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Overall, we were #1035 out of a total of 2902 listed.
We were #233 in the 3A category.
We were #4 in ND (out of 11 total).
It’s that time of year, again! The annual ARRL Field Day will be happening on June 23rd & 24th, this year. This year, we are planning to run a 3A event, meaning three stations set up off-grid (no commercial power). All will be operating using the club call sign for the entire event, using separate bands and modes. We plan on operating from 1PM on Saturday until 1PM on Sunday.
Members of the Jamestown Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, June 23-24 at Fort Seward. This event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend.
Field Day demonstrates ham radio’s ability to work reliably under any conditions from almost any location and create an independent communications network. Over 35,000 people from thousands of locations participated in Field Day in 2016. “It’s easy for anyone to pick up a computer or smartphone, connect to the Internet and communicate, with no knowledge of how the devices function or connect to each other,” said Dave Isgur of the American Radio Relay League, the national association for Amateur Radio. “But if there’s an interruption of service or you’re out of range of a cell tower, you have no way to communicate. Ham radio functions completely independent of the Internet or cell phone infrastructure, can interface with tablets or smartphones, and can be set up almost anywhere in minutes. That’s the beauty of Amateur Radio during a communications outage.”
“Hams can literally throw a wire in a tree for an antenna, connect it to a battery-powered transmitter and communicate halfway around the world,” Kutzko added. “Hams do this by using a layer of Earth’s atmosphere as a sort of mirror for radio waves.
In today’s electronic do-it-yourself (DIY) environment, ham radio remains one of the best ways for people to learn about electronics, physics, meteorology, and numerous other scientific disciplines, and is a huge asset to any community during disasters if the standard communication infrastructure goes down.”
Anyone may become a licensed Amateur Radio operator. There are over 725,000 licensed hams in the United States, as young as 5 and as old as 100. And with clubs such as Jamestown Amateur Radio Club, it’s easy for anybody to get involved right here in Stutsman County.
For more information about Field Day, contact us, or visit www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio.