ARRL, National Amateur Radio Field Day

Overview

What is ARRL Field Day? You’re Invited! This is open to the public and you may even have the opportunity to talk to others all over North America!

ARRL Field Day is a radio communications event that brings together amateur radio operators (also called “hams”) within your community. ARRL Field Day is the most popular ham radio activity held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend in June each year, more than 31,000 hams get together with their radio clubs, schools, or friends to operate from remote locations.

CARC (Casper Amateur Radio Club) will be at the Natrona County Fair Grounds (follow the signs or look for the radio tower) participating in this event. We welcome the community to join us as we talk over the radio waves. We will be providing a test session for those that want to become a licensed radio operator.

Some groups use Field Day as an opportunity to practice their emergency communications readiness. ARRL Field Day is an annual demonstration and invites the general public and organizations to see how amateur radio can serve in an emergency, When All Else Fails®. Hams are well-known for their communications support in real disaster and post-disaster situations. Despite the development of very complex, modern communications systems — or maybe because they are so complex — ham radio has been called into action, again and again, to provide communications in crises when it really matters.

Amateur radio also inspires the next generation of technical leaders by providing a hands-on sandbox where students gain experience in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).