LA CRESCENT, Minn. (WXOW) - The Mississippi Valley Amateur Radio Association set up camp in the WXOW parking lot on Saturday for the day.
Vice President Bill Klein-Schmidt explained they can set up anywhere they want and they try to do it as often as they can. Basically what we are doing today is what they call the Minnesota QSO party and what that consists of is us trying to contact as many counties in the state of Minnesota that we can in a certain period of time, said Klein-Schmidt.
He said trainings also help them practice setting up their gear quickly and in cold, bad weather. It is important because if communication were ever to go down, they would still be able to communicate with people through ham radio.