C W operator Stan Grady and Ernie Bryant hammering out contacts during Field Day 2005

Montgomery ARS will be participating in the annual Amateur Radio Field Day exercise.  We will be using our Station call of NC4MC.
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2006 is the centennial of voices broadcast over the airwaves and Amateur Radio operators will be celebrating!  In June is one of the most important events, the annual Amateur Radio Week and Field Day.

Amateur Radio  Week for 2006 starts with Kids Day on June 17.  This is a day when clubs around the country try to have as many activities for youth as possible.   Not only are there youth clubs (membership is made up of youth)  involved, but demonstrations and on-air activities are set up in many  locations inviting youth to come, see and even send messages on the radio  using many different methods -from Morse code to the latest high speed digital  equipment.

On Tuesday June 20 is  "Take Your HT  to Work Day" in which Amateur Radio Operators around the country will take  their smaller, handheld radios to work with them.  By wearing them on a belt or putting them on a desk, they hope to get inquiries from co-workers  about radio.  Over the lunch hour, they will encourage their co-workers  to actually talk on the radio under supervision and also invite them to come  see full stations in operation the following weekend.

Field Day is June 23-24, 2007 and it is the main event in which hams all over the  country set up simulated emergency stations in public areas.  Using only emergency power (generator, battery, solar or similar options) they make  contact with other stations all over the country and the world using a  multitude of radio modes. 

The Montgomery County Amateur Radio Society invites you to explore the fun and capabilities of modern Amateur Radio by meeting us at The Biscoe Park Picnic Shelter, in Biscoe, NC on June 23-24, 2007. Setup starts at 10:00 AM Saturday and start broadcasting at 2:00 PM until Sunday at 2:00 PM. 

For further information please contact  Don Grady at  dgrady1@carolina.net

Map of the USA with pins showing all the States we made contacts in during the 24 hour contest

Packet Radio and computer connections to other ham radio operators during field day exercise