Meet and Greet in the Park!

2000 N San Antonio Ave,Upland CA 91784

25 April, 2022

Description

Local amateur radio operators will participate in an exercise to demonstrate how you can keep communicating in a disaster. We invite radio operators from Upland, Rancho Cucamonga and surrounding areas to participate in three planned events. 6:30pm-7:00pm, we will demonstrate Winlink peer-to-peer messaging.7:00pm-7:05pm, we will join with the Tri-City ACS group to hear their VHF repeater net preamble and switch to their VHF simplex net.7:05pm-7:30pm, we will join with the Tri-City ACS group to participate in their VHF simplex net.7:30pm-8:00pm, we will participate in an EchoLink chat.To join us, your family, friends and co-workers, we ask that you come to either McCarthy Park in Upland (northeast corner of 20th and San Antonio) or Central Park in Rancho Cucamonga (northwest corner of Baseline and Milliken). "Hams" have been instrumental in disaster and emergency service work for over 100 years. In the U.S., "hams" can be found in burn areas, flood zones and areas of high wind damage such as tornados and hurricanes. Currently, Polish "hams" are communicating immigration status reports of Ukranian refugees to their families and loved ones in the west. "Hams" bring the adage, "When all else fails, ham radio works" to life. Come out to a park near you, pack some snacks and a blanket or chair and learn how you can become a neighbor helping an neighbor "when all else fails..." Tickets are not required.