The Iola Amateur Radio Club will participate in field day activities June 27-28 in LaHarpe.
The event will be at club president Gale Jeffers’s home at 408 S. Broadway St.
Field Day is an annual exercise to encourage emergency communication preparedness among amateur radio operators across the country.It is typically the largest single emergency preparedness event in the country, with over 30,000 operators participating.
Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June.
Ham radio operations are considered a vital component of disaster operation centers, in both rural and metropolitan areas, utilizing emergency and alternative power sources because public infrastructure may be compromised in an actual emergency.
Several contests are held throughout the event to determine the effectiveness of the exercise, with more leisurely activities a component as well.
The operations will last a full 24 hours.
The Iola Amateur Radio Club will assemble a portable radio, using deployable portable antennas and generators.
