Radio amateurs will work stations during Eagle Expo

This Saturday, Feb. 19, members of the Bayouland Emergency Amateur Radio Service will be calling to ham radio stations throughout the United states and, they hope, h to some foreign stations also. Every year for the past six years, BEARS has been spreading the word to hams that the Cajun Coast Parish Convention & Tourism Bureau Commission is holding its annual event for the 17th year.

BEARS will be set up on the beautiful grounds at Captain Caviar's Swamp Tours, 118 Main St. on La. 182 in Patterson. The operation will go on the air at 10 a.m. and operate until 3 p.m. The public is invited to stop in and listen to the radio contacts as they are being made.

Members will be on hand to greet visitors and to answer any questions about ham radio,