All,
We are doing Field Day 2026 a little differently than in previous years. Please scroll up and read the posts by Club President Mark Johnson (W5PTX). Also please read my comments in the Announcements area of the forums – MEETING DATE CHANGE: RRVARC Monthly Meeting 06-20-2026 (link here). From that post:
In recent years we have had a short meeting at the Field Day venue, but this year we are doing FD a little differently. Club President Mark Johnson (W5PTX) is going to lead the RRVARC FD activities at Cooper Lake State Park Doctors Creek Unit. Charles (WA5VHU) and Cindy (KD5CCB) Penry will be at cabin 4, and Mark will be at cabin 2. They will arrive on 6/26/26 and check out on 6/29/26 (They stay an extra night so they don’t have to leave before the event ends.). Everyone is welcome and encouraged to go and participate. If you have any questions, please contact Mark.
Kathy (W5WON) and I are going to represent RRVARC at our adjacent ham club, the Fannin County Amateur Radio Club (K5FRC) FD event at the Bois D’Arc Creek Cowboy Church (3301 SH 121 in Bonham, TX). If you want to go and check out how they do things, please contact me.
If you go to either location please take some pictures and email them to Mark or I so that we can both build a presentation for an upcoming Club meeting and make a post here on the site.
If you are looking for the full 41 page ARRL Field Day 2026 Packet you can download that PDF right from our site (link here). If you are simply looking for the 7 page ARRL Field Day 2026 Rules you can download that PDF file from us as well (link here).
We hope you will go to one or both locations and have a great time! We also look forward to seeing you at the Paris PD Municipal courtroom on Saturday the 20th – a week earlier than usual – for our moved up regular Club meeting
73
Phillip Beall (W5EBC)