Field Day

Field Day is our Annual celebration of amateur radio. It is meant to be an emergency drill to demonstrate how ham radio teams can quickly provide communication in the event of an emergency. We try to connect with the other 3500 stations around the U.S. and receive points for performing certain tasks, like setting up tents in a public park, using generators and inviting officials. It is always the 4th weekend of June.

In 2024 we had a very successful field day. Even some thunderstorms in the night, which forced us to shut down operations temporarily, we had top tier rankings.

We achieved a result of 12189 points. In detail we had:

2055 CW contacts (2 points each)
283 Digital contacts (2 points each)
446 SSB contacts (1 point each)
1945 bonus points (mostly from GOTA station)

This gave us the following ranking:

#22 of 4,319 ARRL submitted entries
#1 of all Illinois (133 entries)
#4 in class 3A of 1,254 entries

A big applause to all participants. We always look for operators, especially for the night hours. Stay tuned for announcements here and in the eMitter when recruiting starts.