The weather made for a successful first day of the 2025 Field Day. Come on out. Join the fun!
Dan W9SAU Pete WB9W
Working some high speed CW Working long distant voice contacts
Working 20 Meters
ARRL Field Day 2025
– All are Welcome –
STARS Amateur Radio Club
June 28 and 29, 2025
24 hours – 1:00 PM Sat. through 1:00 PM Sun.
FCC Amateur Radio License Testing
Santa Fe Prairie State Nature Preserve
7300 River Road. Hodgkins, IL.
Field Day is an emergency preparedness exercise for Amateur Radio Operators.
It is an all-weather Event.
Radio stations are set up in the field and powered by batteries, generators, solar panels, or other sources, then connected to portable antennas.
During the exercise, short messages are exchanged with radio stations in the USA and Canada. Voice, Morse code, email, and messages are transmitted and received by radio, without using the Internet.
The purpose of Field Day is to demonstrate the need for Amateur Radio, as this may be the only type of communications available in a real emergency.
