The Whidbey Ham Radio Club will be featuring a presentation on tracking on Saturday, Jan. 26 during its monthly meeting.

The presentation will feature a group of Island County Ham Radio operators who helped to provide communications in remote areas for the “Bigfoot 200” annual 200-mile endurance race.

The Big Foot 200, part of the “triple crown” of endurance races attracts hundreds of athletes competing on 200miles of rugged terrain in the Mount Saint Helen’s Volcanic Monument area.

As a part of their training for emergency preparedness, a group of amateur radio operators from Whidbey Island traveled south to spend five days in the wilderness to provide safety and emergency communications for the participants.

The public is welcome to come and hear about this interesting adventure and how one can become involved in amateur radio communications, according to a press release.

For more information, see www.w7avm.org or contact aa6vo@w7avm.org.

Ham radio operators usually have a basic knowledge of radio technology needed to pass an examination for the FCC license to operate on radio frequencies known as the “Amateur Bands” according to the ARRL.

The Island County Amateur Radio Club will hold its monthly meeting, open to public, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday,Jan. 26, at the county commissioner’s hearing room, 1 N.E. Sixth St., Coupeville.