The Milford Amateur Radio Club (MARC) will be having our annual Hamfest on Saturday June 21st.  Come out and have a good time with friends or use this great opportunity to make new ones.  Refreshments are available.
Make sure you are in attendance for the hourly door prizes and the Grand Prize!

Time:           8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Location      Eastside Christian Church, 5774 Montclair Blvd., Milford, OH

Directions:  Get Map Directions

Or follow these directions

275 to exit 57.  Go east on St. Rt. 28.  Turn left at the 1^st left turn traffic light (opposite direction than LOWE’S and IHOP).

Turn left on Montclair (along side Milford Self Storage) and continue ¼ mile to the Hamfest.

VE Exams   9:00 AM – Walk-ins Welcome. Bring ID

Talk-In       147.945+

Please join the Milford Amateur Radio Club (MARC) for our ARRL Field Day operations. We will again be operating from Barb and Bill Steward’s house on Newtonsville-Hutchinson Rd. The club again thanks Barb and Bill for having our club out there for a couple of days!

Directions to Barb and Bill’s Field Day Site: Map Here

5681 Newtonsville-Hutchinson Rd
Batavia, OH 45103

About Field Day
The first Field Day dates back to June 1933 when gasoline was 12 cents a gallon, transmitter tuning was done by holding a neon bulb near the plate tank circuit and tuned for maximum brilliance, and the transmitted frequency was fixed and not readily movable. Field Day was in 1933, and still is, a way to test a station’s or a club’s emergency preparedness.

Sponsored by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), Field Day is an annual event testing emergency preparedness and communication skills for hams. We use generators, and string antennas through trees to make contacts with other hams at field day sites across the country. The idea is to put together self-sufficient, working stations quickly and begin making contacts. It is an ideal event to practice skills in portable operation, erecting antennas, operating a HF station and logging contacts.

When is Field Day?

Field Day 2008 takes place June 28-29th, starting Saturday at 1800 UTC (2:00 PM) and ending at 1200 UTC (2:00 PM) Sunday running for 24 hours straight.

Setup and Tear Down

We need volunteers to help us setup, the day before, and to tear down, immediately at the end (Sunday 2:00 PM). We can start setting up equipment 24 hours before the start of Field Day. We will start setting up Friday afternoon, June 27^th.

Who Can Operate the HF Stations?

You do not need to have a General License or an amateur radio license to operate a HF station during Field Day. If a technician class or someone totally new to ham radio is interested in operating the station, they can operate as long as there is a higher class operator present. We have Extra Class operators that are in the immediate area, allowing everyone to operate within the FCC rules. We encourage people interested in seeing what amateur radio is all about and to come out and visit us and operate. The Field Day event is operated under the club call W8MRC.

Have Fun We want everyone to have a good time, be able to make SSB, PSK and CW contacts, and encourage camaraderie. You are welcome to just stop by and check things out, and if you are not interested in operating, you can help with the setup, take photos and/or video, log contacts for operators, or help us tear down. Hamburgers and hotdogs (typically) are provided for the potluck (bring a dish/snacks) dinner on Saturday night and a pancake breakfast is provided on Sunday morning.

Different clubs have different goals for what Field Day is. Some clubs, like the Milford Amateur Radio Club (MARC) encourage new people to get involved and when we can, try to make as many contacts as possible during the 24hour period. Some clubs put up towers and beams and are very serious at getting the highest score they can, or operate in public places to get more visibility.