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ARRL Field Day runs from 1pm Saturday to 4 PM Sunday this weekend.<br>
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<a href="http://www.arrl.org/field-day">http://www.arrl.org/field-day</a><br>
<blockquote>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. <br>
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Field Day is a picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an
informal contest and, most of all, FUN! <br>
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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.<br>
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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. We use these same
skills when we help with events such as marathons and <br>
bike-a-thons; fund-raisers such as walk-a-thons; celebrations such
as parades; and exhibits at fairs, malls and museums — these are
all large, preplanned, non-emergency activities. <br>
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As a group we're not planing to do much for this as we're focused
mostly on repeaters, but a number of other groups in the area are
doing it. <br>
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TARC/CARS/SPARC/BARC/wormhole and a few other local clubs are doing
stuff if you're interested in going by and checking it out. I'm
probably going to visit a few clubs over the course of Saturday
night, if anyone wants to come with you're more than welcome.<br>
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73's<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="78">--
Bryan Fields, W9CR
Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.</pre>
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