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Times are changing for Amateur Radio.. Easy in-town radio communications have been leapfrogged by cell phones. Data communications and message passing over the air has been leapfrogged by the Internet.

...but there is still a lot of life left in the hobby.

Field day is this weekend. It is a weekend event where amateur radio operators all over the world get together in the outdoors ("field") and set up a temporary operating station, typically on temporary power (generator, batteries, etc). This helps to test and gain experience for emergency scenarios, but it also gives the general public a chance to come see first hand what can be done with amateur radio today. All kinds of operating modes are used and demonstrated (voice, data, satellites, etc..) Its a lot more than morse code.

You can find a Field Day location near you by visiting this url.

Came across this homemade promo video for Field Day (reposted from Calling CQ blog). Its a bit cheesy but overall I'm impressed:

For those of you in Bloomington: we will be operating from Karst Farm Park from about 14:00 saturday to 14:00 sunday. See the K9IU page for more details.