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Operating at night,
Field Day 2010. Photo by Jutti Marsh.
June 26, 2027: ARRL Field Day
This is a recurring event: 4th weekend, in Jun
The goal of Field Day is to practice operating in less-than-optimal conditions. It's the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the U.S. and Canada. On the fourth full weekend of June each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups, or simply with friends to operate from remote locations.
Field day is a picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, and an informal contest, But most of all, it is FUN.
Field Day 2026: Saturday and Sunday, June 27-28 (also, see below if you can help with setting up). We are partnering with the South Pasadena Amateur Radio Club (southpasradio.org), JPL Amateur Radio Club (jplarc.org), and Caltech Amateur Radio Club to operate during this year’s Field Day in the South Parking Lot of the Art Center College of Design’s Hillside Campus, which is entered from 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena. It’s a privilege to use this excellent field location. We are once again grateful to the Art Center for the opportunity.
Operations will be for a 24-hour period, from 11 a.m. Saturday the 27th to 11 a.m. on Sunday the 28th. We plan to have two HF stations operating with SSB, a CW atation, and a digital station, as well as a UHF/VHF station. Click here to access the Google Docs sign-up sheet for the HF stations. If you can, please sign up for 2 hours at a time.
Throughout the FIeld Day operations we will be using a special event call sign, N6P, and we'll be operating as a "4A" station.
For newcomers who would like to try using ham radio for the first time, or for currently inactive hams, or for newly licensed hams, there will be a "Get On The Air" (GOTA) station W6SPR operating on Saturday the 27th from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. So please come along and try your hand at operating! We especially invite young people to come along and participate in the fun.
Club members fom PRC, SPARC, JPLARC, and CITARC are invited to join us for setup and SWR testing of the two antennas, starting at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 26. On Saturday morning, June 27, station captains and helpers will arrive ar 9:00 a.m. to complete the setups and be ready to go on air by 11:00 a.m.
PLEASE COME HELP US WITH SETTING UP. It's a great way to work with fellow club members and to HAVE FUN.
If you have EZ Up shade shelters (and any side panels that you may have), tables, chairs, or area night lights, please let us know. Extras are always welcome. Also, food donations are most welcome. Contact us ar fd@w6ka.net to volunteer these items.
If you have questions, please email Carol Bruegge or Mark Seigel at: fd@w6ka.net
A national event: For further detail about Field Day as a national event, see the ARRL Field Day web page.
Field Day is a grand opportunity for amateur radio operators to come together and make as many contacts as possible under remote conditions.