Field Day

	Field Day ... ARRL National Communications Disaster Drill
	Fourth weekend in June 1800 UTC Saturday, to 2100 UTC Sunday .
	Field Day Photos

An entire weekend of ham radio.. Always the
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Held at: Walden Ponds Park and the LARC Club house
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Ham Radio operators from all over the US and Canada , and in other parts of the world as well, take their radios , antennas and equipment into the great outdoors to set up and operate away from electrical power mains.
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Purpose: An annual exercise where ham's set up and operation radio communications in the event of emergency or disaster conditions. Priority is placed on skills and equipment developed to meet the challenge of emergency preparedness and to acquaint the public with the capabilities of Amateur Radio. Hams work as many stations as possible on any or all amateur bands and, in doing so, to learn to operate in abnormal situations under less-than-optimum conditions.
. Field Day Rules 1. Eligibility: Field Day is open to all amateurs in the areas covered by the ARRL/RAC Field Organizations and countries within IARU Region 2. DX stations residing in other regions may be contacted for credit, but are not eligible to submit entries. 2. Object: To work as many stations as possible on any and all amateur bands (excluding the 60, 30, 17, and 12-meter bands) and in doing so to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions. A premium is placed on developing skills to meet the challenges of emergency preparedness as well as to acquaint the general public with the capabilities of Amateur Radio. 3. Date and Time Period: Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and ending at 2100 UTC Sunday. Field Day 2006 will be held June 23-25, 2006.