ARRL Field Day 2026 “Amateur Radio: A National Resource” June 27 – 28
Get ready SARA members for ARRL Field Day, June 27 and 28! This year’s theme, “Amateur Radio: A National Resource,” highlights the vital role ham radio plays in public service, emergency communications, and connecting communities.
ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June, more than 31,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or simply with friends to operate from remote locations. If you’re interested, here is a link to Field Day rules.
There’s lots to look forward to this year!
Location
We are holding Field Day at the Baytown Township Hall, located at 4020 McDonald Drive North. The site will be fantastic for the event. The facility has a refrigerator, small kitchen and restrooms. There is a large room with recently updated technology that can be used for displaying Club information and real-time logging statistics.
Outside there is a covered shelter that we plan to use for the SSB station. We will setup a tent shelter for the CW/SSB station and another one next to the trailer for the GOTA (Get On The Air) station.
The site also enables us to operate overnight! Look for a sign up if you are interested in operating during the night shift.
Yagi Antenna
We are excited to add a beam antenna to the mix. The antenna, a hy-gain TH-3JRS tribander (20, 15, 10) has performed admirably in testing. Mounted on a tripod at 25 feet, the SWR was almost exactly as advertised in the manual. Test contacts were made coast to coast and received some excellent signal reports. Special thanks to Rich AD0SN for making it possible to use the antenna and tripod.
The high-level schedule is as follows:
Saturday, June 27
9:00AM – Setup crews on site. On air at 1:00PM. Coffee and donuts provided.
7:00PM – Make any setup changes for overnight operations.
Sunday, June 28
8:00AM – Setup crews on site to make any setup changes for daytime operations.
1:00PM – Tear down and full pack up. Possible afterglow once done!
So mark your calendars for June 27th and 28th, as the Stillwater Amateur Radio Association hosts the annual ARRL Field Day at Baytown Township Hall!
There will be sign-ups for setup crew, operating positions, food and supplies coming via SignUpGenius in the coming days.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please reach out to Ray Speltz, ND0G and Tim Grotheer, KF0JEL, your SARA Field Day co-chairs.