WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-22

ARRL FIELD DAY 2025 CARAVAN AND SECTION NET CANCELLATIONS DUE TO FIELD DAY.

This coming Saturday and Sunday is ARRL Field Day 2025.  On Saturday 6/28/25, the 25th Annual ARRL West Central Florida Section Field Day Caravan will take to the roads of the ARRL West Central Florida Section.  This year we will have three teams making visit to various Field Day sites in the Section.  One team will be Mike Douglas W4MDD (Section Manager) and Dave Rockwell W4PXE (Section Emergency Coordinator / Section Traffic Manager).  The second team will be Darrell Davis KT4WX (Technical Coordinator) and Russ Delaney N4RTD (Assistant Section Manager).  The third team will be Jimmy Russ AB4KA (Senior Assistant Section Manager) running solo.

All three teams will be running APRS trackers, so Field Day participants can keep an eye on the progress of the caravan.  For more details on the area of coverage by our teams and APRS tracking information, you may go to the ARRL West Central Florida Field Day Caravan webpage located at http://arrlwcf.org/wcf-special-events/west-central-florida-section-field-day-caravan/.  On this page there is detailed information on how Field Day sites may send their Field Day message to our Section Manager for 100 bonus points.

Due to ARRL Field Day, the following Section Nets will be cancelled:  The ARRL West Central Florida Section ARES Net scheduled for Saturday 6/28/25 at 0730 EDT and the South Florida ARES Net scheduled for Saturday 6/28/25 at 0745 EDT.  The ARRL West Central Florida Section ARES Net will resume normal operation on Saturday 7/05/25 and the South Florida ARES Net will resume normal operation on Monday 6/30/25.

The Eagle Net will be held as scheduled on Saturday 6/28/25 at 2030 EDT, and will be able to take any Field Day related traffic.

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