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), who has been a resident of Tipp City for over 40 years, says 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.

2010 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 26th thru 27th. However, antenna raising and equipment setup begins on Friday June 25th after 2 PM. The contest starts at 2 PM Saturday and ends 2 PM Sunday. This year we will have five stations available for operation. Most communication modes will be represented i.e., Voice (SSB), CW, PSK31, RTTY and more. Please come and join us on Saturday from 2 PM to dark.

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