Amateur Radio Field Day - Beaches (B4RS)

Beaches Amateur Radio Society (B4RS) (This is my favorite group, they are the most active, tech savvy and friendly):

Since ARRL Field Day is this weekend and our regularly scheduled club meeting is next week we've decided to cancel the monthly club meeting for this month. We will resume club meetings on July 26th, 2018.

Please plan to attend or stop by field day this weekend June 23 2-6PM (Dinner served at 6PM) and 24th 10am-6pm at the FOP17 Lodge, Jacksonville Beach, FL.

Even if you only hang out for a while we'd love to see you there. This is a great time to play a little radio, talk and experiment. Also a great time to invite guests to introduce them to the ham radio hobby. Do not use Google or other mapping softwares. The best way to get to this location is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SacYLKrzgLc

Take care and hope to see you on Saturday!
http://www.kb4ars.net/events.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BeachsAmateurRadioSociety/

Everyone is welcome to join us.

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. For many clubs, ARRL Field Day is one of the highlights of their annual calendar.

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.

But despite the development of very complex, modern communications systems — or maybe because they ARE so complex — ham radio has been called into action again and again to provide communications in crises when it really matters. Amateur Radio people (als o called “hams”) are well known for our communications support in real disaster and post -disaster situations!