[FieldDay] proposed FD changes

Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:22:59 -0500

There are novice bands that I have heard relatively slow CW on during FD.
Still...its too fast for me to copy since Ive never really completed a QSO
on CW...  ;-)

Greg Williams
K4HSM

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron KA4INM Youvan" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [FieldDay] proposed FD changes

> How do you get folks to come out to Field Day in the first place? This is
> always a major problem for me. Folks that make solid commitments and still
> don't show up!

  It truly takes skill to operate voice properly, no joke.
  At my club, lots want to operate 3-5 sunday afternoon, get angry if they
arrive and there is no station for them to operate.  (cherry picking)
  The CW lovers design, build, initial new and different antennae, then
show up at midnight and operate for two hours set in the bugs for
two hours, operate for two hours etc. (and operate the voice stations
on CW when we run out of voice operators)  Helps!
 If it were not for the 20 CW operators there would 3 or 4 voice guys
standing around a box of dipoles+coax trying to figure it all out, not
erecting a 40 meter Moxon.

  73 (= Best Regards) de: Ron [email protected]  SENT Time and Date are UTC
      I upgraded to LINUX, the more I use it, the more I love it.
        It doesn't do everything for you, you must program it.
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