m were not conducive to low
power operation on Saturday. Also my antenna was only a 1/4 wave inverted L. On Sunday things
improved somewhat and I was able to make a handful of contacts on 20 CW. I checked 15m but it did
not seem any better so it was a 1 band operation but still enjoyed it. 73 Dan

Operated Field Day portable while family camping at Stokes State Forest in Sussex County, NJ grid
FN21oe POTA Park US-4999.  Assembled a homebrew OCF 40m dipole (66ft) with a 4:1 current balun at
camp.  Arborist line and a 16oz throw weight was used to get the feedpoint up 45ft. with a mostly
flattop configuration.  Station power from a flooded marine deep-cycle battery and an N8XJK battery
booster to regulate the voltage available to the radio.  Operated for three non-consecutive 30-45
minute periods in between sharing our love of family camping with our 18-month old daughter.  Oh, an
logged some 40m and 20m SSB contacts.

This year I took my vacation on Field Day. I set up my operation at FDR State Park in  Pine
Mountain, Georgia using battery and solar power QRP. I was visited by the Park Ranger who was very
impressed with my operation. Besides the Ranger many others stopped in and and asked questions. This
may be a new trend for field day for me now that I am retired.

We had an outstanding Field Day on the USS Yorktown in Charleston Harbor!  The ship was a powerful
reminder of sacrifices made by so many Americans to preserve our freedom.   The importance of ham
radio in providing communications home for those in harm’s way was palpable.   Support from
elected officials put a real shine on our efforts. We had visits from Nancy Mace, US Congresswoman
from SC, Sylleste Davis, SC House Representative, District 100, and Gary Santos, Mount Pleasant Town
Councilman.  Most significant was the spirit of cooperation among club members which made our FD a
success.

IC-7300 @75 watts to a fan dipole hanging on my backyard fence.
Lots of fun!   Thanks for the QSOs.
73 - Andy WA5RML

WA9STI operated club call WA6LE, SOTA LEOs, as 1 1B Santa Barbara Section, from a campground in
Ventura County, CA. This was his second time here with his K9 Salem. Another nearby critter who
visited the site was huge male peacock.

you REALLY need to separate field day contestants on ft8 from the non-contetants similar to the digi
contest. 14.074 was a real cluster f***.
michelle 
wa7pve

Problem uploading log.  Says needs support document!

ARRL Field Day 2025 was both fun and a great success for ARCECS! In our 61st year, ARCECS has
enjoyed the privilege of operating Field Day from the US Coast Guard Station in Eaton's Neck,NY
since 1984. We ran 3A for the first time in many years. We had a new ham and member, (12) year old
Gabe/KE2EEQ and his Dad attend. He caught on to the contesting on SSB and also was part of our
digital team. We had NYC OEM Manager Sidney Ko/K0SID visit with his family and operate! We also had
served entity official from the American Red Cross DAT Robert Zazzera/KD2GYG attend(See photos), as
well as ARRL Hudson Division Director Ed Wilson/N2XXD and NYCLI SM Jim Mezey/W2KFV visit.The weather
held and while band conditions were good, they did not compare to 2024. We also had three (3) ARCECS
members participate from their home QTHs: N2LDV, N2LEB and WB2BWU.

This year, the large storage battery bank in the solar PV system is shot and won't hold a charge, so
it only feeds generated power back to the utility, but that is still money in my pocket.  It forces
me back to class 1D where I had run class 1E in prior years, and along with that it became
advantageous to move from QRP to the 100 watt class and make more contacts using more power instead.
It will be a few kilobucks to replace the big battery bank. I DO have a 12 volt battery floating on
the radio station bus, so I can talk on a radio in actual emergencies, but it doesn't feed the
computer to control or process comms. No new photos this year, and not much in the station has
changed to actually look at.

