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by KD8BUN on November 17, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
I am interested in advice from more experienced hams on setting up for winter field day. I would like to suggest that our club set up somewhere in town (visible to public) to promote the club and ARES. I however am very new with little to no experience. That is why I am turning to you? What can you share with me? Thanks, 73

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by KF8ZN on November 18, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
There is one group I know of that already does this: http://www.spar-hams.org/contests/winterfd/index.php Thier 2007 results are listed below, not HUGE, but at least you would have someone to talk to with a similar purpose? Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio Logs Received as of Feb 16, 2007 0000 UTC Call Claimed Score AB8VV 200 AE4FA 1004 AG4YO 2189 K0AJW 4456 K9CWD 3008 KA2IBE 2 KB3BHL 5156 KB3LIX 45 KD7HGS 3001 KG7HF 620 KT4Q 3008 KY4LAW 4729 N0RZT 8 N5PVL 16 NE4GA 3168 VE3KQN 1001 W1SOX 3120 W3GS 5686 W4ABP 1056 W4ANK 3540 W4RWL 3100 W9EMA Check Log W9MAR 2099 WB1Z 3072 WI6ZRD 2513 WX7BOI 1081 WV0T 2 YV1/W5ALT 4 28 Logs 1599 QSO's

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by KI4CRA on November 21, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Steven, We here in Fl while its not a regular Field Day per se, in Jan we are having a small get together with both club and ARES members. We are going to a pre planned site, will have generators, etc.. We will be on total emergency power, again, its not going to be anything fancy, just a bunch of getting together, setting up and operating with different types of antennas. Look for us on 17 Jan 09, we will be operating as W4OT on hopefully ALL bands from 40-10 meters. It is not like WE have to make as many contacts as possible, no pressure, just to go out and have a good time. 73 de Mark AI4HO

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by W5ESE on December 1, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
There is also a QRP-only winter Field Day; "Freeze Your Butt Off", sponsored by the Arizone ScQRPions: http://www.azscqrpions.org/ScQRPion_OPERATING_EVENTS.htm A word of warning; QRP contests are mostly CW, so if you don't have some active morse operators in your group, the pickings will be slim. But QRP outdoor events are easy and cheap to deploy; you can use gel cell SLA or 'AA' batteries, so it's not necessary to arrange for a gasoline powered generator. 73 Scott W5ESE

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