Emergency Management to Take Part in Weekend Winter Field Day:

eHam.net News — The city’s Division of Emergency Management in cooperation with members of the Cove Repeater Association (Amateur Radio Club) will participate in the national Amateur Radio Winter Field Day exercise Saturday and Sunday at the fire station at 415 S. Main St. The event begins at 1 p.m. Saturday and ends not later than 1 p.m. Sunday. The event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. The Winter Field Day event gives amateur radio operators an opportunity to practice deploying a ham radio station in a simulated emergency situation and to sustain radio communications for 24 hours as they attempt to contact as many other ham radio operators anywhere in the world during that time frame. For over 100 years, amateur radio — sometimes called ham radio — has allowed people from all walks of life to experiment with electronics and communication techniques, as well as provide a free public service to communities during a disaster, all without needing a cellphone or the internet.

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