Schedule and Activities

Schedule and Activities#

All talks and tables will be held at the Event and Demo Tent, unless otherwise specified.

Note

We aim to start operating at or soon after 11:00 on Saturday. You are welcome to operate at any time – but be sure you’re around for some of our talks and activities (book a time to run a station here!). We operate all night, making as many contacts as possible. Stick around and remember you are welcome to camp out in a tent or in a vehicle.

This schedule is tentative – watch this space as we add more activities and talks!

Friday, June 23d#


12:00	Setup	Field Day setup starts. Masts and antennas, transceivers, tents, and generators.
12:00	Net	The The Noon Net with Jack KI7RMU.

Saturday, June 24th#


07:30	Meals	Breakfast for those who stayed the night.
09:00	Net	The Nine O’clock Net with Theresa KG7AII and Dana KG7CGP.
10:00	Talk	Getting started with Winlink with Bill N6NBN. Drop in any time from 10:00 to 14:00. (held at the Hubs table)
11:00	Operating	Operating starts ! Come make some contacts.
12:00	Net	The The Noon Net with Jason KJ7GLB.
13:00	Talk	How we set up our Remote HF Station, with Brooks K9BDC.
14:00	Talk	An intro to Morse code, with Quentin K7DRQ.
15:00	Talk	Solar power, with Matt KE7NOR.
16:00	Talk	A field perspective on the medical kit with John KI7IYP.
21:00	Net	The The Nine O’clock Net Net with Brooks K9BDC.

Sunday, June 25th#


07:30	Meals	Breakfast of donuts, bagels, and coffee. Maybe eggs and bacon ?!
09:00	Net	The Nine O’clock Net with Jack KI7RMU and Quentin K7DRQ.

More Details#

Setup and Teardown#: Putting together a Field Day operation with four transceivers, several antennas, and a handful of tents is no small task. The antenna masts are particularly involved in their setup, as we’ll have seven 30+ foot masts to hold up three wire antennas. We’ll be starting setup on Friday, and teardown around 14:00 on Sunday. If you’re able to help out, please let us know !
Meals#: Big thanks to our volunteer chefs ! Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.
PSRG Nets#: Field Day is a full Rain or Shine Net weekend ! The PSRG runs three social nets per day, every day of the year. For Field Day, all of our social nets will be running on emergency power on-site. We will have a station set up nearby which Field Day attendees can check into the nets. Come on by and watch our net hosts at work. All amateur operators and their third-party traffic welcome.
Getting started with Winlink#: Winlink is essentially email over radio. A network of gateways allow the distribution of emails using radio pathways where internet is unavailable. Join Bill N6NBN at the Seattle Emergency Hubs table for a demonstration of how to use Winlink, any time from 10:00 to 14:00 on Saturday.
An intro to Morse code#: The original mode for wireless telegraphy in the first days of amateur radio, Morse code is a way to encode messages into a series of dots, dashes, and spaces. As used today, “CW” is still growing in popularity and is an effective mode to get the most out of your power. We’ll introduce it and give you some hand-on-the-key experience sending some code.
A field perspective on the medical kit#: This will be an overview of various approaches to medical kits from a field perspective. We will have a brief survey of the logic and illogic of medical kits, what you want, what you need, why you should almost never buy a pre-made kit. The session will be interactive and folks are welcome to bring their own kits for a post lecture “lab”.
Solar power#: Abstract to come.
Remote HF Station#: Abstract to come.