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Episode: 4693
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Title: Amateur Radio Field Days
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Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr4693/hpr4693.mp3
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Transcribed: 2026-07-31 16:16:54 (official HPR transcript)
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This is Hacker Public Radio Episode 4693, for 2026-07-29
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Today's show is entitled, "Amateur Radio Field Days"
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The host is Archer72 and the duration is 00:11:14
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The flag is Clean, and the license is CC-BY-SA
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The summary is "Archer72 talks briefly about the worldwide Amateur Radio Field Days"
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article and it's an annual amateur radio contest widely sponsored by the IARU regions and
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member organizations encouraging emergency communications preparedness among radio amateur
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operators. In the United States it is typically the largest single emergency preparedness
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exercise in the country with over 30,000 operators participating each year. Field Day is always
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the fourth full weekend of June beginning at 1,800 UTC Saturday and running through
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259 UTC Sunday. Since the first 8 o'clock RL field day in 1933 radio amateur is throughout North America
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have practiced the rapid deployment of radio communications equipment and environments ranging from
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operations under tents and remote areas to operations inside emergency operations centers.
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Operations using emergency and alternative power sources are highly encouraged since electricity
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and other public infrastructures are often among the first to fail during national
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the first to fail during a natural disaster or severe weather. To determine the effectiveness
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to determine the effectiveness of the exercise and of each participant's operations
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there is an integrated competitive component and many clubs also engage in concurrent
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leisure activities or example camping in cookouts. Operations typically last at continuous 24 hours
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requiring scheduled relief operators to keep the stations on the air. On the day additional
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contest points are rewarded for experimenting with unusual modes making context be a satellite
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and involving youth in the activity. International field day events i.a. are you region one
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sponsors and amateur radio field day for Europe and Belgium the Royal Union of Belgium
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amateur radio amateurs organizes the field days in Belgium. In the United Kingdom the Radio Society
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of Great Britain holds its field days with the region one schedule but has its own awards
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independent of the rest of the I.A. R.U. region. C.W. is the first full weekend of June from Saturday
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1500 UTC to 1500 UTC June 1st and 2nd has 2019 as of this reading. Single side band first
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full weekend of September from Saturday 1300 UTC to Sunday 1300 UTC September 7th through the 8th
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2019 as of this reading. The Doitser amateur radio club refer at DXU H Funk Sport hold this
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field days with the region one schedule. C.W. is the first full weekend of June from Saturday
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1500 UTC to Sunday 1500 UTC June 1 to 1st to the 2nd 2019 as of this reading. Single side band
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is the first full weekend of September from Saturday 1300 UTC to Sunday 1300 UTC from September 7th
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to the 8th 2019 as of this reading. In Greece the Radio Amateur Association of Greece
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organizes the National Field Day with region one SSB Field Day first weekend of September.
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It issues its own awards for the highest scoring Greek stations who participate in submit contest
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logs. In Italy the associate Zione Radio Amateur Italiano holds its field days with region one schedule.
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C.W. is the first full weekend of June from Saturday 1500 UTC to Sunday 1500 UTC
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UTC on June 4 to the 5th 22 22 as of this reading. Single side band SSB is the first full weekend
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of September from Saturday 1300 UTC to Sunday 1300 UTC September 3rd to the 4th 22 as of this
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reading. I.A. are you region two United States and Canada. The American Radio Relay League
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slash radio amateurs of Canada Field Day is held annually during the first full weekend in June
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beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 25 29 UTC Sunday.
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Sponsored by the AA WRL and RAC but organizes primarily by AA WRL. Field Day is open to all
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amateur radio operators covered by these two I.A. R.U. member organizations.
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In Brazil the scout movement in Brazil also participates in scout field day with the participation
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of amateur radio scouts during the second week of June. Scout field day like what happens around
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the world takes young people to the countryside squares, grounds and public places other than scout
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headquarters so they can assemble their equipment. If possible in a sustainable way to work
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with a short time to work during short time in emergency mode safely learning details and
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prepared preparing to save or help lives. Scouts field day is a camp or excursion with the same
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preparations as any other scout activity however with the use of radio stations in BHF UHF and HF
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transmitting and receiving signals via phone and even telegarvy. I.A. R.U. region 3. There is currently
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no organized field day for all of region 3 all there is a proposal to create one similar to
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that of region 1. In Taiwan there is a bay annual field day held in Taiwan by the Chinese
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Taipei amateur radio league. In New Zealand the New Zealand association of radio transmitters
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holds in HF National Field Day as of 2015 which is archived in the way back machine.
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It's a contest every February and a VHF field day each December.
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The Korean amateur radio league holds a field day for two to five days at a regional branch
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during summer every year. In Australia the wireless institute of Australia holds the
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John Moelle Field Day in March every year. Emergency preparedness field day stresses
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emergency preparedness frequently radio clubs get involved and assemble a portable radio
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station in a field or park. Some might use quickly deployable portable antennas while others
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might erect more elaborate radio mass and towers supporting several antennas generators or solar
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power provide electricity to amateur radio receivers which may be located in tents, cars,
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recreational vehicles or other portable shelters. Contest rules and activities
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officially field day in the US is an operating event in not a contest. However it does operate
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exactly like a contest without awards. The competitive aspect of a field day operating event
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is to contact as many stations as possible in a given time period 24 hours during a weekend.
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If setup commences before the contest starts or 27 hours if setup commences at contest start time.
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Using the portable station each station will exchange information with the other participating
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stations. For the North American field day the exchange consists of the station call sign.
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The name of a double RL recognize section from which the station is operating and a class
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designator which indicates the number of transmitters concurrently used at the station and
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information about the type of electrical power and source being used. The contest portion of
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field day has two purposes. The primary purpose is to test the group's ability to plan operations.
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They can be effective for an entire 24 hour period including operator and dorms and adequate
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number of operators for shift operation. The secondary portion is to demonstrate the technical
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proficiency of the station that has been hastily constructed for the purpose.
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In theory a better station will be capable of emergency operations in dire conditions.
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Such a station will also be capable of making more contacts during the contest portion of
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field day. Point systems are structured to motivate emergency preparedness activities such as
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designating a safety officer for the station or incorporating auxiliary power capabilities.
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The rules governing this activity are published by the sponsor of the particular field day exercise.
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Promotion of amateur radio. Field day is frequently used to attract significant
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publicity for amateur radio and some clubs simultaneously demonstrate technologies using single
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sideband voice. Morse code commonly called CW digital mode such as RTTY PSK31 and Winlink among others
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and communication via amateur radio satellites. As of July 16th, 2026 this is my first amateur radio
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field day that I had participated only as an observer in the past month. This has been
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archer 72 and I'm encouraging anybody listening to get out and participate in either your
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hand radio club or any other type of club just and we'd like to hear about it on hacker
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public radio.
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