Field Day

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		One of the World's Oldest Continuously Active Radio Amateur Clubs - since 1917

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Field Day is an opportunity to see amateur radio in action and to have a chance to get “on-the-air”. On the weekend of June 28/29, 2008 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 28th until 3:00pm, Sunday, June 29th. 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 02/22/2008