PPRAA Field Day 2008

Who:

PPRAA members, local amateur radio operators, friends, guests, and elected government officials.

When:

Setup:June 27rd, Noon
Operations:June 28th, Noon until June 29th Noon
Take Down: June 29th, Noon

Where:

Tri-Lakes Fire Station #1 (Monument)
Talk In: 146.58

Maps


I-25 to Tri-Lakes FD map
I-25 to Tri-Lakes Fire Station #1

Stations and current station captains:

HF1 (ssb/cw): Mike Skinner, KC0LNO
HF2 (ssb): Fred Godfrey, AB0ZK
HF3 (digital): Jim Harris, AB0UK
VHF/UHF: Rick Brown, K0SU
Satellite: Jim Douglas, N7UPL
GOTA: John Wishart, KCØJFH
Talk In (146.58): Terry Breitenfeldt, N7EXB

Computer Program:

N1MM (Get it here.)

Food Schedule:

Friday Dinner   Bring you own food (BYOF)
Saturday Breakfast 0600-0800 On your own
Saturday Lunch 1100-1300 Hamburgers, Hotdogs, Brats, salads/chips
Saturday Dinner 1600-1800 PotLuck & BBQ Brisket
Sunday Breakfast 0700-0900 Eggs/omelets & juice
Sunday Lunch 1200-1400 Left overs for those helping with takedown

Notes:
  1. We will provide coffee during the 24 hours of station operation.
  2. There will not be a charge for meals, but donations will be welcome at the site to help cover the cost of food.
  3. For the potluck dinner Saturday night, we will provide meat and drinks. You should bring a side dish to share. Also, please bring a dish based on the first letter of your last name:
    • A thru I - dessert
    • J thru R - salad
    • S thru Z - side dish
  4. We are also needing 3 to 4 volunteers for each of the three meals to help with KP (serving, cleaning up).

Field Day rules to take notice of:

  1. Field Day Youth Participation. A 20-point bonus (maximum of 100) may be earned for each participant age 18 or younger at your Field Day operation that completes at least one QSO.
  2. GOTA Bonus. Class A and F stations operating a GOTA station may earn the following bonus points:
    1. When a GOTA operator successfully completes 20 QSOs, they receive 20 bonus points. Upon reaching an additional 20 QSOs the same operator receives a second 20 bonus points, up to a maximum of 100 Bonus points per GOTA operator. An operator may make more than 100 QSOs but the QSOs over 100 do not qualify for an additional bonus.
      1. Additional GOTA operators may earn the GOTA bonus points under this rule, up to the maximum of 500 bonus points. (Remember that there is a 500-QSO limit for the GOTA station. But no single GOTA operator may earn more than 100 of the GOTA bonus points except as provided in 7.3.13.2.
      2. A single GOTA operator must complete all 20 QSOs required before the bonus is earned. There is no “partial credit” for making only a portion of the 20 QSOs or “pooling” QSOs between operators.
    2. If a GOTA station is supervised full-time by a GOTA Coach, the bonus points earned for each 20 QSOs completed under Rule 7.3.13.1 will be doubled.
      1. The GOTA Coach supervises the operator of the station, doing such things as answering questions and talking them through contacts, but may not make QSOs or perform logging functions.
      2. To qualify for this bonus, there must be a designated GOTA Coach present and supervising the GOTA station at all times it is being operated.
    3. A person who operated a GOTA station the previous year is ineligible to be a GOTA operator.
  3. VHF/UHF
    1. One transmitter is allowed for VHF/UHF operation.
    2. The station will use the primary call.
    3. This is a "free" station and does not count into the station total.
  4. A person may not contact for QSO credit any station from which they also participate.

Note: Full Field Day Rules can be found here.