Ham radio enthusiasts plan to have a Field Day

(Baltimore Sun) ... Part campout, part emergency preparedness exercise, Field Day sets aside 24 hours during which hams around the world set up their gear away from home, try to contact as many of their global counterparts as possible using only emergency power sources, and in general have a grand time "rag-chewing" (gabbing), eating barbecue and crashing in tents." One reason ham radio exists is that it serves as an emergency backup system," says Bruce McPherson, president of the Maryland Mobileers Amateur Radio Club, one of the two based in Anne Arundel County that will hold Field Day exercises that are free and open to the public. "Field Day keeps us sharp, but we wouldn't do it if it weren't fun." Continued

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