Field Day is a yearly preparedness exercise sponsored by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the national association for amateur radio.

To the best of his recollection, Arthur Arestad (W8WTL)(SK), who was a resident of Tipp City for over 50 years, said that 2001 was the first time Field Day was conducted in Tipp City.

Tipp City amateur radio operators worked around the clock using emergency power to make contacts with other amateur radio operators across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, just to name a few of the places contacted.

Field Day is designed to test the ability of amateur radio operators to set up and operate portable stations under emergency conditions, such as the loss of electricity during storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and other disasters.  In the event of an emergency, Tipp City is fortunate to have many amateur radio operators to volunteer their services.

2014 Field Day in Tipp City will be held at the Tipp City park located at 3rd and Park Streets Tipp City, Ohio. The date of this years event is June 28 - 29. However, antenna raising and equipment setup begins on Friday June 27 after 2 PM. The contest starts at 2 PM Saturday and ends 2 PM Sunday. This year we will have four stations available for operation. Most communication modes will be represented i.e., Voice (SSB), CW, PSK31, RTTY and more. The public is invited to come and join us on Saturday from 2 PM to dark.  Dinner will be served at 5:30 PM.  Please bring a covered dish to share and your choice of non-alcoholic drinks.

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