Members of the Sampson County Amateur Radio Service, Wayne County Amateur Radio Association and Kinston Amateur Radio Society operated five separate stations and made more than 1,200 contacts with other “hams” during 2022’s national Amateur Radio Field Day. The trio is teaming up again for this year’s event, slated for this weekend. Event set for this weekend in Goldsboro Amateur radio operators are bringing their combined skills to the field, showcasing their labor of love and offering the public an opportunity to get more familiar with an art of communication that is still making waves.
Ham radio operators from Sampson County, Wayne County and Kinston radio clubs will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise from 2 p.m. Saturday, June 22, until 2 p.
m. Sunday, June 23. The event is deemed the ARRL Field Day, an annual event first organized in 1933 by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).
The field day site is located in the wooded area across from 2104 Salem Church Road in Goldsboro, just south of the Lane Tree Country Club, where the event was held last year. Since 1933, amateur radio operators, referred to as “hams,” across North America have established temporary amateur radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skills of amateur radio. All stations will operate off-grid in emergency mode using no commercial power.
Each station will operate independently, powered by generators, batteries or solar power. Fiel.
