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<blockquote data-quote="p238shooter" data-source="post: 2408931" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>Being prepared for emergency communications is the backbone and the root reason for ham radio. This is the reason the FCC gives us permission to talk on our frequencies rather than selling them to other entities like most others are done.</p><p></p><p>Most ham clubs can show up at a remote site and have a temporary communication station set up to talk a 30 mile radius or if needed across the nation in less than an hour. Every year we practice this by having a contest called Field Day" of setting up a station with radios and antennas in a field, remote park or similar area with no facilities (we usually rent a porta-pottie) and see how many contacts we can make in a 24 hour period of time. Most of these stations run off of generator. Hundreds of contacts can usually be made nationwide and out of the country with temporary equipment.</p><p></p><p>We usually make it fun with someone bringing their charcoaler. Visitors are welcome, and we usually let them talk on our radios with us helping them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="p238shooter, post: 2408931, member: 24583"] Being prepared for emergency communications is the backbone and the root reason for ham radio. This is the reason the FCC gives us permission to talk on our frequencies rather than selling them to other entities like most others are done. Most ham clubs can show up at a remote site and have a temporary communication station set up to talk a 30 mile radius or if needed across the nation in less than an hour. Every year we practice this by having a contest called Field Day" of setting up a station with radios and antennas in a field, remote park or similar area with no facilities (we usually rent a porta-pottie) and see how many contacts we can make in a 24 hour period of time. Most of these stations run off of generator. Hundreds of contacts can usually be made nationwide and out of the country with temporary equipment. We usually make it fun with someone bringing their charcoaler. Visitors are welcome, and we usually let them talk on our radios with us helping them. [/QUOTE]
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