There is one group in Hood River Oregon that operates field day from the WalMart in their area, right along the I-84 freeway every year. They set up near the entrance to the parking lot and have towers mounted on trailers that they use. Most of the WalMarts that I know of that don’t allow overnight camping are ones that often have a full parking lot of customers in cars or that are in a resort area with lots of RV parks, like along the Oregon coast. Bonnie AB7ZQ From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> On Behalf Of Northwestern Division Director Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 6:20 PM To: James F. Boehner MD <jboehner01@yahoo.com> Cc: 'arrl-odv' <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:27212] Re: WMPLOTA Yes it is true but they're are but on a limited basis in some areas 73 and good Hamming Jim, K7CEX Jealousy comes from counting the blessings of others and not seeing your own... On Apr 27, 2018 5:53 PM, "James F. Boehner MD via arrl-odv" <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> > wrote: 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-informa... 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™ From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of David Norris Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 6:08 PM To: Richard J. Norton Cc: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:27207] Re: WMPLOTA 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 stuff Dick! 73 David A. Norris, K5UZ Director, Delta Division Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2018, at 3:26 PM, Richard J. Norton <richardjnorton@gmail.com <mailto:richardjnorton@gmail.com> > wrote: FYI - Good ham radio operating ideas may not all originate in Newington. <http://wmplota.org/> http://WMPLOTA.org No endorsement should be implied. _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv