Field day is an annual amateur radio exercise. open to the public, which encourages emergency communications preparedness among amateur radio operators. It is held across the United States with over 30,000 operators participating yearly. Field day is held the fourth full weekend of June. It is hosted locally by Poway Amateur Radio Society and usually held at Poway Lake. PNEC’s ham radio operators are actively involved in this exercise and provide public displays and information about ham radio. PNEC regularly participates in field day by providing disaster and emergency preparedness information.