ARRL Field Day runs from 1pm Saturday to 4 PM Sunday this weekend. http://www.arrl.org/field-day 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. Field Day is a picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN! 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.