2020 ARRL Field Day in the time of COVID-19
If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2LRCvabjuA . This is post 2265 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Many radio amateurs around the world will spend the 2020 ARRL Field Day operating from their home stations. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed this popular event into a solo effort with most large club gatherings at public parks and facilities severely limited. In this excellent, upbeat video from HQ ARRL and the Sangamon Valley Radio Club of Springfield, Illinois, we see how a simple home ham station can still be true to the spirit of Field Day while avoiding the danger of contracting the coronavirus. J. Mitch Hopper (K9ZXO) takes us through the steps needed to go solo on Field Day by operating 1-D (commercial mains) and 1-E (battery, solar power, generator) from your home station. The ARRL has bent the rules a bit to give individual radio club members a way to help th