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| Terry Pokorny of Nevada, Mo. makes contact with another radio operator in S. Carolina during the event held this weekend at the Adrian City Park |
Amateur radio has been around a long time and is one of those technologies that has not outlived it's usefulness. In fact, in the event of a disaster amateur radio (also called ham radio) is the only way to make contact with the outside world as cell phones and the internet probably won't be working.
Case in point, ham radio operators helped keep lines of communication open when nothing else worked during the Joplin disaster last year.
For this field day the work area near the Adrian City Lake was a carefully orchestrated test run that the public could come and see- all types of temporary antennas, generators, cables, test equipment and of course the radios that make communication possible to points even around the world.
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| Well into the nighttime hours, Steve Vowels continues to make contacts all over the USA |
"We're running radios on a variety of bands" said Kevin Scrogham who helped lead the group this weekend "The purpose of the field day is to make as many contacts with operators in other parts of the country to demonstrate just how fast and effective this technology is". In fact, some 13 contacts were made with operators in Washington, Michigan and Pennsylvania, to name a few, in the short time we were visiting with Scrogham.
The club was formed just this year and already has 8 members- Kevin Scrogham, Dennis Jacobs, Bill DelliPaoli, Steve Vowels, Ken Garner, Terrence Wilson and Art Ghys who most all were at the controls at one time or another during the event.
For more information about the club and to find out about a useful and fun hobby visit the Bates County Amateur Radio Club web site here www.bc-arc.com.
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| Bates County Amateur Radio Club members get ready for a full night on the airwaves during Field Day held this weekend at the Adrian City Park |
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