Name: Chain of Lakes ARRL field day operates emergency station at Sand Bay, 1961
Start: 1961-06-24
End: 1961-06-25
Location: Sand Bay

Locator map: Sand Bay highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Sand BayLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 1961-06-24 – 1961-06-25
Kind: Meeting
Where: Sand Bay
Participants: Orville Miller (president)
Carried out by: Chain of Lakes American Radio Relay League
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitytourismcommunication
Within: Sand Bay · Beaver Island

Summary

The Chain of Lakes American Radio Relay League held its annual field day at Beaver Island on June 24–25, 1961, establishing an emergency station at Sand Bay and making long-distance radio contacts.

Evidence and limits

The report gives examples of contacts and names the group’s president, but it is not a complete station log or operator roster.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1961, “ARRL Field Day.”
Reports the Chain of Lakes American Radio Relay League group operating an emergency station at Sand Bay on June 24–25, with contacts including Labrador, Ecuador, Okinawa, and locations in the United States. It identifies Orville Miller of Bellaire as president and does not provide a complete operator roster or logs.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Chain of Lakes ARRL field day operates emergency station at Sand Bay, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/chain-of-lakes-arrl-field-day-beaver-island-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1961, “ARRL Field Day.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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