SLSRC will be participating in Field Day this year at Tilles Park in the Windegger Shelter again from 1:00 p.m. June 27 through 1:00 p.m. June 28th. Join us at 9551 Litzsinger Rd, St. Louis, MO 63124. Bring the whole family and learn what you can use when communications systems fail, or really any time for fun or safety.
Directions: Travel south from I-64 on McKnight Rd, you’ll pass Tilles Park on the right. Take the turn into the gate after you pass by the park. Continue on the entrance road, past the Ranger station, and, once past the Ranger Station parking lot, turn right onto the road. It will curve to the left into a parking lot. The shelter will be to your right – next to the pond.
Technicians – If you’ve never worked HF before, drop by, and we will be happy to put you on the air talking all over the country. Don’t know what to say? No worries, we have a script to guide you. It’s a couple of sentences back and forth, and then you’ve made an HF contact! You say you don’t have privileges? When operating with a ham that has those privileges, you do! We have multiple people with Amateur Extra class privileges that would be happy for you to operate using our club call sign (WØSRC) and using any portion of their privileges. Make Eyeball QSOs too.
You want to learn CW/Morse Code. But where do you start? Long Island CW Club is providing FREE 1 hour CW training classes (basic and advanced) from June 1 through June 26. See https://longislandcwclub.org/ for details.
SLSRC Operating Schedule
Saturday 6/27
9:00 a.m. – Set up – want to learn to hang an antenna? Set up a radio? Come visit and we will show you.
Want to learn to hang a dipole antenna? We’re going to do that at 11:00. The Christmas lights are back!
1:00 p.m. – Start talking on the air. It’s open season. Use your privileges, or sit with an Extra Class. Fox Hunting
and FT-8 are available as are CW keys. POTA-like station available to demonstrate set up / tear down.
GOTA (Get on the air) VHF station available too!
2:00 p.m. – Educational demo – how to make a dipole (explaining how to use and tune it) and Fox Hunt Techniques
5:00 p.m. – Club meeting – make sure you’re not late.
5:05 p.m. – Dinner! Brats, Burgers, and Hot Dogs. Advanced and Novice Classes bring dessert. All others bring sides.
Remember it’s hot, make sure it can stand the heat for a little while. Cold water provided.
Dusk – Foxes turned off
Dark – Yes, we’re continuing to operate… (sing it with me) All Night Long… If you like the night hours, come hang out
and operate – Lots of traffic at night, and you get more radio time too! The exit gate will be unlocked.
Sunday 6/28
12:00 a.m. – Continue operation
1:00 p.m. – End of operations – begin tear down
3:00 p.m. – Finish loading the vehicles for delivery back to storage.
If you choose to operate at home as a Class D or E station and want to add your logs to our club’s score, Thanks! Please enter the club name as “St Louis & Suburban Radio Club” – anything else won’t match our entry.
Come join us in the fun and excitement. See you there! 73