Photographs from WCARES Field Day 2025 taken by Joe Marler, KQ1Q and Dave Rogers, W4DER – thanks guys!
This year included CW and SSB stations as well as GOTA and we were grateful for the use of the climate controlled Williamson County EMA Communications Trailer!
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Work a station
We will have 2 stations setup in the climate controlled comfort of the Williamson County EMA Communications Trailer. Signup to operate a 2 hour shift, No Sweat! You can also help with setup and tear down – Sweat included at no charge.
Drop by, socialize, see the setup, bring a friend
Field Day is a great time to connect with fellow Hams and see an ARES remote setup. Bring a friend who may be interested in Amateur Radio and ARES.
Get On The Air – GOTA Station
Michael KJ4TFV will be working with visitors to Get On The Air. Bring your neighbor, kids, grandkids, in-laws, friends and show them how to GOTA.
Saturday evening fire pit rag chew
7-9 PM – Just show up no RSVP needed
Work a station
We will have 2 stations setup in the climate controlled comfort of the Williamson County EMA Communications Trailer. Signup to operate a 2 hour shift, No Sweat! You can also help with setup and tear down – Sweat included at no charge.
Drop by, socialize, see the setup, bring a friend
Field Day is a great time to connect with fellow Hams and see an ARES remote setup. Bring a friend who may be interested in Amateur Radio and ARES.
Get On The Air – GOTA Station
Michael KJ4TFV will be working with visitors to Get On The Air. Bring your neighbor, kids, grandkids, in-laws, friends and show them how to GOTA.
Saturday evening fire pit rag chew
7-9 PM – Just show up no RSVP needed
a second SSB station so there are additional time slots available and
a GOTA station so bring your family and friends.
And: Build an antenna for Fox Hunting June 24th
During Field Day, at the Public Safety Center. Dave Matthews (KI4PSR) will be hosting a “Tape Measure Yagi” antenna-building exercise. Tape-measure Yagi antennas are great for Fox Hunting events. If you would like to participate in this kit build please get in touch with Dave.
Dave will have kits for the first dozen participants. The cost is anticipated to be around $28 for the parts. Please bring cash to pay Dave for the parts.
The Antennas will be great to have for the upcoming WCARES Fox Hunt later this year. Fox hunt participants do not need to be licensed to the antennas as it is a receive-only event. So this is a great way to get kids, XLS, XYLS and friends to participate.
Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC / 1300 CDT Saturday and running through 2059 UTC / 1259 CDT Sunday.
Field Day 2023 is June 24-25.
Again this year, we will be operating from the EOC for SSB and CW or your QTH or other designated location for any Digital mode in order to minimize interference on the bands.
And again we’ll use the aggregate scoring as WCARES-TN.
For all the details please read the WCARES Field Day Rules for 2023 which you can find here. This document includes the link to sign up for an operator slot or slots! at the EOC for CW and/or SSB.
Be sure to also read the ARRL new rules which you can find here along with everything else about Field Day here.
Paul KM4PT discussed Field Day and along with Cliff N4CCB introduced the group to HamDash:
Troubleshooting Digital Modes
Hoop K9QJS presents a framework for solving problems with digital modes… which can encompass operating system, soundcard, transceiver, and software issues.
If you’ve ever had your system working perfectly only to have it fail for some mysterious reason, this presentation is for you!
Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC / 1300 CDT Saturday and running through 2059 UTC / 1259 CDT Sunday.
Field Day 2023 is June 24-25.
Again this year, we will be operating from the EOC for SSB and CW or your QTH or other designated location for any Digital mode in order to minimize interference on the bands.
And again we’ll use the aggregate scoring as WCARES-TN.
For all the details please read the WCARES Field Day Rules for 2023 which you can find here. This document includes the link to sign up for an operator slot or slots! at the EOC for CW and/or SSB.
Be sure to also read the ARRL new rules which you can find here along with everything else about Field Day here.
![Rene, KM4RGL testing his tape measure Yagi with David, W4DER [Dave, KI4PSR]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WCARES_FD_2023_FoxAntBuild_ReneTest.jpg)
![John, NM4N at CW. [Andy, KY4DF]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WCARES_FD_2023_NM4N_on_CW_by_KY4DF.jpg)
![Andrew, N5EI and his children building tape measure Yagis [Dave, KI4PSR]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WCARES_FD_2023_FoxAntBuild_AndrewBuild.jpg)
![Rene, KM4RGL building a tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WCARES_FD_2023_FoxAntBuild_ReneBuild.jpg)
![Paul, KM4PT building a tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WCARES_FD_2023_FoxAntBuild_Paul-ReneBuild.jpg)
![Nick with his completed tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WCARES_FD_2023_FoxAntBuild_NickBuild.jpg)
![Jonathan with his completed tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WCARES_FD_2023_FoxAntBuild_JonathanBuild.jpg)
![Andrew, N5EI and his children with the completed tape measure Yagis [Dave, KI4PSR]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WCARES_FD_2023_FoxAntBuild_AndrewChildren.jpg)
![Doug and Nick building their tape measure Yagis. [Dave, KI4PSR]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WCARES_FD_2023_FoxAntBuild_Doug-NickBuild.jpg)
![Our EC Jeff, KC1DWP building his tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WCARES_FD_2023_FoxAntBuild_JeffBuild.jpg)
![Jim with his completed tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WCARES_FD_2023_FoxAntBuild_JimBuild.jpg)
![Andrew, N5EI completing the tape measure Yagis [Dave, KI4PSR]](https://wcares.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WCARES_FD_2023_FoxAntBuild_AndrewSolder.jpg)
