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Come one come all, join us for the 2011 ARRL Field Day! We will be setting up in the southeast corner of the Great Falls Wal-Mart parking lot, beginning at approximately 10 am Friday June 24th. Field Day officially begins at 12 noon Saturday and ends at 12 noon Sunday. There will be three stations radio operating positions, Phone, CW, and GOTA (Get On The Air). Come man the station of your choice and make some contacts!

Be the first to get a really cool T-Shirt commemorating this years event, only a few are available so hurry!

Friday pics here:

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Here are our submitted results for the 2011 Field Day. We nearly doubled our score of 2334 from last year, with a score of 4488! A job well done by everyone! To calculate the total score, add the bonus points to the claimed score.

Call Used: W7ECA GOTA Station Call: W7BZZ ARRL/RAC Section: MT Class: 2F

Participants: 34 Club/Group Name: Great Falls Area Amateur Radio CLub

Power Source(s): Generator

Power Multiplier: 2X

Bonus Points:
100% Emergency power 200
Media Publicity 100
Set-up in Public Place 100
Information Booth 100
W1AW Field Day Message 100
Site Visit by invited elected official 100
Youth participation 60
Youth operators=3
Youth participants=3
GOTA Bonus 160
Submitted via the Web 50
Educational activity 100
Total Bonus Points 1,070

Score Summary:
CW Digital Phone Total
Total QSOs 570 0 569
Total Points 1140 0 569 1709 Claimed Score = 3,418

Per the ARRL results we finished 342 out of 2632.

Great job everyone...

Thanks Mike, some additional information.... We finished in 1st place in the state, for any class, and fifth in the nation for 2F. Great job everybody!!!

Were going to have to get a bigger man lift for next year. Rod