Parsippany Emergency Management Hosting Amateur Radio Event

PARSIPPANY, NJ — Video can't kill the amateur-radio star. Later this month, Parsippany's Office of Emergency Management and thousands of others around the continent will have their day in the Field Day Challenge.

The office's Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) Communications Team will participate in the Field Day Challenge. The National Association of Amateur Radio's annual event gets about 40,000 hams throughout North America setting up temporary transmitting stations in public places.

Parsippany officials will set up from 2 p.m. June 26 to 2 p.m. June 27 in Jannarone Park. The public is encouraged to visit. During the 24-hour event, Parsippany RACES members will contact fellow radio operators throughout the world.

The RACES mission — as stipulated by FEMA — is to augment or, if necessary, temporarily replace damaged or destroyed governmental communications infrastructure during times of crisis.

Find out more here about RACES or volunteering with the Office of Emergency Management. Or contact Director Eric Hubner at ehubner@parsippany.net.

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