Announcing SBARC / SBWF Field Day
June 28-29, 2025
Chase Palm Field, Santa Barbara
Field Day is the most popular on-the-air event in the US and Canada, held annually on the fourth weekend of June. Thousands of radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups, or friends to operate from remote locations. It’s a picnic, a practice for emergencies, an informal contest, and most importantly, FUN!
The SBARC / SBWF Field Day Team has been hard at work preparing for the 2025 event. We’ve secured Chase Palm Field, a great location as you’ll recall from last year. We’ve also made significant updates to our portable operating equipment, which will be used for both Field Day and emergency-portable operations. These updates include:
– Two new antennas: a HexBeam two-element Yagi and a “CrankIR” vertical antenna.
– A solar/battery D.C. power system that allows us to operate in a special event class, giving us an advantage over our competitors.
We plan to hold one or two Field Day Practice sessions this year, the first of which will be on Saturday, March 29th. We will activate two club stations, including solar/battery DC power system, two radios & antennas, and a couple of pop-up tents & tables. Anyone wishing to set-up their own station or operate a club station will be welcome.
RSVP to Warren – KN6ZZI
Post expires at 12:12pm on Sunday June 29th, 2025 but will still be available in the archives.
