- Dates: Friday June 21, 2024 – Sunday June 23, 2024
- Where: Jack’s Cabin
6850 Orange Box Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86004 - Who: TBARC Members & families
Invited hams
Prospective hams
Interested persons
Well behaved dogs. - Why: Have fun
Practice radio skills
Test & demonstrate emergency communications capability.
Promote good will with emergency responders, elected officials & the public. - Accommodations: Camping
Tent Trailers
Tents
RV
Bed in the cabin loft (bring sleeping bag) - Questions:
Schedule
Fri June 21, 2024
- 11:00 am (1800Z) Start Set-Up
- 12:00 am (1900Z) Lunch
- 6:00 pm (0100)Z Dinner Dutch Treat
Sat June 22, 2024
- 7:30 am (1430Z) Breakfast
- 8:30 am (1530Z) Set up
- 11:00 am (1800)Z On the Air
- 12:00 pm (1900Z) Lunch
- 6:30 pm (0130Z) Dinner
Sun June 23, 2024
- Sunday June 25
- 7:30 am (1430Z) Breakfast
- 11:00 am (1800Z) Sign off at end of 24 hour period
- 11:15 am (1815Z) Take down
- 12:00 pm (1900Z) Lunch
- 3:30 pm (2230Z) Finish – see you next year
Food
Sat June 22, 2024
- Breakfast: TBA
- Lunch: TBA
- Dinner: TBA
Sun June 23, 2024
- Breakfast: TBA
- Lunch: TBA
Food Cost
- All weekend: TBA
- Breakfast: TBA
- Lunch: TBA
- Dinner: TBA
- Payable by TBA
Pay For Field Day Meals
Field Day 2023 Recap
The Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club’s 2023 Field Day was held at Jack’s NT7MM cabin Northeast of Flagstaff, AZ; Bruce WB7SRC was the coordinator for this year’s event. This year we used the TBARC callsign W7TBC, Class 4E Emergency, Solar, And Battery Power.
We descended on the site Friday morning and set up 2 10 – 80M EFD, 1 10-80M Carolina Windom, 1 10-40M OCFD, and a 6 M beam. Friday afternoon, we tried starting the 6KW Generator; we had it running after some new gas and starter fluid. Next up was setting up the radio stations on Fri night and Sat morning. Digital Station was a Flex 6600M, CW station Flex 6500, Phone Flex 6400, and 6M 7 10M HF was an ICOM 7610. All were online by 10 AM. Software, networking, and logging were set up, and we were ready to start the event. The 2023 operators are: NT7MM, KC0GU, K7DD, K7TEJ, N9AV, WK7B, KG7COA, KK7DCR, KD7ETQ, WB7SRC, N7VBN, KG7KRN, AF7K, KI7DUV and NJ8G. We when live at 11 AM Sat and ran continually to 10:59 AM Sunday. Total QSO CW 122, Digital 658, and Phone 46 for QSO point score of 1608. Then when we added the power multiplier, media, and educational activity, are final claimed score was 3,862. Overall, it was a successful weekend with lots of radio time, ham radio discussion, and working with new club members. With a special thanks to the men and women of TBARC for great food. We are all looking forward to 2024 FD.
On Saturday, June 24, the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club awarded Jack Lunsford NT7MM an Honorary Lifetime Membership Award, In appreciation of his many years of dedicated service to TBARC. He has been the Past President, Member of the Board of Directors, Chair of the TBARC ECOMM group, ARRL TBARC VE coordinator, education chair, and many other unnamed roles he has played over his years of membership in TBARC. Finally, allowing TBARC to overrun his cabin for ARRL Field Day and the AZ QSO Party over many years.
THANK YOU, Jack NT7MM!
2023 Field Day Photos
