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The Hams will be having a 'Field Day' in Jupiter this weekend. It's the annual 24-hour Field Day event, organized by the Jupiter-Tequesta Repeater Group.
"Hams" is another name for amateur radio operators, who will be sending as many messages as they can across the nation...often challenging other members of the American Radio Relay League.
"Some of the groups, they like to compete against one another to see who has the most contacts. So it does get competitive. And then the ARRL, they post the results in their magazine later on in the year. So it's a lot of fun."
Al Moreschi is President of the Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group. He says there is also an essential service Ham operators provide.
In fact, last month they took part in an exercise at the Palm Beach County Emergency Operations Center in which they were dealing with a mock 'Hurricane Delta.'
"We had a good turnout. A lot of different types of scenarios. Folks were sending in messages like 'power lines down,' 'trees down,' 'houses damaged.' We even had the Red Cross participate in the event this year."
"Field Day" runs from 2 p.m. tomorrow until 2 p.m. on Sunday and you can feel free to show up on the beach, at the Jupiter Civic Center if you want to try out being an amateur radio operator.
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