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“Ham Radio Field Day in Northern Minnesota”
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June 27, 2009
Amateur Radio Operators across the U.S. conducted what is called Field Day over the weekend of June 27-28. This is a test of all lines of radio communications via Ham Radio to check the system should Amateur Radio Operators be called on during summer storm disasters. This field day ops was conducted near Emmaville, Minnesota.
Category: Education
Tags: Ham Radio Field Day
“Ham radio enthusiasts active now more than ever”
Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 12:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 12:50 p.m.
SNIPPET: “Ricky Tharrington has been interested in radio since he was a boy listening to a shortwave radio at night, his bedroom lit by the green dial. He would tune into the BBC, Radio Moscow or stations in Ecuador and South Africa.
Bill Morine was hooked by a neighbor who had a father in the merchant marine. He would talk to his father at sea using a ham radio.
Members of the Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club (www.ac4rc.org) followed different paths into the hobby, but they all have one thing in common: They take no pay or compensation for any of the services they perform.”