For those of you who may be interested in rubbing elbows with some local amateur radio operators, the Independent Radio Club is doing Field Day on the beach in Oxnard this year:
http://www.ircradio.org/fieldday2005.htm Also, the Pasadena Radio Club will be holding Field Day activities at Burbank Elementary School, 2046 N. Allen, Altadena, CA. I stopped by the PRC's setup last year and had a nice chat with the folks there. http://www.qsl.net/w6ka/PRC_Bulletin/PRC%20Newsletter%20April%202005%20web.pdf Field Day, always on the fourth full weekend in June, is a 24 hour event and part of the long tradition of amateur radio is designed to keep emergencyoperating skills nimble for those cases where they are needed, especially civil disasters. http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Day No doubt there are other local groups with Field Day activities planned, but I wanted to pass along these two. Mark
