A group of Haines and California residents are learning to set up and operate ham radios this weekend to connect to the outside world in case of an emergency power failure.
Lynn Hyder of Haines and members of the Snaptrack Amateur Radio Club of Santa Clara, California will spend Saturday and Sunday at a cabin in Viking Cove for the annual Amateur Radio Field Day.
Field Day coordinator Jim DeLoach said over 35,000 people from…

