Field Day 2025
Field day is an annual event/exercise promoted and supported by the Amateur Radio Relay League the national association for amateur radio operators in the USA. Field Day is an opportunity to set up radio equipment in abnormal places using abnormal methods to simulate emergency situations. It is also a great opportunity to set up in public view and demonstrate for our local community just what it is that we as " hams" do.
2025 Theme
Radio Connects
The national theme for field day this year is " Radio Connects", and boy does it. Radio waves are not confined and so we can reach out and make "contacts" with people all over the nation, the continent, and even the world! We can use modes such as phone "normal voice", Digital "many computer based digital modes", CW "Morse Code", and even our own version of email!
WHY?
Thats a great question, We do this both to advertise ourselves and our hobby, and to prepare ourselves for a true emergency situation when regular methods of communication may be unavailable. Many people today rely on cellular phones without knowing how insecure they truly are, many disaster areas have experience in going days into weeks without regular communication methods. Many hurricane prone areas have large radio groups that train and specialize in supporting their local governments and have great relationships with the public for the reason of providing reliable communications for both health and welfare messaging as well as emergency traffic during times of need.