Welcome to the “BIARC 2019 Field Day” update from Big Island ARRL News.

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Accessed on 20 June 2019, 1905 UTC, Post 1012.

Source:  http://biarc.net/fieldday.shtml

Please scroll down to read the BIARC 2019 Field Day announcement.

Thanks to Tony Kitchen (WH6DVI) for the press release.

B.I.A.R.C  Big Island Amateur Radio Club KH6EJ

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2019 BIARC Field Day! Location: Hilo Bayfront Parking Lot#1 Date: Saturday, June 22nd Time: 07:00 AM Setup (Additional Volunteers needed.) 08:00 Begin Operations 12:00 Lunch: Hot Dogs, Chips, Potato/Mac Salad 22:00 End of Normal Operations* * Two volunteer operators are needed for possible nighttime operations from 22:00 Saturday to 08:00 Sunday. (Nitetime and early morning shifts) Contact Tony Kitchen via email to volunteer tonykitchen808@gmail.com if you can commit to overnite RF/Security operations. Your name must be submitted to the parks department in advance.Only 2 BIARC members can be present after 22:00 hours. Deadline: Thursday at 11:00 AM. Look for Roy’s 30′ tower (WH6FYK) which will be setup with a cobweb HF and VHF antenna. See the Google Earth View below for Field Day location: Except where noted, all original content Copyright © BIARC.net and Big Island Amateur Radio Club 2005 – 2019. All rights reserved. Big Island Amateur Radio Club. P. O. Box 1938, Hilo, HI 96721-1938.

Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio News:

“Grid Madness 2019”, the Hawaii-based VHF/UHF Simplex Contest is set for Sunday, 15 September 2019, 1300-1700 HST.  You can download the complete contest package here:  https://gridmadness.blogspot.com. Also, you can contact Stan (AH6KO), the event coordinator, at ah6ko@arrl.net.

Doug Wilson (KH7DQ) is offering one more free Technician License Class on Hawaii Island for 2019.  That class is set for 17 October 2019 at the Keaau Community Center in Keaau, Hawaii Island.  For details, please contact Doug here: douscelle@aol.com.

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Aloha es 73 de Russ Roberts (KH6JRM)

Public Information Coordinator

Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section

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