Schedule and Activities

Friday, June 21st

10:00	Site	Field Day setup starts. Masts and antennas, transceivers, tents, and generators.
12:30	Meals	Lunch for those setting up, sponsored by Dick’s Drive-In.
18:00	Meals	Dinner : Pizza and salad.
21:00	Net	The Nine O’clock Net with Rebecca KK7IJZ.

Saturday, June 22nd

07:30	Meals	Breakfast for those who stayed the night.
09:00	Net	The Nine O’clock Net with Theresa KG7AII and Dana KG7CGP.
11:00	Site	Operating starts ! Come make some contacts.
12:00	Net	The Noon Net with Kirk AG7YM.
12:30	Meals	Lunch : Burgers, hot dogs, and other grilled goodies.
18:30	Meals	Dinner : TBD !
21:00	Net	The Nine O’clock Net Net with Rich WB7J & Bill K7WFB.

Saturday Educational Talks

09:00-09:45	Beep, Boop 101 Eric Jarvi, AD7F Join for a beginner friendly overview of how digital modes work from a basic computer science perspective. Starting from scratch, see how analog wireless signals are turned into digital bits, bytes, encodings, and data structures.Next, learn how these building blocks are then used by amateur radio algorithms, protocols, and software to compress and send different types data. This talk is for all those who have ever heard sounds like R2D2 beeping and booping over the air and want to know how it all works.
10:00-10:45	Being Prepared For Community: Seattle Emergency Hubs Cindi Barker, KD7KSH Emergency preparedness in Seattle, briefly discussing personal preparedness, block level preparedness and community level preparedness. We will talk about what neighbors can do on all those levels, and what the city will do in the event of a major disaster.
11:00-11:45	ARISS at Pacific Science Center Chloe Bolduc, N1BDX I would like to discuss Pacific Science Center's upcoming ARISS contact for the week of August 12th, our educational plan and activities for the youth involved, and future plans for a permanent radio station; as well as WSARC's continuous support through the proposal writing and implementation.
12:00-13:00	Break for lunch
13:00-13:45	Introduction to Seattle ACS Tim Helming, WT1IM Have you ever wondered who "those ham radio people who help out in emergencies" actually are? Tim Helming, Director of Seattle ACS, will give an overview of this 150ish-member volunteer communications group which operates under the sponsorship of Seattle's Office of Emergency Management. Learn how ACS volunteers learn, practice, and use voice and data communications to assist the City of Seattle in times of emergency or special need. Seattle ACS is always looking for new volunteers--maybe you will be the next one!
14:00-14:45	You Need a Flee Bag! Alice Kuder In your journey to preparedness, assembling a Flee Bag™ should be your #1 priority. A Flee Bag™ (aka, Go Kit or Bug-out Bag) is a portable tote such as a duffle bag, backpack or luggage packed with basic emergency supplies, intended to get you through the first 1-3 days following a disaster. Get your list of the 13 most essential items to include.
15:00-15:45	AREDN: Internet Over Amateur Radio in Seattle Nick Gerner, KK7LZM An introduction to the Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network, a digital mode mesh network providing internet-like capabilities using consumer-grade wifi gear. Also including a discussion of how AREDN is being deployed in Seattle.
16:00-16:45	Your Cascadia Medical Response Kit John Murphy The creation of a personal, household and neighborhood based medical response kit from a community perspective. We will discuss the fundamentals of medical kit creation and improvement, we will also discuss aspects of triage. If time permits there will be a cursory instruction on stop the bleed.

Saturday Workshops

Winlink

Cindi Barker KD7KSH, Bill Thomassen N6NBN

This will be a ongoing hands on demonstration of Winlink and the “I Am Safe” Welfare Message procedure. Bill Thomassen, N6NBN, will set up 2 or 3 Winlink stations and demostrate and give hands-on opportunity for people to send their own “I Am Safe” test messages.

FLDigi (Fast Light Digital) on UHF/VHF

Christian Helfrich K7XTN

I will set-up 3 digital stations adjacent to each other and walk through how FLDigi works, and give attendees a chance to try sending and receiving messages.

Sunday, June 23rd

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.
11:00	Site	Tear-down begins. That’s a wrap !
12:00	Net	The Noon Net with Kami KJ7RAB and Robert KJ7JXM.

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.