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...order to prepare for the real disasters, ham radio enthusiasts often organize “field days” that give them the opportunity to test their equipment and radio know-how under simulated emergency conditions...
...past, W1AF and other Boston area ham radio clubs have set up battery or solar powered stations on islands in Boston Harbor and forests outside the city during their field days. Participants are charged with contacting certain base stations without the help of modern conveniences such as the power grid...
...Horowitz currently works on using radio and optical telescopes in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI), but his adventure on the airwaves began much earlier...
...those days, there wasn’t the Internet or computers to distract people, so if you were a nerd and wanted to play with something cool, ham radio was it,” he recalls...
...When I tell someone [on the radio] that my research involves searching for E.T. with radio and optical telescopes...that brings in a large crowd,” Horowitz says. “It’s a thrill to turn on the radio and talk to someone 1,000 miles away just by wiggling some waves...