CRESTVIEW — North Okaloosa Amateur Radio Club members this weekend will participate in the National Amateur Radio “Field Day” exercise.
NOARC’s 30-plus members will join more than 35,000 radio amateurs in the United States and Canada to practice their emergency response capabilities.
The North Okaloosa Amateurs will set up tents, generators, solar power systems, several operating stations and temporary antennas at the location of their future Communications and Training Center, 997 Webb St., Crestview. Club members recently purchased this lot and are raising funds to build a permanent structure there.
NOARC members will start “on air” operations at 9 a.m. Saturday June 25 and continue through mid-morning Sunday.
Anyone interested in learning about amateur radio can stop by, and might even have the opportunity to talk to other radio amateur clubs participating in this annual event.
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DID YOU KNOW?
●Last year, North Okaloosa Amateur Radio Club members provided communications assistance to the Triple B Cookoff, Race for Lace, the Veterans Day and Christmas parades, the Fall Festival and several amateur radio related events.
●They donated 672.5 hours, the use of 30 radios, and traveled over 914 miles for a total contribution value of $41,734.50, according to a media release.
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See www.w4aaz.org and www.facebook.com/groups/NOARC/?ref=bookmarks to learn more about the North Okaloosa Amateur Radio Club
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: North Okaloosa Amateur Radio Club schedules Crestview 'field day'