Field Day

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Field Day is an annual event sponsored by the ARRL to demonstrate and excercise the emergency preparedness of ham radio operators. The objectives include using emergency power, and exchanging information with other stations throughout North America.

Field Day 2009

The 2009 Green Bay Mike & Key Club Field Day was held at Ashwaubomay park once again. The contest ran from 1:00PM on Saturday to 1:00PM on Sunday. The club had an unexpected vist from a Green Bay Press Gazzette reporter during setup just an hour before the event started. You can read about it it the Sunday (June 28th,2009)Press Gazzette in the Local/State section of the paper and see a great multi-media slide show online at www.greenbaypressgazzette.com . The club had both the old and new trailers setup. They operated two stations. One station operated strickly from a deep-cylce marine battery charged from a solar panel. The other station and laptops operated from a generator.

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