[KL7AA] Field Day 2007 - Map and driving instructions

[Jim Larsen - AL7FS]

That fun weekend is finally here.  Field Day 2007!!

You are all invited and encouraged to come out to the site even if you 
don't want to operate.  Come out to see the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club 
and Amateur Radio Emergency Services equipment and setup.  You can see what 
a wonderful job the Field Day leaders have done.

TJ Sheffield and Keith Clark have been two of the leaders again this year 
with help from many other.  Thank you.

For a map to the site please click and download:

http://www.kl7aa.net/2007RomigLayout03.doc

For Driving instructions please click and download:

http://www.kl7aa.net/2007FDDrivingInstructions.doc

See you there!

73, Jim
-- 
Jim Larsen
Anchorage, Alaska
http://www.AL7FS.us/
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        Ham Radio Operators Demonstrate Modern Capabilities
         Public Demo of Emergency Communications June 23-24

Newington, CT – Thousands of Ham Radio operators will be showing off their 
emergency capabilities this weekend. Over the past year, the news has been 
full of reports of ham radio operators providing critical communications in 
emergencies world-wide. During Hurricane Katrina, Amateur Radio – often 
called “Ham radio” - was often the ONLY way people could communicate, and 
hundreds of volunteer “hams” traveled south to save lives and property. 
When trouble is brewing, ham radio people are often the first to provide 
critical information and communications. On the weekend of June 23-24, the 
public will have a chance to meet and talk with these ham radio operators 
and see for themselves what the Amateur Radio Service is about. Showing the 
newest digital and satellite capabilities, voice communications and even 
historical Morse code, hams from across the USA will be holding public 
demonstrations of emergency communications abilities.

This annual event, called "Field Day" is the climax of the week long 
"Amateur Radio Week" sponsored by the ARRL, the National Association for 
Amateur Radio. Using only emergency power supplies, ham operators will 
construct emergency stations in parks, shopping malls, schools and back 
yards around the country. Their slogan, "When all else fails…”is more than 
just words to the hams as they prove they can send messages in many forms 
without the use of phone systems, internet or any other infrastructure that 
can be compromised in a crisis. More than 30,000 amateur radio operators 
across the country participated in last year's event.

"We hope that people will come and see for themselves, this is not your 
grandfather's radio anymore," said Allen Pitts of the ARRL. "The 
communications networks that ham radio people can quickly create have saved 
many lives in the past months when other systems failed or were overloaded.”
In the Anchorage area, the Amateur Radio Emergency Services group and the 
Anchorage Amateur Radio Club will be demonstrating Amateur Radio at Romig 
Middle School. They invite the public to come and see ham radio’s 
capabilities and learn how to get their own FCC radio license before the 
next disaster strikes.

There are 660,000 Amateur Radio operators in the US, and more than 2.5 
million around the world. Through the ARRL, ham volunteers provide 
emergency communications for the DHS Citizens' Corps, the American Red 
Cross, Salvation Army, FEMA and thousands of state and local agencies, all 
for free.

To learn more about Amateur Radio, go to www.emergency-radio.org. The 
public is most cordially invited to come, meet and talk with the hams. See 
what modern Amateur Radio can do. They can even help you get on the air!