Utah Amateur Radio Club

The June UARC meeting, to be held Thursday, June 13, will be all about Field Day — what it is, how to operate, why it's fun, and how it builds emergency communications skill. We will be reminiscing about Field Days past and planning the coming one.

Field Day is an annual contest sponsored by the American Radio Relay League where amateurs set up stations away from normal home locations (i.e. “in the field”) and try to work as many stations as possible in a 24-hour (or in some cases 27-hour) period.

Field Day is always the fourth Saturday (not necessarily the last Saturday) in June and the following Sunday which puts the 2013 event on June 22 and 23. For more information about the contest (or “operating event”) and its rules, see www.arrl.org/field-day.

That's Thursday, June 13, at 7:30 P.M. in the Warnock Engineering building on the University of Utah campus, room 1230 (the “Duke” classroom). The June meeting will be the last chance to buy Steak-Fry tickets at a regular UARC meeting.

UARC meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 P.M., in the Warnock Engineering Building on the University of Utah campus. See the map for information on finding the building. The room number varies depending on availability.

Of course, the meeting will include the “standard” meeting features:

• Availability of ARRL books from Brett, the “book lady”
• An opportunity to join UARC or renew your membership
• An opportunity to join ARRL or renew your membership
• The chance to meet face-to-face the people you talk to on the air
• The “Meeting after the meeting”: A chance to enjoy pizza or other gastronomic delights with other hams. It happens at Litza's Pizza, 716 E. 400 South.
• The “Meeting before the meeting”: A similar get-together for those who can leave work early enough to get there by 5:15 P.M. The June get-together will be at “Charlie Chow's Dragon Grill,” 255 E. 400 South in Salt Lake City.