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Field Day
Pictures from 2007
Field Day is an opportunity to see
amateur radio in action and to have a chance to get “on-the-air”. On the
fourth full weekend of June local residents will have the chance to meet and
talk with amateur radio operators and experience for themselves what the amateur
radio service is all about.
WB9PTC -SK and W9MOT enjoying the weather while operating outside at Field Day.
The Milwaukee Radio Amateurs' Club will hold a
demonstration of emergency communication abilities as a part of an annual Field
Day event on the grounds of the Ozaukee County Historical Society's Pioneer Village from 8:00am Saturday,
June 27th until 1:00pm, Sunday, June 28th. The times include setup and
teardown. There is NO charge to visit our Field Day site!
There is a charge however, to gain admittance to the remainder of Pioneer
Village.
Here we have the "ladder antenna" crew putting up the beam!
The annual Field Day event is held
on the fourth full weekend of June as the climax of the weeklong “Amateur Radio
Week” sponsored by the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), the national
Association of Amateur Radio. The purpose of the event is to practice and prove
hams are able to send messages in many forms without the use of phone systems,
the Internet or any other infrastructure that might be compromised in a crisis.
Each year, ham radio operators set up communications at remote locations using
power sources that vary between solar power, batteries, generators and
commercial power. These "field" operations take place in locations that range
from parks to shopping malls. Hams in the US, Canada and South America
participate.
The setting for the MRAC Field Day
is the historic train depot at Pioneer Village. The history of the railroad and
the telegraph makes this location a perfect setting for this event.
Our Field Day site
Visitors are welcome to come and
try amateur radio for themselves. MRAC will sponsor a G.O.T.A. (Get On The Air)
station where anyone, children included, may participate by getting on air under
the guidance of a licensed ham. Visitors will be able to see different methods
of communication, he different radios and antennas hams use, and learn about the
varied activities that make up amateur radio. This really is a perfect
opportunity to get a taste of amateur radio. Please come and visit and maybe
even operate!
This page was last updated on
01/02/2012
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