Cool story:
Radio amateurs practice for emergencies — and hope for high scores — on Field Day
excerpts:
:"... Here’s how it works:
Amateur radio operators set up temporary radio stations in remote areas like parks, parking lots and fields. They then spend 24 hours trying to make contact with as many other stations as possible using only portable equipment and emergency power like batteries and generators. ...
... “We take it extremely seriously, because the whole point of Field Day is to do an emergency communications — ‘EmComm’ — setup,” said RANV president Stewart Corey. “And it doesn’t get any more EmComm than what we’re doing.” ..."
... “If you give me the right radio and a 12-volt battery and enough wire to string in the trees, I can talk to anywhere in the world,” said RANV member John Colt. ...