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Come See Amateur Radio In Action At Fair Lawn Field Day

FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Members of the Fair Lawn Amateur Radio Club will join 35,000 radio operators in the U.S. and Canada on Saturday and Sunday, June 25-26, in the National Association for Amateur Radio's annual Field Day.

Field Day is observed across the U.S. and Canada on the last weekend each June. In Fair Lawn, amateur operators will show off their skills in Memorial Park.

Field Day is observed across the U.S. and Canada on the last weekend each June. In Fair Lawn, amateur operators will show off their skills in Memorial Park.

 Photo Credit: courtesy of George Rand
Rachel Martin

The club will operate from Fair Lawn's Memorial Park. In the early morning, members will start setting up operating stations in tents -- with generators, computers, radio sets and antenna tuners -- and varied antennas have to be hung from the trees and mounted on masts, and then properly tuned.

The public is welcome to come take a look, as well.

In addition to radio operation, water, soda and coffee will be accompanied by pizza for lunch. Operations will begin at 2 p.m.

The Field Day location, more precisely, is in the park behind DeJong Field and overlooking the river. If there's severe weather, operations will move to the club rooms.

For more information about the local club, visit its website, and you can get updates about the national event on a Facebook event page.

To get a look at all the different locations participating in the event, click here.

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