Field Day 2022

Field Day 2022 (flyer here) will be held on June 25-26 at Jeff Banke’s home at 17411 N. Dunn Road, Green Bluff -- at about 2400 feet elevation. There is a bathroom in Jeff’s basement and room to camp. There will be several antennas set up. Generators will be on site as well as access to shore power. Field Day setups will be out in the open field, so bring a source of shade. Bring picnic foods or barbecue. There is a grill if someone can bring a big gas canister for it.

 

Jeff Bannke's Home

 

 

David Harper - WB6JFH (SK)

Submitted by Gordon Grove - WA7LNC, and read on the Spokane County ARES - ACS repeater during Net training on February 8, 2022.

David Harper, WB6JFH, passed away last week in a Spokane hospital. Most of you didn't know Dave because he was confined to a wheelchair from a young age, so his participation in ARES events was often limited to where his van could take him or to his home, making him somewhat invisible to many. This was especially the case in the last several years when his health kept him closer to home than he liked. Nevertheless, during his time with us, beginning in the early 1980s when he moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to an acreage about six miles South of Deer Park, he racked up many credits of service to ARES.

Like many of his generation, while still in school, Dave started out in Amateur Radio with a Novice License on HF and advanced from there. He pursued a technical education and began working in the electronics industry, eventually being employed by Hewlett-Packard in the Bay Area. He later transferred north to Hewlett-Packard in Liberty Lake which later became Agilent Technologies, serving in a job of which he was very proud.

In the Spokane area, he was active in the Spokane Dial Twisters Club and a member of the Inland Empire VHF Amateurs. He volunteered for public service events and became active in Spokane County ARES where one of his early activities was assisting in the creation of the Amateur Radio Weather Spotter System, an activity through the Spokane Office of the National Weather Service that later aligned itself with the national Skywarn program. Dave's activity led to his appointment as an Assistant Emergency Coordinator where he distinguished himself as a valuable mentor, helping members with technical questions and equipment problems, and where he worked diligently to help the group adapt to the use of digital data modes in the Winlink 2000 system. He also served as Digital Net Control for several large Simulated Emergency Test exercises.

In the last few years, Dave was delving deeply into Software Defined Radio, and most recently was challenging himself to renew an old desire to increase his CW proficiency.

David Harper, WB6JFH, was a ham's ham, a good friend to Amateur Radio and to public service activity ---- and he was just plain a good friend. We'll miss his gentlemanly ways and his helping hand.

The Value of Amateur Radio

Local Amateur Radio Operators Help Find Missing Boys.

I never saw this covered locally but I don't catch a lot of local news either:

http://www.arrl.org/news/hams-help-find-kids-by-monitoring-frs-radios



 

2022 Winter Field Day - January 29/30, 2022

Reserved January 29/30, 2022 for Winter Field Day.  Actual hours of operation are 1100 Saturday to 1100 Sunday, local time.

Just as for Field Day held in the summer, Winter Field Day is an opportunity to demonstrate our capability of operating in remote locations albeit in winter.

It's been confirmed that we will be conducting operations in front of the Big Red Barn at Eastern Washington University.  The address is 609 W. Seventh St., Cheney, WA  99004.

Plans call for the county Comm Trailer to be deployed early Saturday morning with take down late Sunday morning.

If you plan to participate, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to let the organizers know who will be there, the expected hours of operation and what you will bring.

Even if you have no equipment, you are welcome to come and use the Comm Trailer and others equipment.

For those that will be participating from 2200 to 0700 (overnight) there will be hot drinks and possibly breakfast in the morning.

For more informaton about the rules visit www.winterfieldday.com.


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