full weekend of June from Saturday 15:00 UTC to Sunday 15:00 UTC (June 4–5, 2022). SSB: First full weekend of September from Saturday 13:00 UTC to Sunday 13:00 UTC (September 3–4, 2022). IARU Region 2 United States and Canada The American Radio Relay League/Radio Amateurs of Canada Field Day is held annually during the fourth full weekend in June (June 25–26 in 2022), beginning at 18:00 UTC Saturday and running through 20:59 UTC Sunday. Sponsored by the ARRL and RAC (but organized primarily by the ARRL), Field Day is open to all Amateur Radio operators covered by these two IARU member organizations. IARU Region 3 There is currently no organized Field Day for all of Region 3, although there is a proposal to create one similar to that of Region 1: Recommendation WG 2-10 (page 7). Taiwan There is apparently a Biannual Field Day held in Taiwan, by the Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio League. New Zealand The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) holds an HF National Field Day contest each February, and a VHF Field Day each December. Korea The Korean Amateur Radio League holds a field day for two to five days at a regional branch area during summer every year. Australia The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) holds the John Moyle Field Day in March every year. Emergency preparedness Field Day stresses emergency preparedness. Frequently, entire radio clubs get involved and assemble a portable radio station in a field or park. Some might use quickly deployable portable antennas while other might erect more elaborate radio masts and towers supporting several antennas. Generators or solar power provide electricity to amateur radio transceivers, which may be located in tents, cars, recreational vehicles, or other portable shelters. Contest activity and rules Officially, field day in the US is an operating event and not a contest. However, it operates exactly like a contest, but without awards. The competitive aspect of a Field Day operating event is to contact as many stations as possible in the given time period (twenty-four hours, during a weekend, if setup commences before the contest starts, or 27 hours if setup commences at contest start time) using the portable station. Each station will exchange information with other participating stations. For the North American Field Day, the exchange consists of the station call sign, the name of the ARRL-recognized section from which the station is operating, and