It's time to start planning our annual Field Day and Summer Fest event - it's a little more than a month away!!!!! You will need to sign up early if you plan on attending. Also, be sure to read this entire post as there are some great new changes that we are pleased to announce. Also, note that there are a limited number of spaces in the group area.
This year, we are changing the event location to the Mt. Pinos Campground in the Los Padres National Forest. We discovered this camp by accident last year, and it clearly offered us an improvement over our previous location at McGill. Fortunately, Mt. Pinos is located just a few minutes from McGill, and as before, it is located about an hour's drive north of Los Angeles. This will be a family event involving three days of camping in the mountains (elevation 7800 feet), an official ARRL Field Day competition, several trail runs, great food and drink, and an opportunity to relax in the mountains of the Los Padres National Forest. We will also offer all levels of Amateur Radio license testing on Sunday.
There will be a pot luck and Dutch Oven cook-off on Saturday evening combined with wine tasting.
For those who want to explore the area, there are hiking trails and hundreds of miles of off pavement roads, including some of the more challenging, (Miller Jeep Trail). The camp site is accessible by paved roads and all vehicles are welcome.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you wish to attend during the day, to participate in the Field day event (not staying overnight), there is no charge. Everyone who wants to so participate is welcome!!!
FIELD DAY HEADQUARTERS
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CAMP
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GENERAL INFORMATION
PLEASE NOTE:
We have reserved several of the available campsites and anticipate that we will have sufficient space for all who want to attend, but the number of camp spots is limited. We encourage campers to "tent camp" as this will ensure that we make as much space available as possible for all to attend. For this event, trailers will count as vehicles. To avoid having to pay a double fee for your trailer and your vehicle, you can leave your trailer at the camp and park your vehicle at the vehicle overflow (for a small fee - $10.00.) Each campsite can accommodate two campers.
DATES
June 21-23, 2019 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
LOCATION
Mt. Pinos Campground
Cuddy Valley Rd
Frazier Park, California 93225
Mt. Pinos is part of Los Padres National Forest and is situated in a mixed conifer forest in the Pinos Mountains, at an altitude of 7,800 feet. From Los Angeles, it is only about an hour's drive. Campground temperatures are typically 15 to 20 degrees cooler than the Los Angeles Basin.
The area is in the northeastern part of Los Padres National Forest and offers over 1,200 miles of maintained trails. Much of the forest is primitive and has 10 designated wilderness areas.
FACILITIES
- fire ring
- vault toilets
- picnic tables
GPS LOCATION COORDINATES AND ELEVATION:
- Latitude:
34.8137
34° 48' 49.3200" N
- Longitude:
-119.1022
119° 6' 7.9200" W
- Elevation : 7800
Take I-5 North to Frazier Mountain Park Road exit. Go west on Frazier Mountain Park Road for 7 miles to Cuddy Valley Road. Bear right at Cuddy Valley Road. Continue 5 miles to the Y in the road and veer left for about 7 more miles to Mt. Pinos Campground entrance on the left side of the road. More detailed directions are available here: viewtopic.php?f=215&t=4243
AMATEUR RADIO TESTING
Click the following link for information on the Amateur Radio testing: viewtopic.php?f=215&t=4238
FEES:
The fee is per vehicle (trailers count as vehicles) for the entire three days and will reserve you a spot in the camp for both nights. We encourage campers to "tent camp" , but the site can accommodate small trailers. Due to the very limited space in the campsite, large RVs cannot be accommodated.
- $75.00 -in advance for any vehicle (trailers count as a vehicle)
- $80.00 -for a “drop-in” (Showing up without notice.)
Payments will be taken via the “Donate” button at the bottom of any page on the OAUSA website. For other payment arrangements or questions, PM DaveK. Fees are refundable up to 14 days prior to the event with no penalties.
RADIO CALL-IN INFORMATION
For each of the three days of this event we will be monitoring the Frazier Mountain Repeater.
- Frazier Mountain Repeater
Frequency and offset: 447.860-
PL: 141.3
ROSTER
PLEASE NOTE;
- If you wish to attend, please post your information as follows:
Name and the number of people in your party
Vehicle Type
Dates Attending
Accommodations (i.e. Group Camping, Hotel, Day-Trip, other, etc.)
- Once payment has been received, “CONFIRMED” will be posted next to your name, as below.
1. DaveK K6DTK- Confirmed
Hummer
All three days
Group Camp
2. cruiserlarry W6LPB - Confirmed
Toyota FJ
All three days
Group Camp
3. TomS -KI6FHA - Confirmed
Toyota 80
All three days
Group Camp
4. Jack M. KK6WXQ - Confirmed
Jeep & Tent
All three days
Group Camp
5. Kevin KK6DGL Confirmed
Jeep
All three days
Group Camp
6. Jeepergeo - Confirmed
Ford 150
all three days
group camp
7. Notamog - Confirmed
Pinz (we hope)
all three days
group camp
8. Hector - Confirmed
Toyota FJ
all three days
group camp
9. Paul - Confirmed
Toyota Sequoia
all three days
group camp
(I hope to make it to at least half the places this bike has been)
