T
he Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club has secured a site for the 2024 ARRL Field Day. After considering a long list of sites and speaking with administrators of five of them, we obtained permission to operate from Girsch Park and Ellwood School, both of which are in Goleta.
We selected Ellwood School for our Field Day site given that the Goleta Valley School District granted permission to operate over night, and the space available to us there is larger and quieter than at Girsch Park. Recognizing that Ellwood School is not as visible to the public as Girsch Park, and that our survey revealed a desire to make Field Day accessible to the public, we are working
on a communication plan to raise awareness of our event. Importantly, the planning team felt that conducting the 2024 Field Day in a quieter location will give us experience that we can apply to future field day events while allowing time to evaluate and negotiate with other, more public sites.
We are now working hard on operations planning. We will be in touch soon with those of you that expressed interest in getting involved. And, we will communicate what to expect if you intend to operate your own station or a club station, or to attend socially.
If you would like to help with or have questions about field day feel free to get in touch with either Warren Myers (KN6ZZI) or Mike Wapner (K6QD).
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