Six meters opened up nicely for a change and I got 32 contacts from several states, mostly in the
eastern US. Since field day weekend it looks to me that the current solar cycle has peaked and
propagation has plummeted, so we got field day accomplished just barely while the bands were open. 
There were a few days since then where I am convinced that the ionosphere had completely discharged.
 On 6M I was running a new mapping program on top of FT8 and it was highly interesting to watch the
hotspot in the sporadic ionosphere move back and forth around the eastern US as time moved along.
(ft8mapper/js8mapper)

As usual I ran the whole contest on mode FT8, aside from copying the bulletin, and that was rather
more difficult than in prior years, but I got a screenshot of it in the nick of time.

Assigned my point total as usual to the local Austin ARC. They report a much larger point score from
their new site than in past years.

Propagation was terrible.
Three highlights:
1. Showed station to our handyman and mailman!!
2. Reached Jerry/ZF2VE on the Caymon Islands!!
3. Cobra Sr. antenna worked great!!
I sent two photos via email to ARRL headquarters because
my android phone fails to sync up to my laptop. I wish
all log entries were this easy to send. Kelly/WB6AAJ

Had a wonderful time working FD 2025 with my son N8XHZ and my grandson KE8YKY.

I worked FD as a 1D from my condo.  FT817 at 5W and an indoor "wire in the windowframe" for an
antenna.  Worked fine on 40 an 20M CW.  73 Greg

Enjoyed operating remotely my amateur radio station in Folkston, GA from Roslindale (Boston), MA. 
This was the first time I've operated Field Day since 2006 when I was living in Concord, NC and was
a member of the Cabarrus ARS.  While my total number of contacts was miniuscule, it did get me back
on-the-air and am now looking forward to doing this again in 2026. 

A highlight was working WA1ENO who I've met several times over the years at Hamvention and
HamXposition (ARRL New England Convention).  His QTH is about 25 miles from my current location.  It
took my HF station in SE Georgia 1,300 miles from here to have a 2-way with a "local" in the area!

Limited time to operate FD this year so set up a simple CW QRP station in the woods Sunday morning
by installing a 40 meter EFHW antenna up 16 feet on one end and 10 feet up on the other end using
two poles bungeed to some tree trunks as supports.  Used my 40 and 20 meter QCX-mini transceivers
and did all logging via paper and pencil.  Used an 18 Ah SLA battery that had been charged by my off
grid solar system.  All search and pounce and really enjoyed my very simple 5 hour Field Day
operation.

Hi!

I did another portable Field Day effort, this time from outside my house. Since I don't have a home
station, I use the same portable setup I would use from other locations - except I was in front of
my house for Field Day. Without the ISS packet digipeater, all of my contacts were on FM satellites.
One contact per satellite, for the 5 FM satellites I worked (AO-123, SO-50, SO-124, SO-125, and the
ISS cross-band repeater). 

On Sunday (29 June 2025) morning around 1600 UTC (9am PDT), the ISS passed by the western USA. NASA
astronaut Nichole Ayers KJ5GWI was operating as NA1SS on the ISS cross-band voice repeater. I heard
many contacts made, including one with me. Since I didn't provide my Field Day exchange, I could not
count this contact in my Field Day score. In fact, I did not hear anyone give a Field Day exchange
during this pass. I'm sure there were lots of people enjoying this opportunity to talk with an ISS
crewmember. 

I have a video from this ISS pass, where NA1SS worked many stations from Vancouver in western Canada
to XE1AO in central Mexico:

https://youtu.be/7gBXLm5le_w

I have videos from other passes worked during Field Day...

SO-124 on 28 June 2025 at 1911 UTC: https://youtu.be/F26f9hB--6s

SO-50 on 28 June 2025 at 2355 UTC: https://youtu.be/4-mBLtc4A_8

AO-123 on 29 June 2025 at 0417 UTC: https://youtu.be/0oaN0iOIt44

ISS cross-band voice repeater on 29 June 2025 at 1418 UTC: https://youtu.be/yRcaaLvc0lc

NA1SS was not heard on the ISS pass on 29 June at 1418 UTC, although there was an NA7SS on from
Washington state. NA1SS was on the pass around 1600 UTC shown in the video above, and was also
reported working an earlier pass Sunday morning around 1245 UTC. 

