American Radio Relay League Field Day

In the past, ham radio has been mostly been considered a senior male's game, but more and more younger people are seriously picking up on the hobby. This includes both girls and boys, young men and young women. It can be essential in times of emergencies because it works when other forms of communications don't. All of the radios are operating off of either 12 volt batteries, solar, wind power, or a generator. When possible, most of the computers used were being run by a generator or battery instead of using mains power for the entire length of the event. The exception was that in 2019, we ran commercial power to the computer displaying the electronic map and the router handling the network of up to 7 computers to insure stability.

Because of the "CoVid-19 "pandemic," we weren't able to do Field Day from our usual place. Instead, Tony Cline was gracious enough to let us use his barn to operate in. For the a first time, it wasn't too bad, but we did learn that a steel barn isn't the greatest to put an antenna in. We really were in it for the fun. Had a few great cookouts and Tony and his family cooked up a great pot of ham and beans along with corn bread and watermelon. How can you beat that? Thanks, Tony! And thanks to Rick Wagaman for providing the photos. By the way, looks like Google isn't doing the slide show like are on the other photos at the moment. I'll be trying to improve this display as time goes on. Meanwhile, it's possible to add comments to the photos.