Tom Abernathy may know WAY more about this, but I was told years ago that many Walmart’s across the country allow overnight camping. This was apparently the philosophy of the founder, Sam Walton.
An interesting link is here: https://www.elmonterv.com/guide/rv-rental-information/overnight-stay-information/
Not all stores allow overnight camping, but I’ll bet those that do would allow hams to operate through the night for Field Day as well as these contests.
’73 de JIM N2ZZ
Director – Roanoke Division
Representing ARRL members in the Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina sections
ARRL – The National Association for Amateur Radio™
Wow!
They left out the part about working the Wal Mart HQ stations W5SAM and W5BUD in the Bentonville, AR Corporate Office for a bonus...
Good ham radio operating ideas may not all originate in Newington.
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