{"id":84,"date":"2016-06-11T12:39:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T15:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avarc.ca\/?p=84"},"modified":"2016-08-12T15:08:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T18:08:01","slug":"amateur-radio-field-day-in-port-george-a-fun-way-to-learn-prepare-for-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/amateur-radio-field-day-in-port-george-a-fun-way-to-learn-prepare-for-emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Amateur Radio Field Day in Port George a Fun Way to Learn, Prepare for Emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CB (citizens band) radio became popular in the early 1970s and Penney and his father got their licences at that time. A couple years later, Penney and his father took an amateur radio course offered by the federal Department of Communications, now Industry Canada, and were licenced in 1977.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When asked what he loves most about it, Penney said, \u201cIt\u2019s what I like to call the magic of radio.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re listening to a signal originating half a world away with about the power a 100 watt light bulb would use,\u201d Penney said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_85\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avarc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/article_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85\" src=\"http:\/\/avarc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/article_large-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Annapolis Valley Amateur Radio Club president Al Penney, who uses the amateur radio call sign VO1NO, contacts other stations while operating from a tent.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/article_large-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avarc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/article_large-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/avarc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/article_large.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-85\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annapolis Valley Amateur Radio Club president Al Penney, who uses the amateur radio call sign VO1NO, contacts other stations while operating from a tent.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingscountynews.ca\/News\/Local\/2016-06-11\/article-4554860\/Amateur-radio-field-day-in-Port-George-a-fun-way-to-learn%2C-prepare-for-emergencies\/1\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full article in the Kings County Advertiser\/Register<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CB (citizens band) radio became popular in the early 1970s and Penney and his father got their licences at that time. A couple years later, Penney and his father took an amateur radio course offered by the federal Department of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/amateur-radio-field-day-in-port-george-a-fun-way-to-learn-prepare-for-emergencies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[25,14],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emergency-preparedness","category-events-celebrations","tag-emergency","tag-field-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}