RAC/ARRL Field Day 2025 is rapidly approaching.  Last year, the Society did not participate although some local amateur radio operators may have.  Our last station was in 2023, pictured above, two months before the wildfire evacuations.  Field Day is an opportunity for local amateur radio operators to become "radioactive" and test and experiment with old and new equipment and try out experiments. It is also a chance to exercise emergency preparedness skills.  We are there independent of government and of the regular infrastructure of a modern society.  The technology we use is modern but build upon technology that is considered by many to be obsolete.  But it is resilient to natural and man-made disasters.  We are not dependent on StarLink... Details follow (from ARRL https://www.arrl.org/field-day#rules )

Objective

To contact as many stations as possible on the 160-, 80-, 40-, 20-,15- and 10-Meter HF bands, as well as all bands 50 MHz and above, and to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions.

Field Day is open to all amateurs in the areas covered by the ARRL/RAC Field Organizations and countries within IARU Region 2. DX stations residing in other regions may be contacted for credit, but are not eligible to submit entries.

Each claimed contact must include contemporaneous direct initiation by the operator on both sides of the contact. Initiation of a contact may be either locally or by remote.

Dates

Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday.

Field Day Result Submissions

Entries must be postmarked or submitted via web app at field-day.arrl.org/fdentry.php by Tuesday, July 29, 2025.

Late entries cannot be accepted.

To see if your entry has been received see field-day.arrl.org/fdentriesrcvd.php. If your entry is missing any required document or bonus point proof, the status will be listed as "pending."  Participants may upload additional documentation to the entry for up to 30 days after the entry deadline.

Field Day Packet of Documents

Field Day Packet of documents is at: 2025 Field Day Packet .

Logging Software

The following logging software is known to offer support for Field Day, and can be used for logging Field Day contacts. Please send any changes or additions for this list to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• N3FJP   https://www.n3fjp.com/fieldday.html
• N1MM+   https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/
• SkookumLogger (Mac OS)   https://k1gq.net/SkookumLogger/
• WriteLog for Windows   https://writelog.com/
• TR4W (TRlog4Windows) (Windows)   https://tr4w.net/
• MicroLog by WA0H (Windows)   http://wa0h.com
• FDLog   http://www.fdlog.info/ (watch web site for software updates)
• SD by EI5DI (Windows)   https://ei5di.com/
• DXLog.net (Windows)   https://dxlog.net/
• Win-Test (Windows)    http://www.win-test.com/

{We note that this listing from ARRL is very centric with respect to MS Windows and Mac OS.  Linux-based loggers include

• https://www.cqrlog.com/
• https://github.com/foldynl/QLog
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/fldigi/
• https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/
• https://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/Contesting/ (Other software)}