Hey everyone, I wanted to reach out and let everyone know that coming up on June 24th and June 25th one of our local radio clubs (Central Missouri Radio Association) will be hosting the ARRL Field Day 2023 at Rock Bridge State Park. This yearly event has operators put their radios on the air in unusual circumstances to try and make contacts all over the country (and sometimes internationally) for a 24-hour period. CMRA will be putting multiple transmitters up, using battery, solar, and gas generators for power instead of the local electrical grid, along with various different antenna and radio configurations to make contacts. You will be able to watch CW (morse code), Single Side Band, and Digital transmissions being performed. Various other operators will be onsite for other things: some to chat, some to help, some just waiting their turn. We will also have a Get On The Air (GOTA) station setup so people can see what it's like to work a radio under the supervision of a licensed operator.

If you're interested in Amateur Radio, curious what we're doing, want to talk about radios, or just need a reason to get out, we will be setup near the log cabin, close to the Park Office. We should start transmitting right around noon on the 24th and stop around noon on the 25th (with some downtime overnight, whenever operators feel like contacts have more or less stopped).

If you have questions, feel free to ask. I will be onsite as well helping out where I can, trying to guide people over to us if they call out on 146.760.