{"id":853,"date":"2024-11-15T00:18:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T00:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lcarc.ca\/?page_id=853"},"modified":"2024-11-15T00:44:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T00:44:09","slug":"field-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lcarc.ca\/?page_id=853","title":{"rendered":"Field Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"853\" class=\"elementor elementor-853\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-981768c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"981768c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f945488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f945488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FIELD DAY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7583790 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7583790\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff27f58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff27f58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The earliest known organized field day activity was held in Great Britain\u00a0 in 1930, and was soon emulated by small events through Europe and North America.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Birdseye, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; color: #da4444; font-size: large;\">Field Day is ham radio&#8217;s open house.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Birdseye, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio&#8217;s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Birdseye, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0In the United States, it is typically the largest single emergency preparedness exercise in the country, with over 30,000 operators participating each year. Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Birdseye, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Birdseye, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Birdseye, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-857 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\" src=\"https:\/\/lcarc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/493693109_orig-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lcarc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/493693109_orig-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lcarc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/493693109_orig.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Since the first ARRL Field Day in 1933, radio amateurs throughout North America have practiced the rapid deployment of radio communications equipment in environments ranging from operations under tents in remote areas to operations inside Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs). Operations using emergency and alternative power sources are highly encouraged, since electricity and other public infrastructures are often among the first to fail during a natural disaster or severe weather.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Birdseye, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Birdseye, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal;\">To determine the effectiveness of the exercise and of each participant&#8217;s operations, there is an integrated contesting component, and many clubs also engage in concurrent leisure activities (camping out, cookouts, etc.). Operations typically last a continuous twenty-four hours, requiring scheduled relief operators to keep stations on the air. Additional contest points are awarded for experimenting with unusual modes, making contacts via satellite, and involving youth in the activity.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Birdseye, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0350c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a0350c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7842a7d e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7842a7d\" 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