Jun 28 2009
Field Day
This week, I only did one geocache advenuture on Tuesday, a week ago today was washed out with rain. Tuesday, the first cache was a did-not-find, and the second cache was a to-be-continued as you had to search out clues to find the coordinates, which I did, and it was a history lesson. So, I will post this adventure when I have completed the whole thing.
This weekend is Field Day - a weekend long contest for amateur radio operators. The goal is to see how many contacts you can make during the contest time, by operating in different modes. Field Day is supposed to be an opportunity for you to take you equipment and setup in a mobile / portable location, to simulate an ‘emergency’ type of setup where you may not be connected to commercial power.
Some folks run their Field Day contest from the comfort of their home based station, others go outside, but into a sheltered area such as a picnic grove, and yet others, will actually go into a field or forest and setup their operation. Stations will run a variety of equipment that is either powered from commercial power, battery power, generator power, or there are even those that will solar power their stations.
Field Day and many of the contests are sponosred by the American Radio Relay League. Amateur Radio is a fun and exciting hobby that allows you to make contacts with individual all over the world. Give it a try!
