[CTSARA] Top 10 Reasons To Love Field Day

[Jon Perelstein]

Shamelessly stolen from a post by N3EG on eHam




10. "I love the smell of fried power supplies in the morning." 

9. Watching the FD chairman trying unsuccessfully to shoot an arrow tied to the 
80 meter dipole through the top of a fir tree. 

8. Seeing dignified QCWA members running around in silly T-shirts. 

7. Mine field training in the cow pasture. 

6. The barbecue. "CQ Food Day, CQ Food Day..." 

5. Watching the FD chairman trying unsuccessfully to cook the birds he shot with 
the arrow while trying to raise the 80 meter dipole. 

4. The eternal race between your fingers on the keyer paddles and the no-code 
mosquito hovering above them. 

3. Seeing the FD chairman's tent fly up in the air, and wishing you had tied the 
80 meter dipole to it as it flies over the fir tree. 

2. Watching K9DOG lift his leg and improve your grounding system. 

1. Learning from the FD chairman the correct procedure for using a Transmatch to 
tune a shunt fed fir tree.