The Fair Lawn Amateur Radio Club will be a key participant in this year's annual event sponsored by the International Amateur Radio Union located in Geneva.

1. Contact: April 13, 2019
Ed Efchak, Public Information Officer
WX2R@ARRL.NET
802-282-6700
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The Fair Lawn Amateur Radio Club
Helps Celebrate World Amateur Radio Day On April 18th
With Open House And Demonstration Of Amateur Radio
On the day that commemorates the anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union
(IARU) in Paris in 1925. The Fair Lawn (NJ) Amateur Radio Club (FLARC) will help celebrate the event with an
Open House that showcases its operating stations and demonstrates amateur radio and its value by
communicating with fellow "hams" around the world.
The event will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2019 from 2PM-9PM EDT at FLARC's clubhouse which is located
within the Fair Lawn Recreation Center, 10-10 20th Street in Fair Lawn, NJ. Club members will be available
to demonstrate the operating capabilities of its stations, discuss the many interests encompassed by
amateur radio operators and discuss the role that amateur radio and the club play in public service
activities by providing communication from local parades to natural disasters.
All are welcome and refreshments will be served.
Amateur radio continues to adapt and grow in an age of rapidly changing communication technologies.
There are more licensed "hams" in the US today than ever before. Locally, the Fair Lawn club has over
one hundred active members and is one of the New York area's largest radio clubs. The club provides
education and training in electronics and science specific to radio amateurs, participates in STEM
(Science/Technology/Engineering/Math) programs with local educators, and is active in many public
service activities.
The club meets every Thursday and Friday from 6PM at the above address.
For more information, please visit the club's website at www.fairlawnarc.org or call 201-791-3841.
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