FIELD DAY UPDATES

[KB3MQI]

June 27 -28

[KA3D]

All plans are very fluid right now. I will reach out to KB3WIB to formulate a tentative plan at the 1 month mark. then discuss on a weekly basis, any developing additional restrictions or lessening of restriction. Then we can make informed decisions on what we would like to do , what we could do, what we are allowed to do.

I have not received any formal responses to the call for help. This has been the nature of this club. But I can say that folk step up on the day of an event.

Look for an official club update at the end of May.

Thanks to Tom KB3MQI for keeping us motivated to move forward.

[KC3MYO]

I am in as of right now. I don’t have my work Schedule as of yet however will advise.

Adam.

[AB3WX]

I plan on going and helping as much as I can as of now. I’m starting a new job next week so I’ll know more how my schedule works here soon.

[KB3WIB]

Status Update 5/20/2020:

This was forwarded to us, the Club will explore options and entertain suggestions:

> From: ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist@www.arrl.org>
> Date: May 20, 2020 at 10:23:15 AM EDT
> To:
> Subject: EPA Field Day Fun Competition
>
> EPA Field Day Competition
>
> As Field Day 2020 approaches and it appears likely that we will be
> unable to hold our traditional events. Many of you know I have been
> concerned with this years Field Day.
>
> I’d like to purpose a friendly competition within the Eastern
> Pennsylvania Section. This is strictly for fun with a little rivalry
> between clubs and individuals in the EPA Section.
>
> We will follow the ARRL Field Day Rules for 2020
> (http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Da ... 0Rules.pdf),
> with one exception. Since most of us will be operating from home or a
> portable location as Single Operator Stations each club will combine
> total scores from all participating club members.
> All scores must be tabulated and send them to W3GWM for tabulation by
> Friday, July 31st.
>
> For our EPA Section Competition, we will award certificates for three
> Divisions in the club category and 3 Divisions in the individual
> category. This part is slightly different than the ARRL Field Day but
> should work for our purpose.
>
> Club divisions will be divided into the following divisions
> :
> A. Clubs with greater than 50 participants
> B. Clubs with greater than 25 but less than 50 participants
> C. Clubs with less than 25 participants
>
> We don’t want to leave out people operating as individuals and not
> reporting scores to clubs, we will include a category for single
> operator stations.
>
> Individual Divisions will be divided as follows:
>
> A. Stations running greater than 100 Watts
> B. Stations with less than 100 Watts but greater than 10 watts
> C. Stations running QRP, less than 10 Watts
>
> All bonus points will be the same as in the ARRL Rules.
>
> No logs or score sheets are required. This is simply a fun contest to
> make Field Day a little more interesting this year. I don’t need
> anything except an email with your score. Since this is a fun event,
> everyone is on the Honor System.
>
> Credit for this idea must be given to Penn Wireless. They are running a
> similar competition with clubs in their local area. I “borrowed”
> this idea after attending one of their meetings via Zoom.
>
> Collect the scores for club entries and people participating as an
> individual station not reporting scores to a club can send totals to me
> at w3gwm@arrl.org.
>
> Get on the air, have fun and report your scores.
>
> 73
>
> George Miller W3GWM
> Eastern Pennsylvania Section Manager
> w3gwm@arrl.org
>
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> ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section
> Section Manager: George W Miller, W3GWM
>

[KB3WIB]

Arrived Last night:

From: "ARRL Web site"
To: "wa3hlp"
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:04:40 PM
Subject: 2020 Field Day Rules Changes

Looks like somebody at ARRL HQ was listening to me after all. Here are
changes for this years Field Day.

Temporary Rule Waivers Announced for 2020 ARRL Field Day
05/28/2020

With one month to go before 2020 ARRL Field Day, June 27 – 28, the
ARRL Programs and Services Committee (PSC) has adopted two temporary
rule waivers for the event:

1) For Field Day 2020 only, Class D stations may work all other
Field Day stations, including other Class D stations, for points.


Field Day rule 4.6 defines Class D stations as “Home stations,”
including stations operating from permanent or licensed station
locations using commercial power. Class D stations ordinarily may only
count contacts made with Class A, B, C, E, and F Field Day stations, but
the temporary rule waiver for 2020 allows Class D stations to count
contacts with other Class D stations for QSO credit.

2) In addition, for 2020 only, an aggregate club score will 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).


Ordinarily, club names are only published in the results for Class A and
Class F entries, but the temporary rule waiver for 2020 allows
participants from any Class to 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 2020 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.

The temporary rule waivers were adopted by the PSC on May 27, 2020.

ARRL Field Day is one of the biggest events on the amateur radio
calendar, with over 36,000 participants in 2019, including entries from
3,113 radio clubs and emergency operations centers. In most years, Field
Day is also the largest annual demonstration of ham radio, because many
radio clubs organize their participation in public places such as parks
and schools.

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. The
temporary rule waivers allow greater flexibility in recognizing the
value of individual and club participation regardless of entry class.

ARRL is contacting logging program developers about the temporary rule
waivers so developers can release updated versions of their software
prior to Field Day weekend. Participants are reminded that the preferred
method of submitting entries after Field Day is via the web applet. The
ARRL Field Day rules include instructions for submitting entries after
the event. Entries must be submitted or postmarked by Tuesday, July 28,
2020.

The ARRL Field Day web page includes a series of articles with ideas and
advice for adapting participation this year.

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ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section
Section Manager: George W Miller, W3GWM

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[KB3WIB]

As announced on the 2M emergency net last night, YES Field Day is still on. South Hills Park, 27 and 28 June. We are receiving input from two practicing medical professionals and a Columbia U Entomologist Grad Student (all three club members btw), Things will be different, although we're still not sure the specifics. See you there, invite family and friends.