WCARES Field Day 2026

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Dates: Saturday June 27 and Sunday June 28.
Location: 3000 BrightStone Pkwy, Franklin, TN 37064.

SIGN UP TO WORK A STATION:
(Contact the station captain below if you want to work a station – you will find their contact information in the May 26 WCARES Notes e-mail. You can also Contact us if you are not on the WCARES Notes e-mail list and would like to be added.)

KIT BUILD EXCERCISE During Field Day.
June 27th from 1-3pm

Due to popular demand and success of our last kit building exercise, we’ve decided to do it again! This time we will be holding the session as part of Field Day on June 27th from 1-3pm and beyond, if interested parties are still hanging around. You supply the kit, your tools, and a lawn chair to sit on, and we’ll supply the table, shade, electricity, and support and encouragement. We’ll have some extra tools just in case. You can find a list of kits here: Kit Sources
But don’t limit yourself to my list. There are plenty available through other sources.

You can bring any kit or project you wish, as long as it involves electrons and soldering. Order soon though, as we are only 5 weeks out and some of these come from Turkey.

Contact: Randy Paulson – his contact information is in the May 26 WCARES Notes e-mail.

January 2026 Presentation – How to Use an ICOM 7600 (WCARES Field Day tutorial)

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This video was shown at the WCARES January monthly meeting. It was put together as a teaching tool for those working SSB using an Icom IC-7600 at WCARES Field Days.

WCARES Field Day 2026

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Dates: Saturday June 27 and Sunday June 28.
Location: 3000 BrightStone Pkwy, Franklin, TN 37064.

SIGN UP TO WORK A STATION:
(Contact the station captain below if you want to work a station – you will find their contact information in the May 26 WCARES Notes e-mail.) You can also Contact us if you are not on the WCARES Notes e-mail list and would like to be added.)

KIT BUILD EXCERCISE During Field Day.
June 27th from 1-3pm

Due to popular demand and success of our last kit building exercise, we’ve decided to do it again! This time we will be holding the session as part of Field Day on June 27th from 1-3pm and beyond, if interested parties are still hanging around. You supply the kit, your tools, and a lawn chair to sit on, and we’ll supply the table, shade, electricity, and support and encouragement. We’ll have some extra tools just in case. You can find a list of kits here: Kit Sources
But don’t limit yourself to my list. There are plenty available through other sources.

You can bring any kit or project you wish, as long as it involves electrons and soldering. Order soon though, as we are only 5 weeks out and some of these come from Turkey.

Contact: Randy Paulson – his contact information is in the May 26 WCARES Notes e-mail.

WCARES Field Day 2025 – photos

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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!

(Click on the photos to see a larger version then click outside the photo to return to the gallery.)

WCARES Field Day 2025 / photographer W4DER

WCARES Field Day 2025

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Get Ready for Field Day 2025!
June 28, 1PM – June 29, 1PM

Where:
3000 BrightStone Pkwy
Franklin, TN 37064
Click here to see the location on Google Maps

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.

Signup here:
CW Station
SSB / Phone Station
Setup / Teardown

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

SEE YOU AT FIELD DAY!

WCARES Field Day 2025

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Get Ready for Field Day 2025!
June 28, 1PM – June 29, 1PM

Where:
3000 BrightStone Pkwy
Franklin, TN 37064
Click here to see the location on Google Maps

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.

Signup here:
CW Station
SSB / Phone Station
Setup / Teardown

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

SEE YOU AT FIELD DAY!

WCARES Field Day 2024

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2024 Field Day
June 22-23

Where: 
3000 BrightStone Pkwy
Franklin, TN 37064
Click here to see the location on Google Maps

WCARES Field Day 2024

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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 2024 is June 22-23.

For all the details please see this link.

Be sure to read the ARRL rules which you can find here along with everything else about Field Day here.

WCARES Field Day 2023 & Tape Measure Yagi build photos

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Rene, KM4RGL testing his tape measure Yagi with David, W4DER [Dave, KI4PSR]

John, NM4N at CW. [Andy, KY4DF]

Andrew, N5EI and his children building tape measure Yagis [Dave, KI4PSR]

Rene, KM4RGL building a tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]
Paul, KM4PT building a tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]
Nick with his completed tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]
Jonathan with his completed tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]
Andrew, N5EI and his children with the completed tape measure Yagis [Dave, KI4PSR]
Doug and Nick building their tape measure Yagis. [Dave, KI4PSR]
Our EC Jeff, KC1DWP building his tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]
Jim with his completed tape measure Yagi [Dave, KI4PSR]
Andrew, N5EI completing the tape measure Yagis [Dave, KI4PSR]

WCARES Field Day 2023 – Update 2 HamDash, 2nd SSB, GOTA, Tape Measure YAGI

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Update 2  – be sure to check out the introduction to HamDash in Paul’s June Monthly Meeting video.

Update – we have added:

  • 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.