My club cancelled the club Field Day event this year. I operated from home, and was quite surprised to work stations operating Class 2A, 3A, etc. I guess that hams around the country are more blase´ about covid-19 than we are here in Michigan….Dan
Area amateur radio operators participate in ARRL Field Day
DUBOIS (PA) — American Radio Relay League members across the nation participated in the organization’s annual Field Day last weekend. Clubs in Treasure Lake, Clearfield County, and Crooked Creek, Armstrong County, set up their amateur radio equipment in remote locations to demonstrate how hams operate with little or no public infrastructure. Steve Smith, a representative of the Treasure Lake Sportsman’s Club’s amateur radio club, said his group had a good turnout for the event. “It was a rainy day, but we had about 50 people show up,” he said. Attendees were a mixture of club members, ham operators and members of the general public interested in exploring the modern version of a vintage hobby.
Local HAMs have Amateur Radio Field Day
MONTE VISTA (CO) – June 27 and 28, the San Luis Valley Amateur Radio Association (SARA) joined Amateur Radio, also known as HAM radio operators, around the country in a 24 hour Field Day. The operation was set up in the parking lot of Calvary Baptist Church, and the group had to erect a towering antenna and two other shorter ones to connect them with the world. Using a generator and other alternative power sources including solar power the local HAMs were able to contact other HAMs thousands of miles away. Working in shifts they were able to keep going from noon Saturday to midnight Sunday.
Here’s a club that did take “social distancing to heart….Dan
Social distancing the norm for Ramona ham radio club
In this new age of physical distancing, members of at least one club are old pros. For years, Ramona amateur radio enthusiasts have been meeting each other, sharing special and mundane aspects of their daily lives, and participating in large events—usually with physical distancing well in place.
That’s because the operators, also known as “hams,” operate on handheld or mobile radios. These radios are different from the widely known citizen band, or “CB” radios, that anyone can purchase and talk on, because ham radio operators must be licensed.
As president of the Ramona Outback Amateur Radio Society (ROARS), Steve Stipp says COVID 19 has caused the club to make some changes, but it hasn’t slowed them down.
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