This coming Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23, the
Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association, EAWA, will be hosting the local
operations of ARRL Field Day. Come and stop by the Trenton Elementary School anytime
between 2PM Saturday and 2 PM Sunday to see what we are up to! We will be
operating 24 hours working other participating stations across North America
testing our equipment and having an overall good time! If you are interested or
just plain curious about this vast hobby and what we provide come on down and
join in!
From The American Radio Relay League (ARRL):
“ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event
held annually in the US and Canada. On
the fourth weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather
with their clubs, groups or simply with friends to operate from remote
locations.
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,
other groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities. It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate
Amateur Radio to 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.
The contest part is
simply to contact as many other stations as possible and to learn to operate
our radio gear in abnormal situations and less than optimal conditions.
But despite the development of very complex, modern
communications systems — or maybe because they ARE so complex — ham radio has
been called into action again and again to provide communications in crises
when it really matters. Amateur Radio
people (also called “hams”) are well known for our communications support in
real disaster and post-disaster situations.
What is Amateur Radio Often called “ham radio,” the Amateur
Radio Service has been around for a century. In that time, it’s grown into a
worldwide community of licensed operators using the airwaves with every
conceivable means of communications technology. Its people range in age from
youngsters to grandparents. Even rocket
scientists and a rock star or two are in the ham ranks. Most, however, are just normal folks like you
and me who enjoy learning and being able to transmit voice, data and pictures
through the air to unusual places, both near and far, without depending on
commercial systems.
The Amateur Radio
frequencies are the last remaining place in the usable radio spectrum where you
as an individual can develop and experiment with wireless communications. Hams not only can make and modify their
equipment, but can create whole new ways to do things. “
For More Information
visit: www.arrl.org
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