MARCA Details for ARRL Field Day 2026
Woods Canyon Lake Group Campgrounds
... see Field Day Map or click here.
Find us on the ARRL FD Locator too. Not to highlight the poor navigation of the ARRL Website ... one you find the map, it's easier to scroll to Arizona and see the pins ... W7MOT can be seen there...
MARCA will be operating as a class 2A field day station. Class 2A allows 2 regular stations plus a GOTA station, a vhf station, and a satellite or packet station. We will operate Phone, CW, TTY, PSK, some FT-8 and FT-4, and other digital modes.
Set your GPS for Woods Canyon Group Site: 34°19'43.74"N 110°56'24.94"W elev: 7610ft . (34.32881667, -110.94026111). Grid square DM44mh.
W7MOT can also be located via ARRL Field Day 2025 "Find a Field Day Site" at Field Day Station Locator.
All hams, those interested in being Hams, families, friends, and neighbors are welcome. If you would like to participate, please email one of the committee members (listed below) with the number of people in your party, the number of hams and your approximate arrival time. Also, let us know if you can bring a rig or other equipment. Other equipment might be headphones, your favorite key or paddle, coax with PL259s etc. The club will use deep cycle 12 volt batteries to operate Field Day stations during contest period.
Equipment setup will start on Friday afternoon (June 26th) 1:00 pm-ish and finish on Saturday morning (June 27th).
Field Day contest operations starts Saturday morning June 27th at 11:00 am and end 24 hours later on Sunday morning June 28th at 11:00 am.
After the operating period ends, we will tear down and be ready to hit the road back to the “cool” valley mid Sunday afternoon.
Paul Bennett, kd7kdo, is the official CW "copier" of the ARRL Bulletin. All interested in participating in this 30-minute activity are Welcome. Paul will post the time of this event at the Visitors' table.
Becky Johnson is our Social Media Manager. If you are into Social Media and would like to participate, contact Becky. This will be done using Facebook.
Becky Johnson is also our Safety Officer. She will be overseeing the safety of the site setup, Antennas, Operating Stations, Cooking site, and general everything to do with our having a safe Field Day. Listen to her!
There will be a Visitor Information table with schedule of events, Guest Visitors Book, Amateur Radio information, and MARCA information.
A training class with an interesting hands-on project is being planned. The project is open to all attendees. The class will be on Saturday, time will be announced and posted at the Visitor Information table. Duration will be about 90 minutes.
MARCA FD Committee
Paul Bennett, kd7kdo,
Norm Johnson, aa7oo, 480-278-2886,