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Saturday, June 27, 2009
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Ham Radio Field Day
JD Wallace with MicroHAMS uses a homemade potato gun to fire a Washington State #1 russet into the trees at Farrel-McWhirter Park in Redmond. Attached to the potato is a line ham radio enthusiasts will use to pull up an antennae. This weekend, amateur radio operators will gather at Farrel McWhirter Park to test their communications capabilities during a simulated emergency exercise.
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_12707342
“Ham radio fans have a Field Day”
By Lanz Christian Bañes/Times-Herald staff writer
Posted: 06/28/2009 12:00:37 AM PDT
SNIPPET: “At 9 years old, Alexis Scott of Vallejo already has a sprawling network of contacts.
“There’s an 11 year old who’s in Arizona .... There’s this other one called Anthony, he’s in Washington. He’s, I think, 10,” Alexis said Saturday beneath a blistering sun on Mare Island.
But while her network might be vast, Alexis reaches them all through a jumble of dials, microphones and antennae — the amateur, or “ham,” radio.
Alexis was part of a group of about two dozen people who participated in Field Day, an amateur radio exercise in the United States and Canada made to test the countries’ general emergency communications preparedness.”
SNIPPET: “One station was operated by solar power, while the rest were run from the batteries of club member Dave Woodard’s electric car.
“We’re completely off the grid,” said Woodard, 67, who has worked with amateur radio for 53 years.”