Even though I'm only working satellites during Field Day, I am having fun. It was hot outside, up to
114F on Saturday (28 June) afternoon. I set up my station before each satellite pass, then took it
down until the next pass. One of these days, I might set up a proper home station for satellites,
and possibly HF...

73!

Operated from 6am to 11am from my home station.  Band conditions were decent but not great.  Had a
great time.  Ran 60 watts.

Warren County Amateur Radio Association Shines During Successful 2025 Field Day Event
Preparedness, Public Safety, and Public Engagement in Action

The Warren County Auxiliary Communications (AuxComm) team joined to play a role in the highly
successful Warren County Amateur Radio Association (WCARA) Summer Party and ARRL Field Day event,
held June 28–29, 2025. 

With an outstanding turnout of approximately 70 attendees, this 24-hour emergency communications
exercise brought together operators, public officials, and community members in a vibrant display of
technical capability, resilience, and public service.

Field Day is the largest annual operating event in amateur radio. It blends contesting, public
education, and, most importantly, real-world emergency preparedness. The Warren County event drew
key visits from local public safety leadership, including Warren County Telecom, Sheriff Barry
Riley, and Emergency Management Director Melissa Bour, underscoring the growing recognition of
amateur radio’s role in disaster response and community resilience.

Key Operational Highlights:
Total Contacts Made: 584 across the U.S. (including Puerto Rico) and Canada
States Worked: 47 (all except Nevada, Alaska, and Hawaii)
Duration: Operated for the full 24 hours with our first contact at 2:15 PM Saturday and our last at
1:45 PM Sunday
Total Power Used: 6.419 kWh (radios, computers, and network systems)
System Reliability: Zero significant technology challenges

While the antennas and radios might have looked like a hobbyist's dream, the deeper purpose was
clear: Field Day serves as a full-scale, deployment test. Teams set up communications in the field
and exchanged messages using voice and CW (morse code). All this is accomplished without relying on
existing infrastructure, a crucial advantage when commercial systems go down.

For public safety agencies, this matters. In recent emergencies like Hurricane Ian, the California
wildfires, and the Kentucky floods, amateur radio operators have filled the communications gap when
cell towers failed, internet service collapsed, or remote areas were unreachable. These operators
provided real-time messaging, coordination between shelters, and even emergency traffic from
isolated residents.

Our AuxComm members sharpen their skills year-round through events such as Winter Field Day, Summer
Field Day, Ohio State Parks on the Air, and public safety support at the Lebanon Horse Drawn
Carriage Parade. Each activity hones the message handling, equipment setup, and problem-solving
required for emergency deployment.

The 2025 Summer Field Day showcased not just radio contacts, but community connection, agency
collaboration, and a proven capability to serve when it matters most.

Car broke down a day before FD...stayed home and set up in back yard. Played blackout Bingo with the
summary sheet to activate as many modes and bands as possible. Fun.

The Sandia Vista Amateur Radio Club of Placitas, New Mexico held its 2025 Field Day event at the
Homestead Village Shopping Center in Placitas.  On Saturday, our event coincided with the Placitas
Seller's Market, so we had some interested citizens and a few hams, both local and from out of the
area, stop by while the event was underway.

The WW6CC group had a fantastic time doing field day from Palomar Mountain, California.  Set at
5,500 feet above San Diego, Palomar Mountain provided fantastic vistas and take-offs for RF energy
:-)  We had about 9 operators and were joined by 3 guests.

ARRL Field Day is in the logs! Temp outside was low 90s but felt like 100 here in North Texas. 211
Contacts, 71 Sections worked.   I had three antennas set up - a Sparkplug EFHW on a fiberglass push
up pole at 19ft, a Chameleon Tactical Delta loop, and my old Wolf River Coil vertical with 6
radials.  The sparkplug was easily the best field day antenna for me this year.

Cloud Peak Radio And Electronics Group Field Day - Sheridan, WY

The CPREG club had a great field day again this year! It was a beautiful day and we had 18 people
come! New hams got on the air and learned a lot! We can’t wait to do it again next year!