Red River Radio Amateurs

The ARRL Programs and Services Committee (PSC) has adopted two temporary rule waivers on May 27, 2020. for the 2020 ARRL Field Day event.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many radio clubs have made decisions to cancel their group participation in ARRL Field Day this year due to public health recommendations and/or requirements, or to significantly modify their participation for safe social distancing practices. [These] temporary rule waivers allow greater flexibility in recognizing the value of individual and club participation regardless of entry class. ¹

These events have been affected by the ongoing COVID-19 situation:

• TCFMC Spring Tailgate POSTPONED
• Midwinter Madness CANCELED

Field Day is Amateur Radio’s open house. It is a picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, fun!

Field Day is held on the 4th weekend in June; in 2020 that is 1:00PM CDT Saturday, June 27th, to 3:59PM CDT Sunday, June 28th.

Please use the ARRL Field Day Station Locator to find other Field Day sites.

In this episode of ARRL’s biweekly Eclectic Tech podcast: “re-discovering 10-meter FM and a discussion of digital hotspots.“¹

Compare your signal strength, voice quality, and PTT technique to your fellow operators with this recording from the May 19, 2020, On-Air Club Meeting

Check-ins missing a portion of the first word indicate that insufficient time was allowed between the operator pressing their PTT button and starting to speak.