Commemorating Amateur Radio
Field Day, 2008! 
This annual event provides emergency
communications practice for individuals and organizations and
occurs during the 4th weekend in June every year. Using
only emergency power supplies, ham operators construct
emergency communications stations in parks, shopping malls,
schools and back yards around the country. More than
34,000 operators across the country participated in the 2007
event.
The cache is
within 1,000 feet of the 2008 Field Day site chosen by a
coordinated team comprising the Derby Office of Emergency
Management, the Greater Bridgeport Amateur Radio Club (See
http://www.GBARC.net.), and the Valley Radio
Club. Come visit us from the morning of Saturday
June 28, 2008 through noon on June 29th. We will be
operating continuously for almost 24 hours and anyone, with or
without an amateur radio operator license, will have the
opportunity to get on the air and talk to hams all over the USA
and the world. We don’t start setting up until 9:00 AM on
the 28th and are not officially on the air until 2:00 pm, but
may be operational before then.
The cache
will remain active at least until field Day 2009. See the
nearby cache GC13E00 commemorating Field Day 2007.
Hams are urged to include their call sign in the cache log and
those that are interested in becoming an Amateur Radio Operator
are urged to look at "more
about amateur radio" for further information or contact
CTGeoHam.
The park
entrance is at N41 19.105 W73 04.275 and the 2008 Field Day site is
at N41 19.409 W73 4.136.