{"id":8726,"date":"2026-01-09T11:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saars.club\/?p=8726"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:25:30","slug":"winter-field-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saars.club\/?p=8726","title":{"rendered":"Winter Field Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"ngg-fancybox\" title=\" \" href=\"https:\/\/saars.club\/wp-content\/gallery\/images\/winter_fd.png\" rel=\"\" data-image-id=\"1505\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saars.club\/wp-content\/gallery\/images\/winter_fd.png\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/saars.club\/wp-content\/gallery\/images\/thumbs\/thumbs_winter_fd.png\" data-title=\"winter_fd\" data-description=\" \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/saars.club\/wp-content\/gallery\/images\/thumbs\/thumbs_winter_fd.png\" alt=\"winter_fd\"><\/a>The St Augustine Amateur Radio Society is planning its first operating event of 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winterfieldday.com\">Winter Field Day<\/a>, at&nbsp; Armstrong Park (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/kEbTDhPhr7DCwuyr8\">map<\/a>), 4950 Harvey Ave, Elkton, FL 32033<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, January 24, 2026 \u2013 main operating day for SAARS. Set up starting at about 9 am. Formal Winter Field Day operations commence at 11 am. Tear down will be late afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, January 25, 2026 \u2013 informal operating day for those who wish to return to the park (or elsewhere) and set up a station. The formal event ends at 4:59 pm on Sunday. Since Sunday is an informal day for the club, the schedule will be determined by those who chose to attend that day.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Note: unless otherwise noted, all times shown are EST.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This park has a pavilion, restrooms, trees, and a field where we should be able to set up antennas. Also, the park is at a trailhead for the Palatka-St Augustine State Trail, so we may even be able to do a Parks on the Air (POTA) activation for US-3644.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly it will be the HF bands so bring your own rigs,<br \/>\nantennas to share. We will operate the club radios and antennas so there will<br \/>\nbe variety of equipment. Maybe someone can bring Satellite setup?<\/p>\n<p>Food and Drink: There are no concession stands at the park, and not much else in the general vicinity. We recommend that you bring food and drinks for the day.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St Augustine Amateur Radio Society is planning its first operating event of 2026, Winter Field Day, at&nbsp; Armstrong Park (map), 4950 Harvey Ave, Elkton, FL 32033 Saturday, January 24, 2026 \u2013 main operating day for SAARS. Set up starting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/saars.club\/?p=8726\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saars.club\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saars.club\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saars.club\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saars.club\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saars.club\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8726"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/saars.club\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8733,"href":"https:\/\/saars.club\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8726\/revisions\/8733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saars.club\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saars.club\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saars.club\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}