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Can You Hear Me Now? Amateur Radio Enthusiasts Gather in Harbor Island Park

The sounds of Morse code and arcane radio chatter filled the bandshell at Harbor Island over the weekend as the local chapter of the American Radio Relay League held a 24-hour Field Day in conjunction with their counterparts in the United States and Canada.

The event consisted of a demonstration of emergency communications and a competition to see who could communicate with as many people during the time period as possible.

Known as ham radio operators—who use short wave, one-to-one connections rather than one-way broadcasting—the group showed off their new $120,000 communications van paid for by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security and operated on behalf of the all-volunteer Westchester Emergency Communications Association.

Though they usually communicate from within their homes to places around the block, around the world and even with astronauts on the International Space Station, club members also provide emergency communications during disasters, including the 2007 flood in Mamaroneck and 9/11.

“I’ve visited every club in the Metro area,” said Joel Miller, who lives in New Jersey and attended the event in Mamaroneck. “In terms of public service, the Westchester group does more than anyone and they’re very technologically savvy,”

Morse Code is still useful because it requires less bandwidth than voice communications, making it a reliable fallback method under difficult circumstances. Ham operators have also launched satellites to aid with their communications.

At Harbor Island, the group set up antennas strung between the light poles in the park and operated equipment powered by a generator and a solar cell throughout the night. Some members camped out and others stayed in a nearby motel.

Though known as a graying hobby, several youngsters were on hand, including a young man earnestly relaying his coordinates: “echo four alpha echo November Yankee, come in.”

Robert Steinberg, who lives in New Rochelle, said that amateur radio, “is like putting a hook in the water and seeing who bites—you never know who is going to show up on the other end.”

To underscore the hobby’s egalitarian nature, he related a story about a truck driver friend of his who connected with someone across the globe and asked with whom he was he was speaking. “I’m the king,” the voice replied. Indeed, it turned out to be King Hussein of Jordan who, before he died in 1999, was known by the handle JY-1.

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