Field Day 2025

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When will Field Day be?

Field Day will be on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 & 29, 2025. Setup will start at 9 AM on Saturday, with the operating event running from 2 PM Saturday to 2 PM Sunday.

What We Need from Amateur Radio Operator Participants at Field Day

Our largest needs for Field Day is amateur radio operators to come, set up, operate, and tear down the event stations. The following are special roles that we presently do not have filled.

  • Cook Tent
    • Need 3 – 4 people to plan and cook meals
    • All expenses for food will be reimbursed by the club
    • Need to cover Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast
    • Club to order sandwich platter for Saturday lunch
  • Band Captains
    • We’ll likely run a Class 3A + GOTA
    • We need people to be responsible for bringing and settings up each radio transmitter station with all needed accessories
  • GOTA Coach
    • Be the “Band Captain” for the GOTA station
    • Show general public or those that haven’t been on the air before how to make QSOs during Field Day
  • NTS Messages
    • Generate, pass or deliver 10 traffic messages at Field Day
    • Send 1 event summary message to ARRL Western MA Section Manager AA1SE
  • Satellite QSO
    • Make at least one satellite QSO

Club Field Day 2025 Presentations

What is ARRL Field Day?

ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. Field Day is ham radio’s open house. Every June, more than 31,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio.

Where will Field Day be?

This year CMARA will hold Field Day at the Trout Brook Recreation Area at 320 Manning Street in Holden. We’ve reserved the pavilion and the lodge at the area for the entire Field Day weekend. Facilities in the lodge include 2 bathrooms, a fireplace, refrigerator, electric griddle, steamer, microwave, 6 cafeteria tables and one serving table. There is plenty of open field areas as well as trees around the pavilion and lodge for hanging antennae. The town’s recreation department has given us explicit permission to hang wire antennae from the trees.

Other Important Details

  • As per normal, CMARA will be providing Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday breakfast to all amateur radio participants. Drinks for participants will also be available for the duration of the event.
  • Due to the venue change, we will be allowed to publicize our event and draw the general public to come and see what our club and amateur radio is all about. Expect this to be a true open house!

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