Posted on 06/01/2010 12:46:06 AM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: "ARRL Field Day is June 26-27, 2010
ARRL Field Day is the largest on-the-air operating event in Amateur Radio. It draws tens of thousands to the airwaves each year, bringing new and experienced hams together for a weekend of fun!"
SNIPPET: "ARRL Field Day Overview
ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. Each year over 35,000 amateurs gather with their clubs, friends or simply by themselves to operate.
ARRL Field Day is not a fully adjudicated contest, which explains much of its popularity. It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come together to highlight our many roles. While some will treat it as a contest, most groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities. It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate Amateur Radio to local elected community leaders, key individuals with the organizations that Amateur Radio might serve in an emergency, as well as the general public. For many clubs, ARRL Field Day is one of the highlights of their annual calendar."
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2280175/posts
Amateur radio operators go on air for field day
Valley Press on ^ | Friday, June 26, 2009. | RICH BREAULT
Posted on June 26, 2009 12:06:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
[H]am radio operators will test their emergency communications capabilities with amateur radio clubs across the nation this weekend.
The field day, the culmination of National Amateur Radio Week, known as the Nationwide Emergency Communications Drill, is intended to give the public a glimpse of the services amateur radio operators provide and a chance to meet the operators themselves.
“In a disaster, when phone lines, cellphones and the Internet are all down, ham radio operators will be on the job,” said Jon Clark, president of the Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club.
The club will set up at the north end of Lancaster City Park, with members manning radios from 11 a.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday.
In Palmdale, members of the Amateur Radio Club of the Lockheed Employees Recreational Club, will play host to a field day in front of the Lockheed Federal Credit Union on Eighth Street East, just south of the guard gate at the Lockheed facility. The field day begins at 11 a.m.
“It’s not just about showing people what the hams do, but it’s important because there’s a need for more people to be involved in amateur radio,” said Roberta Alexander, a Lockheed Employees Recreational Club board member.
The national event is sponsored by the American Radio Relay League, a national organization for amateur radio. It originated the concept of a nationwide field day.
Amateur radio operators, better known as “hams,” participate by gathering at a common meeting ground and communicating with each other without depending on outside power. They will talk with each other - across the Valley, with hams elsewhere in the state and with hams across the nation, to demonstrate forms of communicating on emergency power supply and the radios’ capabilities when a disaster occurs.
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Always a fun weekend, but unfortunately I will be too busy to participate this year. Ugh.
Sorry to hear that BigSkyFreeper.
Maybe you can do it next year.
Hopefully next summer my plate won’t be quite so full with reunions and get-togethers and not to mention an ongoing job search. :)
http://www.theweekly.com/news/2010/May/28/radio_hams.html
“’Radio Hams’ from Gwinnett County join in national deployment Public Demo of Emergency Communications June 26 – 27”
SNIPPET: “LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., (May 28, 2010) - Gwinnett County’s “hams” will join with thousands of Amateur Radio operators who will be showing off their emergency capabilities this weekend. Over the past year, the news has been full of reports of ham radio operators providing critical communications during unexpected emergencies in towns across America including the California wildfires, winter storms, tornadoes and other events worldwide.
In the Gwinnett County area, the Gwinnett County Radio Society and Amateur Radio Emergency Service groups will be demonstrating Amateur Radio at Sweetwater Park, 800 Bethesda School Road, Lawrenceville, 30044 on June 26 and 27. They invite the public to come and see ham radio’s new capabilities and learn how to get their own FCC radio license before the next disaster strikes.”
BTTT
Listen for AA3E, the RACES/ARES Field Day entrant in the 1F class(eoc). Pictures at mcraces.com
BTTT
http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2010/06/23/ham-radio-field-day-set/
“Ham radio operators to test emergy responses”
Posted on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 at 12:00 am.
By Stephanie Nelson
SNIPPET: “Amateur ham radio operators are our last line of communication in times of natural disaster.
Those wanting to know more about what they do and how they do it are invited to watch as the local South Alabama Radio Club participates in the nationwide field day this weekend.
John Brown, SARC president, said local “hams” will join with thousands of amateur radio operators Saturday and Sunday to show off their emergency capabilities.
“The goal of the event is to contact as many states in a 24-hour period as possible – an emergency exercise,” Brown said. “We will operate overnight from 1 p.m. Saturday to 1 p.m. on Sunday using only batteries and generators to power our radios.”
Brown said “hams” provide critical communications during unexpected emergencies and natural disasters.”
http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/539022.html?nav=510
“More Than Just a Hobby
EMA director says ham radio operators save lives”
By IAN HICKS Staff Writer
POSTED: June 23, 2010
SNIPPET: “As Belmont County Emergency Management Director Dave Ivan can tell you, amateur radio - or “ham radio” - operators aren’t just people who like to play with toys. They often can save lives.
This weekend, the public can get a glimpse of “hams” in action during the American Radio Relay League’s annual Field Day, during which ham operators will construct emergency stations in parks, shopping malls, schools and backyards around the country, using mainly emergency power supplies.
Locally, these activities will be on display at the Belmont County Emergency Operations Center, located at 68331 Bannock Road, west of St. Clairsville; and at the Calcutta Walmart.
Ivan said the ham operators will be at the center for 24 hours, from 2 p.m. Saturday through 2 p.m. Sunday.
“The whole concept is to make as many contacts around the U.S. as we can,” he said.”
Note: Photo included.
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/96513304.html
“10 Year Old’s Ham Radio Tower Must Come Down”
By Lauren Leamanczyk
SNIPPET: “MT. PLEASANT - The Mt. Pleasant Plan Commission decided Wednesday to deny a family’s request to keep their ham radio.
The Markstrom family has a 62 foot tower in their Mt. Pleasant yard. They say it is used for emergency communications and it’s a favorite hobby for their 10 year old son Samm. Samm has Cerebral Palsy. He’s won awards for using his radio to help others.”
“Ham Radio Gets Upgraded with Modern Technology”
Stuart Fox
TechNewsDaily Staff Writer
LiveScience.com – Tue Jun 22, 3:50 pm ET
SNIPPET: “In a world where iPhones enable Internet searches from any location with a good cell signal, communicating with a radio may seem a bit old fashioned. But a new generation of ham radio operators is keeping the tradition alive by combining decades-old radio techniques with modern technology.
Today, tech-savvy radio users bounce their signals off communications satellites, use computers to regulate and record their transmissions and even transmit data over high-power radio frequencies. Far from being obsolete, ham radio is finding new uses in the digital age, including as a backup to the Internet during natural disasters.”
ARRL: “Public Service”
http://www.arrl.org/public-service
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/166550/
Published June 24 2010
“Ham radio operators help when all else fails”
SNIPPET: “Until I visited with Rod Klug, I was thinking ham radio was only for grandparents. Klug is one of the Grand Forks area members of the Amateur Radio Club that is holding a Field Day this weekend at the close of the annual Amateur Radio Week. He said there are more ham radio operators now than ever.”
By: Marilyn Hagerty, Grand Forks Herald
SNIPPET: “The slogan is, “When all else fails, ham radio works.” And the hams are able to send messages in many forms without the use of phone systems, internet or other infrastructure that can be compromised in a crisis. They figure more than 35,000 amateur radio operators will take part in the weekend event all over the country.”
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgkl3Db-4tc
“Solar Yaesu 897 Buddipole Field Day Test 2010”
(June 17, 2010)
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