Crescenta Valley Radio Club and Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service participate in national Field Day for ham radio users

While Ham radio hobbyist Rob Hoegee, rear left, and his six-year old son Henry, rear right, look on, and Crescenta Valley Radio Club team partner Steve Burkholder logs finds at right, Crescenta Valley Radio Club ham radio operator Bob Cesarone, left, gives out the group's call sign Alpha Delta Six India Zulu, AD6IZ, while making contact with another group on national Field Day for ham radio users, at Verdugo Park in Glendale on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Groups throughout the USA and Canada will spend 24 hours trying to make contact with as many different ham radio locations as possible. The Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service also participated in the event.

While Ham radio hobbyist Rob Hoegee, rear left, and his six-year old son Henry, rear right, look on, and Crescenta Valley Radio Club team partner Steve Burkholder logs finds at right, Crescenta Valley Radio Club ham radio operator Bob Cesarone, left, gives out the group’s call sign Alpha Delta Six India Zulu, AD6IZ, while making contact with another group on national Field Day for ham radio users, at Verdugo Park in Glendale on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Groups throughout the USA and Canada will spend 24 hours trying to make contact with as many different ham radio locations as possible. The Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service also participated in the event.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Crescenta Valley Radio Club and Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service participate in national Field Day for ham radio users

Crescenta Valley Radio Club team member Bob Einem operates a CW unit, sending Morse Code out, to try to make contact with another group on national Field Day for ham radio users, at Verdugo Park in Glendale on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Groups throughout the USA and Canada will spend 24 hours trying to make contact with as many different ham radio locations as possible. The Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service also participated in the event.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Crescenta Valley Radio Club and Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service participate in national Field Day for ham radio users

The Crescenta Valley Radio Club team begin their 24-hour marathon of radio calling on national Field Day for ham radio users, at Verdugo Park in Glendale on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Groups throughout the USA and Canada will spend 24 hours trying to make contact with as many different ham radio locations as possible. The Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service also participated in the event.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Crescenta Valley Radio Club and Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service participate in national Field Day for ham radio users

While Crescenta Valley Radio Club team friend Rob Matthews logs finds at left, Crescenta Valley Radio Club ham radio operator Laurence Cohen, right, gives out the group’s call sign Alpha Delta Six India Zulu, AD6IZ, while making contact with another group on national Field Day for ham radio users, at Verdugo Park in Glendale on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Groups throughout the USA and Canada will spend 24 hours trying to make contact with as many different ham radio locations as possible. The Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service also participated in the event.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Crescenta Valley Radio Club and Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service participate in national Field Day for ham radio users

Crescenta Valley Radio Club president Mike Lichtman sets up a vertical pack 12 antenna for a 10 meter station to try to make contact with other groups on national Field Day for ham radio users, at Verdugo Park in Glendale on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Groups throughout the USA and Canada will spend 24 hours trying to make contact with as many different ham radio locations as possible. The Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service also participated in the event.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Crescenta Valley Radio Club and Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service participate in national Field Day for ham radio users

Crescenta Valley Radio Club team member Bob Einem operates a CW unit, sending Morse Code out, to try to make contact with another group on national Field Day for ham radio users, at Verdugo Park in Glendale on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Groups throughout the USA and Canada will spend 24 hours trying to make contact with as many different ham radio locations as possible. The Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service also participated in the event.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Crescenta Valley Radio Club and Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service participate in national Field Day for ham radio users

The Crescenta Valley Radio Club brought solar panels and batteries and were operating off-grid while trying to make contact with other groups on national Field Day for ham radio users, at Verdugo Park in Glendale on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Groups throughout the USA and Canada will spend 24 hours trying to make contact with as many different ham radio locations as possible. The Glendale Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service also participated in the event.

  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)