CAARC Participation in 2020 ARRL Field Day

Available to Class D Home or Club Permanent Stations using Commercial Power

You may participate in any or none of the following activities:

Message Origination to Section Manager: 100 bonus points for origination of a formal message to the ARRL RAC Section Manager or Section Emergency Coordinator by your group from its site.

Message Handling: 10 points for each formal message originated, relayed or received and delivered during the Field Day period, up to a maximum of 100 points (ten messages).

W1AW Bulletin: 100 bonus points for copying the special Field Day bulletin transmitted by W1AW (or K6KPH) during its operating schedule during the Field Day weekend.

Site Visitation by an elected governmental official: One (1) 100-point bonus may be claimed if your Field Day site is visited by an elected government official as the result of an invitation issued by your group.

Site Visitation by a representative of an agency: One (1) 100-point bonus may be claimed if your Field Day site is visited by a representative of an agency served by ARES in your local community as the result of an invitation issued by your group

Web submission: A 50-point bonus may be claimed by a group submitting their Field Day entry via the field-day.arrl.org web site.

Field Day Youth Participation: A 20-point bonus (maximum of 100) for each participant age 18 or younger at your Field Day operation that completes at least one QSO. 

Coming soon (after one more Bonuses post) Submitting Your Entry

Background, official rules, and many hints can be found at http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2020/2020%20Field%20Day%20Packet(1).pdf .

ARRL’s official Field Day site is http://www.arrl.org/field-day .

Comments or questions to Paul VA6MPM (find his email on QRZ.com), or John VA6SJA, va6sja@rac.ca .

John VA6SJA and Paul VA6MPM