Public Service, or Special Event Operations
Checking the location assignments posted
on the command trailer.
2008 YMCA 1/2 Marathon
on the command trailer.
2008 YMCA 1/2 Marathon
All throughout the year, Amateur Radio Operators volunteer their time and equipment to help support a wide variety of events. These events include, but are not limited to, parades, walks, runs, and bike tours. While Amateur Radio operators are primarily communicators, they in many cases get heavily involved in the actual operation of the event. Whether it be helping to plan logistical support or responding to event emergencies, Amateur Radio Operators play a vital role in the health and safety of event participants and overall event success.
So, you have your fancy little hand-held radio, or your new mobile rig, and you want to go out and show it off...I mean, you want to participate in a Special Event. What do you do? Well, you can click here to find a local ARRL affiliated club. Most ham radio special events are coordinated through radio clubs.
Public Service Events are an important way to display Amateur Radio's capabilities to the general public and to practice with our equipment in a non-emergency situation. Many of the functions amateur radio communicators perform at these Public Service Events are identical to those performed during incident and EmCom situations. They're also a great place to learn how to be a better operator. Because "a radio in hand doth not a communicator make," public service events are a great place to get some experience and training before "the Big One" strikes in your area, and you get to be an Emergency Communicator.
If you're not sure that you're ready to participate, find out when an event is occurring in your local area, and listen in on the event frequency (usually a local repeater).
So, you have your fancy little hand-held radio, or your new mobile rig, and you want to go out and show it off...I mean, you want to participate in a Special Event. What do you do? Well, you can click here to find a local ARRL affiliated club. Most ham radio special events are coordinated through radio clubs.
Public Service Events are an important way to display Amateur Radio's capabilities to the general public and to practice with our equipment in a non-emergency situation. Many of the functions amateur radio communicators perform at these Public Service Events are identical to those performed during incident and EmCom situations. They're also a great place to learn how to be a better operator. Because "a radio in hand doth not a communicator make," public service events are a great place to get some experience and training before "the Big One" strikes in your area, and you get to be an Emergency Communicator.
If you're not sure that you're ready to participate, find out when an event is occurring in your local area, and listen in on the event frequency (usually a local repeater).
