PRARC Field Day 2024
On June 22 - 23, 2024, the Paso Robles Amateur Radio Club (PRARC) will demonstrate emergency communications for the public during the annual ARRL Field Day communications exercise in the field adjacent to the Warbirds Museum parking lot, 4251 Dry Creek Road, Paso Robles, CA. The event is run as a public education event.
During operation, there will be the same rapid message handling done in real emergencies, with visitors getting the opportunity to participate under supervision of licensed radio operators.
According to the national American Radio Relay League (ARRL), “Field Day is ham radio’s open house. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’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.”
The Paso Robles Amateur Radio Club (PRARC) is made up of amateur radio enthusiasts from around the greater North SLO and South Monterey County areas. PRARC was founded in the 1940’s with a mission to spark interest in electronics, radio operations, and community service through club activities and the use of the Amateur Radio Service. Radio Amateurs have varied interests such as electronics tinkering, satellite communications, rocketry telemetry, developing new communications technologies, and helping out with public service events.
Often called “ham radio,” the Amateur Radio Service has been around for over a century. It’s grown into a worldwide community of licensed operators using the airwaves with every conceivable means of communications technology. Its people range in age from youngsters to grandparents. Even rocket scientists and a rock star or two are in the ham ranks. Most, however, are just regular folks like you and me who enjoy learning and being able to transmit voice, data and pictures through the air to unusual places near and far, without depending on commercial systems.
In the United States there are over 775,000 FCC-licensed amateurs, more than ever before. There is no age limit, so even youngsters enjoy learning to merge radio with their interests in computers, Bluetooth devices, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi processors, model rocketry, robotics, and drones.
For more information on the club and the event, check the Field Day information on the club web page: https://www.pasoroblesradio.net/
For information on the American Radio Relay League: http://www.arrl.org/field-day
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