WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #20-37

ARRL WCF SECTION FIELD DAY VIRTUAL CARAVAN INFORMATION RELEASED.

For ARRL Field Day, the West Central Florida Section Field Day Caravan will be held virtually, instead of the traditional format as it has been conducted in the past. The details on the virtual Field Day Caravan have been finalized and published on the West Central Florida Field Day Caravan web page at http://arrlwcf.org/wcf-special-events/west-central-florida-section-field-day-caravan/.  The virtual Field Day Caravan will be held as a Zoom online meeting.

The Zoom meeting hours will be from 1300 through 1800 hours EDT on Saturday June 27, 2020.  The Zoom conference meeting will be open at 1200 EDT for everyone to test their connectivity to the Zoom meeting.  Please remember the maximum number of participants is 100.  If we happen to have over 100 attempt to login, they will be send to a “waiting room” until the number of participants drops below 100.

Also on the West Central Florida Section Field Day Caravan web page is information on how to get a message to our Section Manager, Darrell Davis KT4WX, to qualify for 100 bonus points for your Field Day entry.

The ARRL West Central Florida Field Day Caravan has been held on Field Day of every year since the inception of the Section in 2000, for the Section Manager and members of the Section Cabinet to tour field day sites in the ARRL West Central Florida Section.  On Tuesday May 26th, it was announced that due to the situation with COVID-19, that the West Central Florida Section Field Day Caravan would transition to a virtual format for ARRL Field Day 2020.

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