Public welcome to amateur radio club's Field Day

FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club will be participating in Field Day 2012, an 24-hour emergency preparedness exercise beginning Saturday, June 23, at 11 a.m. until Sunday, June 24, at 11 a.m. The public and ham radio operators are invited to visit the site at Frazier Elementary School’s athletic field, 1835 Gum Tree Lane, Fallbrook.

The premise of Field Day is to prove that in the event of an emergency amateur radio operators or “hams” are capable of setting up radio stations in the field and by using portable antennas and emergency power (generator, batteries, solar, or human...