Category Archives: Field Day

April 25th, 2026 Tri-Club Spring Tailgate

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On Saturday, April 25th, 2026, the Wiregrass W4DHN Ham Club, DARC (Daleville Ham Club) and EARS (Enterprise Ham Club) hosted a combined Tailgate at the Square in Headland.  The event began about 8:30am and concluded at noon.  During the time, some wonderful classes/demonstrations occurred.  Steve started us off with a class on Tape Measure Antennas with a demonstration of how wonderful they work.  Dan, hosted a table on Emergency Morse Code with an actual Morse Code transmitting along with information to get anyone started becoming proficient in Morse Code or just the Emergency Phrases with a card to carry with them.  Carl, hosted a table building actual radios where you soldered the parts together as you learned what they do.  Rachel and Jan hosted the Snap Circuits table for the younger folks to learn about how to safely put together electrodes, diodes, batteries, transmitters, etc.  Jimmy manned a table on Parks on the Air for folks to learn about the POTA events.  Greg had a table for all things Amateur Radio.  Anything you want to know about Amateur Radio, Greg could get you in the right direction.  Alan set up an antenna farm in which a variety of antennas were erected with plaques of information with what they are used for and frequencies.  The Daleville Club, President Brian, hosted a tent complete with radio set up for broadcasting and receiving for those inclined to see Amateur Radio in action as well.  ARRL was on-site to introduce folks to the National Association for Amateur Radio.  Testing for folks wanting to get their Technician license or upgrade, was held at 10AM in the courthouse.  There were drawings for door prizes and a grand prize given at the end.  Chester won the grand prize.

The rain held off and kept the weather nice. God is good!

Thank you to Loose Brick Cafe for coming out and providing donuts and coffees for purchase.

A big thank you to all the vendors that came to sell their wares and make this tailgate a success.

Most of all, thank you to all the volunteers of the three clubs that came and made this event happen.  It’s because of your dedication that Amateur Radio will continue to survive and be of service in our ever changing electronic media fast track world.

I am forever grateful!

Pictures of the day (Thanks to Kay!)

           

 

June 28, 2025 Summer Field Day

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Saturday, June 28th and Sunday, June 29th, the Wiregrass W4DHN Ham Radio Club participated in the Summer Field Day by setting up and hosting visitors at the Northside Methodist Academy located at 2600 Redmond Road in Dothan, Alabama.  Set up began the Friday night before, but was open to the public beginning at 9am on that Saturday.  License Testing was offered at 11am.  Four folks showed up for testing and all passed,  Congrats to them and welcome to the Ham Radio Community!  Communications from all over the US and a few other regions were made and folks curious about what Ham Radio does got a taste of what fun we have.

Here are some pictures of a fun day!  Thanks to all the operators who showed up and help make this event a success!

ARRL Field Day 2024

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The Wiregrass Amateur Radio Club will once again participate in ARRL Field Day on Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23, 2024. The club will be set up at Northside Methodist Academy, located at 2600 Redmond Road in Dothan.  The club will be operating starting at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 22.

The purpose of ARRL Field Day is to practice portable operations and hone our emergency communications skills. Amateur radio plays a huge role in the community, especially in the event of a natural disaster when normal communications are down for any period of time. Field Day gives us the opportunity to practice set-up and operation of our stations, so we can better respond when the need arises.

If you are a ham radio licensee, regardless if you are a club member or not, we invite you out to participate. Even if you do not have an amateur radio license, we invite you to come out and see what it’s all about. We’ll even let you get on the air if you like!

  • What – ARRL Field Day 2024 with the Wiregrass Amateur Radio Club
  • When – Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23, starting at 1:00 on Saturday
  • Where – Northside Methodist Academy, 2600 Redmond Road, Dothan, AL 36303

This event is open to anyone, you do not need to be a licensed ham radio operator to attend. Hope to see you there!

ARRL Field Day Coming June 24-25

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The Wiregrass Amateur Radio Club will once again participate in ARRL Field Day on Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25. The club will be set up at Northside Methodist Academy, located at 2600 Redmond Road in Dothan. We will be set up in rooms 509 and 511, which are are the backside of the school, directly behind the gym. There will be signs showing directions. The club will be operating starting at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 24.

The purpose of ARRL Field Day is to practice portable operations and hone our emergency communications skills. Amateur radio plays a huge role in the community, especially in the event of a natural disaster when normal communications are down for any period of time. Field Day gives us the opportunity to practice set-up and operation of our stations, so we can better respond when the need arises.

If you are a ham radio licensee, regardless if you are a club member or not, we invite you out to participate. Even if you do not have an amateur radio license, we invite you to come out and see what it’s all about. We’ll even let you get on the air if you like!

  • What – ARRL Field Day with the Wiregrass Amateur Radio Club
  • When – Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25, starting at 1:00 on Saturday
  • Where – Northside Methodist Academy, 2600 Redmond Road, Dothan, AL 36303

Hope to see you there!