文档介绍：Field Day at W3AO Potomac Valley RC & Columbia ARA
What is Field Day?
71 Years Later, Field Day Has Changed Some, But has always…
Emphasized Club Operation in the Field on Emergency bination ic and Operating Event!
Had Emergency Preparedness Aspects
petition Aspects With Score Based on Number of Station Contacted
Been a Heck of a Lot of Fun!
Basic Rules
All operation within 24 contiguous hours of 27
All Setup within 24 hours of start
Many categories by number of simultaneous transmitters, whether emergency power, home, mobile, battery, Emergency Ops Center, etc.
2 pts per phone QSO, 1 per CW with multiple for under 150 watts (2 x) , or QRP (5 x)
“Get On The Air” and 1 VHF/UHF Station “Free”
Bonus points for many activities such as message handling, non-traditional modes, satellite ops, publicity, # of tx, copying W1AW bulletin, etc.
W3AO History
Started as “back yard” operation as KE3Q in 1996 by a group of contesters (Potomac Valley RC)
Finished 5th in . in 2 Transmitter class with 2,418 contacts
From There Quickly grew to National High scorer for last 5 years runnin