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Venturing Crew 800 joined the Yucaipa Valley Amateur Radio Club by staffing the Get On The Air station [KG6WZN] at the
YVARC Field Day site on June 23 at the Stater Brother's parking lot across the street from Yucaipa Fire Station #1.
The primary purpose of Field Day is to allow amateur radio operators to experience operating in expedient, field conditions,
similar to what they would encounter after a disaster or other emergency. They use no permanent antenna structures
or commercial power. Additional points are available for using non-standard power like solar cells. Non
standard operational modes like PSK31, RTTY and SSTV were eligible for bonus points.
Exercises like Field Day, are one of the reasons Amateur Radio Operators are ready to serve their communities during
emergencies at a moments notice.
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| Chase operates the 10m GOTA station at Field Day |
CQ Field Day, CQ Field Day, this is KG6WZN.
Chase operates the GOTA station on 10 meters calling CQ. Making contacts on 10 meters proved to be a challenge
this year as band conditions favored lower bands.
Field day provided members of Venturing Crew 800 the opportunity to work High Frequency stations in a field or emergency
environment without permanent power or antenna structures.
| Crew 800 and friends |
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| Members of Crew 800 at the YVARC Field Day GOTA station |
Crew 800 and Friends
A number of crew members and friends visited the GOTA station during the event. Carla, Cameron and Jenny {Crew
1776} drove down from from Camp Helendade on their afternoon off and visited Mary, Melissa, David and Chase the
primary crew members operating the GOTA station on Saturday.
Mr Souter served as one of primary advisors along with Glenn, Sandi, Phil and other members of the crew committee
provided supervision.
A great time was had by all!
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