FIELD DAY: The ARRL Field Day is open to all amateurs in the areas covered by the ARRL/RAC Field Organizations. The object is to work as many stations as possible on any and all amateur bands (excluding the 60, 30, 17, and 12-meter bands) and in doing so to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions. A premium is placed on developing skills to meet the challenges of emergency preparedness as well as to acquaint the general public with the capabilities of Amateur Radio.

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Date and Time Period: Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800
     UTC Saturday and ending at 2100 UTC Sunday.
Thurston County ARES/RACES members work with the Olympia Amateur Radio Society ham radio operators in this joint operation. See our Events Calendar for dates, etc.

For OARS info, go to: http://olyham.org/ or contact Lee Chambers/KI7SS at 866-0800.

For ARRL info, go to: http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2004/rules-fd-2004.html

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