WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #41
ARRL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION FIELD DAY CARAVAN TOURS FIELD DAY SITES ON 6/27/15
Ben Henley KI4IGX, Section Emergency Coordinator, and Darrell Davis KT4WX, Section Manager, conducted the annual ARRL West Central Florida Section Field Day Caravan, for the first time. The WCF Section Field Day Caravan is an annual tradition of the Section Manger and the Section Emergency Coordinator touring as many Field Day sites as possible during the Field Day period as possible that dates back to the beginning of the Section in 2000.
The caravan began at the Highlands County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Sebring at 0900 on Saturday June 27 lasted for eighteen hours, and ended back up at the Highlands County EOC at 0300 on Sunday June 28. The tour started in Highlands County, going through Desoto County, and traveled to Charlotte County. Once reaching Charlotte County turned and went north through Sarasota, Manatee, and Hillsborough County. Then the caravan crossed over Tampa Bay into Pinellas County by early evening, and traveled onto Pasco County right after sunset. After leaving Pasco County traveled on to Polk County in the early hours on Sunday morning, and ended back up in Highlands County.
Eighteen Field Day sites in total were visited with the caravan being able to see 15 of them operating. One site in New Port Richey was inaccessible due to a downtown celebration at the site in New Port Richey. One site could not be located and one other site, inside a state part, was locked and could not be accessed.
All the Field Day sites visited were very gracious to the caravan and were having good fellowship and a good time on the radio.
(For the full photo montage, check out the Section Facebook page.)