I agree..........
America is built on striving to be the Best at what you do
Individually or as a team............Winning is not everything.......It is the
Only thing
keep the competition alive
finally, Like Ham Radio contesting....Support our Olympic Athletes to the
Fullest this summer
they are the Best in the Nation...".and They Deserve It....
God Speed.....
Jim
K4PV
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On Jul 11, 2012, at 5:48 PM, "Dave Plews" <djplews@comcast.net> wrote:
> Stuart's points are well put in my humble opinion.
>
> If the ARRL followed Lou's suggestions, I'd wager that the participation in
> Field Day would tend to diminish rather rapidly than what it seems to be
> these days.
>
> I've enjoyed the 40+ years I've participated in Field Day and plan on
> continuing the tradition.
>
> It's been an interesting trip to see the innovations over the years with
> computers, digital communications of various types, improvement in gear, the
> strategies in antennas / power sources / etc. and the encouragement of VHF /
> UHF operation plus amateur satellites. I, for one, probably would not have
> invested in VHF / UHF gear if it weren't for the encouragement of it during
> the ARRL Field Day.
>
> For our FD group this event is a marathon run and the bands are busy during
> at least the first 24 hours. I'm kind of disappointed though in that we've
> noticed that the activity drops dramatically after the first 24 hours which
> pretty much defeats the idea of setting up on Saturday afternoon rather than
> the night before. For us old guys setting up on Friday night sure makes it
> a bit easier to make it for a busy 24 hour Field Day.
> It's still a challenge to be able to copy that W1AW message and also to
> relay that Field Day message to your section's SCM or SEC. Just finding
> someone willing to take a break from a string of QSOs to QSP takes some
> skill and daring.
>
> I think that Simulated Emergency Test is where it's at for testing your
> emergency readiness. Perhaps Lou wasn't aware of such a specialized
> activity. SET and FD are different animals otherwise we'd only have one and
> not the other.
>
> My 73, Dave W9TG
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