The 2010 DMRAA/ARTS Field Day netted 1,036 contact this year, despite soaring temperatures and early-morning thunderstorms on Sunday. This surpassed last year’s number of 915 contacts. Click here to download the breakdown of QSO’s for this year’s Field Day effort.

PowerFilm Solar of Ames erected an impressive 1 kW military-grade Solar Shade for our use over the weekend, providing electricity for most of our Field Day equipment.

Two dignitaries also visited the site: Joyce Flinn, the Readiness and Response Bureau Chief for the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division; and Lt. Col. Kevin Plagman of the Iowa National Guard. Both took a tour of the Field Day site and learned the purpose and goals of the Field Day event, and then visited with operators.

The DMRAA would like to thank everyone who helped with setup, tear-down, and operating and also to all of the visitors that made a trip to Polk City to see what amateur radio was all about!

If you would like to be on the Field Day committee to help plan next year’s W0AK Field Day, see a DMRAA board member or e-mail us at [email protected].

A video of the event is embedded below, and pictures will soon be added to the DMRAA’s Flickr account. Do you have pictures you want to share with us? E-mail them to [email protected] with your name and callsign (if applicable) for proper credit.