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Amateur Radio Field Day Is This Weekend, Demonstrations At Ashton Brosnaham And Bratt Parks
June 23, 2023
Local ham operators will gather at two locations in Escambia County this weekend for the 2023 American Radio Relay League Field Day.
ARRL Field Day is an opportunity for thousands of amateur radio enthusiasts throughout the U.S. and Canada to set up temporary communications stations and make contact with like-minded people. Licensed radio operators, often called “hams,” spend the weekend practicing community outreach, emergency preparedness and technical skills.
Local hams participate in providing emergency communications during hurricanes and other disasters when normal communications are disabled and during local events like triathlons, bikeathons, parades or wherever real time communications are needed.
The Five Flags Amateur Radio Association will begin operations at about 1 p.m. Saturday and operate continuously until 1 p.m. Sunday at Ashton Brosnaham Park off East 10 Mile Road.
The Southern Amateur Radio Union will participate from Travis Nelson Park on West Highway 4 in Bratt, just west of Northview High. Club members from both Escambia counties (Alabama and Florida) will participate from noon Saturday until noon Sunday.
The public is invited to stop by both locations to observe and learn.
At Ashton Brosnaham Park, there will also be a “Get on the Air” station for anyone that wants to try it out. Escambia Search and Rescue, Escambia Fire Rescue and other groups will participate.
The Escambia County Commission recently proclaimed June 20-26 as “Amateur Radio Week” in the county.
NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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6 Responses to “Amateur Radio Field Day Is This Weekend, Demonstrations At Ashton Brosnaham And Bratt Parks”
Addition, I see someone mentioned Auburn. We had two visitors with Auburn T-shirts on, at our Get on the Air table, and we chatted about that and a guy I played HS football with long ago who became a star QB at AUburn — long, long ago. And our group, W3AO, is a mostly Potomac Valley Radio Club group, with well-known guys like W3LPL and K3RA (regular 20M op at W3LPL) we’re in the DC area — north of DC, Maryland, active for 26+ years, lots of NSA and retired NSA and other government and govt. contractor types. Quite a group.
Hi from W3AO and KE3Q! Well done, One of my non-ham friends living in your area sent me the article on y’all. Well done!
A suggestion — in a good spirit — suggestions — better chairs! haha. I know it’s FD and a folding chair is OK, but a lot of our guys bring their nice “secretarial chair” or something comfy from home! Keep up the good work!
Hey, “We’re all in this together.” 73
Travis Nelson Park, WOW!!
Great Place to visit and was a great place to hold our event!!
A BIG THANK YOU to Escambia County Florida for letting us use that Wonderful Park!
Thank You to ALL that came out and visited and participated.
I would like to give a Special Thank You to Frank that came out visited. What a Wonderful and Happy look on your face when You heard the Dits and Dahs, That Look, will forever be imprinted into my memories. Thank You for Your Service and Commitment to Our Country in order for events like this to take place.
I had the privilege of visiting the Southern Amateur Radio Union gathering at Travis Nelson Park. What a wonderful group of individuals!!! As a very old 20 plus year Navy vet that worked in communications I visited thinking of hearing the old familiar dits and dahs..
Not so. Code is rarely used in todays world. However after listening to my experiences one member set a radio to a frequency so I could listen to morse code. Wow!!! It was a joy to hear the code however the kindness and friendliness EACH & EVERY individual displayed to me has left me speechless. I don’t know how to thank them as I appreciate it so much. What wonderful time spent with WONDERFUL people!!!
My dad is a ham up in Auburn. These guys do some cool stuff and perform a very important public service
They communicate by bouncing radio signals off the moon, talk to spaceships, bounce radio signals off meteor showers, help coordinate helicopters from NOLA to other hospitals after Hurricane Katrina, basically they’re the ones who can get communications up and running when the apocalypse comes.
If you catch Dale up in Auburn – WA4CQG tell him hello.
Thanks for including the Southern Amateur Radio Union in the article, William.
Thanks to the folks at Escambia Co (FL) for letting us use Travis Nelson Park.
We have a lot of fun and fellowship. Swing by and visit, you never know who might be there.