Spokane DX Association

SETUP DATE: Friday, June 21 after lunch

FIELD DAY EVENT DATES: Saturday-Sunday, June 22-23 (Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday.)

HF Tent Up And Ready To Go!

SPONSORS: Spokane DX Association (SDXA) & Panoramaland Amateur Radio Club (PARC) from Colville

WHO IS INVITED: SDXA & PARC members, their families, and friends; other hams and non-hams who want to find out more about amateur radio

LOCATION: QTH of Becky and Lynn Miner N2HS (same site as last year’s Field Day)

ADDRESS: 2716 Moser Road, Chewelah, WA 99109

HOW TO GET THERE (from the South in Spokane):

1. Go north on HWY 395 for 42 miles from the Division Y (yes, I know that seems like a round the world trip to some but it takes less time than going from the Y to the South Hill!).
2. There is one stop light in Chewelah – continue north for about 6 blocks.
3. Take the FIRST right turn (East) AFTER the city park (Cozy Nook Rd); Cozy Nook immediately curves north.
4. Stay on Cozy Nook for 2.8 miles.
5. You will come to a Tee.
6. Turn right (East) on High Line Rd – High Line curves North – East – North – East – North.
7. Stay on High Line for 1.1 mile – there will be a gravel pit on the left.
8. Turn right on Moser Rd (across from the gravel pit).
9. Go about 200 yards; you will see a red fire station on the left.
10. Turn left just past the fire station at 2716 Moser Rd.
11. I have the ONLY driveway on Moser Rd. The driveway is a fair grade, but I’ve had dozens of trailers and RV’s make it up with no problem. Pickups with trailers are advised to use 4WD if it’s a big one just to prevent slipping the rear wheels on the gravel (but not required).
12. After making the first grade up in the driveway, there will be a grass road to the right at the top of the first rise. This grass road splits into two directions leading over to the FD site. The right-most route is not as smooth as the straight through path, but has less grade into the field. Either route is OK to take to the FD site.

Here is a link to a satellite view of their place. The green arrow is where the RVs will be parked. You can see Lynn’s driveway from Moser RD and also the two different paths over to the Air Strip Field where we will setup FD.

Field Day Site at Lynn N2HS

FOOD: see Wayne’s comments below.

ANIMALS: If you bring your pets, keep them confined, i.e., leash, pen, etc.

SOFTWARE: We will be using the software package again at Field Day called N1MM. It is easy to use! Our multiple stations will be networked together.

EQUIPMENT: Our two main transceivers are the club’s ICOM IC-761s. If there is enough interest in VHF, we can put into use an ICOM IC-706 for 6 and 2 meters. This is the Summer sporatic E season so 6 meters could be a great surprise to you.

ANTENNAS:

tri-band 3-el beam
80/40 wire inverted Vee antenna
Gap Vertical antenna
3-el Belchfire beam for 6 meters
3-el beam on 2 meters (6 and 2 meters depending on interest and some one to install them).

Belchfire With Tag Line Rotor!

FIELD DAY RULES: They can be found at this ARRL FIELD DAY LINK.

INFO FROM WAYNE WA1PMA, SDXA PRESIDENT:

Field Day is just around the corner. June 22 and 23 are the official FD operating days.

Friday June 21, we will start setup after Lunch. Any and all are welcome to come help setup on both Friday and Saturday morning. I will be driving up and camping at the FD Site starting Friday through Sunday. We have plenty of camping space if anyone else would like to bring an RV, Tent, etc. There are a few RV’s coming and if you are planning to bring an RV, Gary AD7XG (FD Chair) would appreciate a heads up so we can plan for how much space we will need for RVs, Tents etc. There is plenty of room, but it’s nice to get an idea of how spread out we will need to be to accommodate everyone.

Last Year FD was at the same location, N2HS QTH, so a lot of the work from last year has already been done for this year. All the Antennas, towers, and associated hardware are on site, but will need to be transported from their storage location to the actual FD site. We will need help with this as well as putting up antennas, etc. and then again on Sunday for take down.

There will be 2 HF stations to setup with a possible VHF station depending on interest with VHF.

We are again doing FD with the PARC, the Colville Club, who has again said they would be handling a good portion of the food along with other items.

From the President of PARC:

“If you are planning to eat with us, it would be great if you would bring a side dish and/or a dessert. The beverages and the meats will be furnished by the club. We will be eating
around 1600 hrs on Saturday. Everyone is welcome to come up on Friday for that extra night of camping; the Field-day itself starts on Saturday at 1100 hrs.”

So if you are going to be with us Saturday at 1600Hrs local, please participate with the request for a side dish and/or a dessert.

This year the emphasis will be on Fun, Learning, and Visiting throughout the weekend. I will be available to check Cards for ARRL Awards once we are in operation and have everything working.

Even if you can’t spend the weekend come on out and spend what time you can.

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there…

73
Wayne WA1PMA, SDXA President