Coastside celebrates Amateur Radio Field Day, Saturday

Amateur Radio Operators (hams) will set up and operate several field radio stations to contact other hams across the Country and around the world, at North Venice Beach Parking Lot, Half Moon Bay, Saturday.  Our objective is to contact as many other hams as possible under simulated emergency or disaster conditions.

All licensed Amateur Radio Operators are invited and encouraged to participate regardless of knowledge level.  Are you an experienced contester, great! Have your license but never been on the air, even better!  Just curious about what this is all about?  Come on by and say hello!  The general public is welcome see how it’s done and even try their hands on the mic. 

The occasion is the American Radio Relay League’s annual Field Day.  Amateur Radio operators practice communication skills under primitive conditions, with generator and battery-powered equipment and portable antennas.  Special awards are given for "alternative" power sources such as solar, wind and methane.  Field Day is a competition as well as a "trial run" for emergency communication skills used during disaster situations.

In addition, the Half Moon Bay Amateur Radio Emergency Service holds monthly meetings on the 1st Wednesday of each month at the Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.  The public is welcome.  Also for licensed hams, there is a weekly on-air net every Wednesday night at 8:00 pm on 147.285 MHz, positive offset and a PL of 114.8 Hz.

Setup – Saturday, June 28, 8 am to11 am
Contest – Saturday, June 28, 11 am to Sunday, June 29, 11 am
Takedown – Sunday, June 29, 11 am to 1 pm

For questions contact: Mark Reed, K6HMB
Ph: 650-274-4057
[email protected]