The Iola Amateur Radio Club members discussed at their June 11 meeting the upcoming Ham Radio Field Day activities in LaHarpe.
The event kicks off at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gale Jeffers’s residence, 412 S. Broadway St., and runs until 1 p.m. Sunday.
Field Day is an annual exercise for amateur ham radio operators, and is sponsored by regions and member organizations to encourage emergency communications preparedness.
It’s typically the largest such exercise in the country, with more than 30,000 operators taking part.
The public is invited.
Five members attended the monthly meeting.
The group meets again at 7 p.m. July 9 at Iola City Hall.
