Field Day is pretty much ingrained in our brains as running from 1800Z Saturday
until 1800Z Sunday. But it actually runs until 2059Z on Sunday, though since
most traditional FD setups start at the 1800Z start, they quit at 1800Z Sunday.
The rule:
3.2. Stations who begin setting up before 1800 UTC Saturday may work only 24
consecutive hours, commencing when on-the-air operations begin.
With many more of us likely operating from home this year, not as part of a
club distributed effort, should you not be around at the 1800Z start, feel free
to keep going until 24 hours after your actual start time. Things can get
pretty slow after 1800Z, but for some people, such as CW newcomers or folks
with less than big signals, this might be a feature, not a bug.
With this year's rule waiver for "club aggregate" scores there is no
requirement that those club entries must operate concurrently.
So good luck and have fun whatever you might be doing!
73 - Jim K8MR
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