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 members attend EMAT 2025 Conference in Murfreesboro

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From Jeff Standifer, WB5WAJ

Ed Hudgens, Steve Waterman, Paul Tampien, Jeff Schwartz, Randy Moore, Cliff Batson and myself attended the 2025 EMAT [Emergency Management Association of Tennessee] conference for emergency management agencies.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of this week we attended several sessions on different EMA topics.

February 2025 presentation – The Williamson County Emergency Operations Center

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How does the Williamson County EOC actually operate during an emergency activation? There are many tables and computers, but how does it all come together to support the mission? Ed Hudgens (WB4RHQ) and Jeff Standifer (WB5WAJ) give us a great overview of how it works.

February 2025 presentation – Embracing Nature Using POTA

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Brian Hendrix (N0DBH) has been visiting parks almost every weekend and has thousands of POTA contacts from his activations. His presentation is packed with photos and information on what he takes and how he prepares.

WCARES Winter Field Day 2025 – video

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January 25th-26th, 2025
David Rogers shot and edited this brief video showing activity at the recent Winter Field Day event. Thanks, David!

January 2025 presentation – Introduction to Discord

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The WCARES Discord server has been nicely enhanced and organized for greater application to the WCARES group and beyond. In this presentation from the January 18th, 2025 WCARES Monthly Meeting, brothers Ryan (KN4VKW) and Blake (KN4VKY) Pearson gave an update on DISCORD and all it can do for us.

January 2025 presentation – Severe Weather / Storm Forecasting

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The featured presenter at our January 18th, 2025 WCARES Monthly meeting was Ryan Husted, National Weather Service Coordination Meteorologist in Nashville. Ryan has been with the NWS for over 16 years. His topic will interest all Skywarn enthusiasts: Severe Weather/Storm Forecasting in Middle Tennessee: Understanding the Watch and Warning process of the National Weather Service.

Special thanks to Paul Havlik (WD9IOK) who worked with NWS to schedule this presentation.

WCARES licensing classes 2025

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WCARES is again offering free classes to help prepare for the ARRL license exams for both the Technician (beginner) and General (intermediate) amateur radio licenses. The classes are open to everyone interested in getting their first license, upgrading or simply auditing the classes as a refresher.

You can find more details along with links to the sign-up forms here:
https://wcares.org/wcares-university/

WCARES Winter Field Day 2025

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From Paul, KM4PT

The last full weekend in January (25 & 26) is Winter Field Day.

When is it?
The event officially begins at 1600 UDT (10 am) Central time on Saturday, January 25th, 2025.
It runs for 30 hours, ending at 21:59 UDT (3:59 pm) on Sunday, January 26th, 2025.

Where is it?
WCARES will operate CW/SSB and Digital stations at Brightstone, 4184 Columbia Pike, Franklin, TN.
All Modes/ Six Bands may be operated at your own designated location or QTH.

We have the opportunity to both operate in a group setting and individually at any one or multiple locations listed in the WFD 2025 Rules (See guide below). We will participate fully in Winter Field Day as individuals and a group while working together for an aggregate score AND by staying in touch (virtually) throughout the weekend.

Where do I sign signup to work a station:
Please sign-up for a three hour shift at the following links:
WFD 2025 CW
WFD 2025 SSB
WFD 2025 DIGITAL
Winlink (Note you will need to be able to accept and reply to Winlink messages)
SET-UP/TEARDOWN

Setup:
You can begin setup 24 hours before the event. You are allowed a total of 12 hours of setup time.
Introduction

Detailed Guide for WCARES Participants:
Paul Tampien KM4PT “Winter Field Day Coordinator” has written a detailed document for setup and participating as a team regardless or where you are located. Click here for the document

You can also go online to winterfieldday.org and pull up the regulations.