2025 ARRL Field Day
La Junta City Park, La Junta, CO
June 28 8am to 8pm
June 29 8am to 6pm
Hello guys and gals. Here is the official release for the 2025 ARRL Amateur Radio Field Day. The radio club asks that you mark this down on your calendar and share this with anyone who may be interested in ham radio. June 28th from 8am to 8pm we will be participating alongside the AMR Safety Jam. We don't have our exact location assigned just yet but we will be an easy find with our banners and antennas. June 29th we will be at the pondside gazebo from 8am to 6pm. We will have a number of different amateur radios and antennas set up. Anyone who is interested in getting on the air should attend. Please let me know if you'd like to set up your particular radio, antenna or if you'd like to help operate and make contacts.
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Toby Tyler, Secretary
Arkansas Valley Radio Club (N0AVH)
Call/Text 719-468-3718
Ham Radio Operators On the Air for Nationwide Event June 28-29
Ham radio operators from the Arkansas Valley Radio Club (N0AVH) serving Southeast Colorado will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise at the La Junta City Park from 8am to 8pm on Saturday June 28th and 8am to 6pm on Sunday June 29th. The event is ARRL Field Day (www.arrl.org/field-day), an annual amateur radio activity organized since 1933 by ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio in the United States.
Hams from across North America ordinarily participate in Field Day by establishing temporary ham radio stations in public locations to demonstrate their skill and service. Their use of radio signals, which reach beyond borders, bring people together while providing essential communication in the service of communities. Field Day highlights ham radio’s ability to work reliably under any conditions from almost any location and create an independent, wireless communications network.
Some hams from across North America will also use the radio stations set up in their homes or their backyards and other locations to operate individually or with their families. Many hams have portable radio communication capability that includes alternative energy sources such as generators, solar panels, and batteries to power their equipment.
This year's event is also noteworthy given that a particularly active storm season is predicted. Hams have a long history of serving our communities when storms or other disasters damage critical communication infrastructure, including cell towers. Ham radio functions completely independently of the internet and phone systems and a station can be set up almost anywhere in minutes. Hams can quickly raise a wire antenna in a tree or on a mast, connect it to a radio and power source, and communicate effectively with others.
During Field Day 2024, more than 31,000 hams participated from thousands of locations across North America. According to ARRL, there are more than 750,000 amateur radio licensees in the US, and an estimated 3 million worldwide.
Among the tenets of the Amateur Radio Service is developing and practicing skills in radio technology and radio communications, and even contributing to international goodwill. Hams range in age from as young as 9 to older than 100. A self-study license guide is available from ARRL: The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual (www.arrl.org/shop/Ham-Radio-License-Manual). For more information about ARRL Field Day and ham radio, contact the Arkansas Valley Radio Club (N0AVH) at www.n0avh.org or call Gino Figurelli K2KLC (720-517--5104), Anthony Beise KF0OMB (719-691-1619) or Toby Tyler K9TOB (719-468-3718).
