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Field Day is a nationwide event held
annually on the fourth weekend in June (26 & 27) and it's sponsored by the ARRL
(American
Radio Relay League). The main objective of participating in this annual event is emergency
communication preparedness in the field, for 24 hours continuous.
Other areas that we address are public awareness
and contesting. TARA's mission is to accomplish these goals while
having the most fun, food and fellowship with family and friends as is humanly
possible! Amateurs prove their readiness for
a real emergency by setting up and operating all manner of radio equipment
for a 24 hour period without the use of commercial electricity. The public is invited to learn what
we are all about and may even operate the radios! HAMs are encouraged
to operate and contest on all bands.
TARA will be holding Field Day 2004 at
Troy's Frear Park, over by the tennis courts (see
map below) and
you are invited! If you can't make it over to our event, find out where you
can participate in your community, or even operate from home! Get involved and support your local club. If you'd like
to volunteer your services, or if you'd like additional information -- please contact one of
the names listed below. We need your support! Joel Glickman, KA1PRT, has a nice collection of pictures
from Field Day - 2003, to view them. |
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William Eddy, NY2U, Asst. Chairman - 518-273-9248 Steve Kopecky, KF2WA, Assist. Chairman - 518-674-4150 Randy Stein, KA2TJZ Assist. Chairman - 518-498-7838 Nick Demos, NW2D Assist. Chairman - 518-383-3983 |
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To Order Your "Official" Field Day Pin |
We're more than just another radio club...we're TARA!
Last year's Field Day was another HUGE event!
Another plus for 2003 was the over night crew kept the radios running until early morning relief showed up. Sunday
morning Randy, KA2TJZ, had the grill fired up and he began feeding the troops for what now is known as the "Stein-Fast."
After all the QSO's were counted and filed with the ARRL we made some 1,461 QSO's, for a total of 5,082 in the
ENY section (Eastern New York). Something new since 2001 we now operated under the "4A" category. Results can be found in the December 2003 issue of QST.
Congratulation TARA!