Public invited to drop in on ham radio annual field day Saturday
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Press release
Mine Creek Amateur Radio Club
TRADING POST – Mine Creek Amateur Radio Club will participate in an annual event for disaster communications training. This Saturday, June 27, clubs and groups across the country will participate in this 80-year-old tradition.
The Mine Creek club will be set up at the Trading Post rest stop at U.S. Highway 69 and Kansas Highway 52 interchange. Members will set up their station and begin transmitting and receiving from 1 p.m. to dark.
The goal is to put together a station and get on the air from parks, county emergency operations centers or even a backyard. Members will attempt to contact stations across North America and the world. More than 1,500 groups across the country are expected to participate.
The public is welcome to stop by, find out more about amateur radio and perhaps get on the air themselves.
Field Day is ham radio's open house
Every June, more than 31,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio's science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio.
Amateur radio operators may provide a critical public service for our community; during times of disaster, we are able to provide reliable communications when the normal infrastructure is offline.
Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission and trained in the art and science of radio communication and basic electronics theory, we own and maintain our own communications equipment and are prohibited by federal law from receiving payment for our services.
ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio®, has built relationships with several served agencies including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and many others.
ARRL serves on SAFECOM, which sets standards for emergency communications nationwide.
This public service is easily extended during non‐emergency civic events, such as parades, marathons, and street festivals.
Field Day is our chance to show the science, service, and skill we can offer to our community free of charge.
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