Re: [TenTec] Just an observation, Field Day in Hawaii

[Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>]

> Gee, Ken.    Your rendition sounds credible and accurate - especially 
> describing the ebb and flow of attendees - but I am surprised that some 
> of the guys actually return for tear down.  Their stock sure goes up for 
> that !  As with our hamfest... most guys who help set up are absent at 
> the finish for tear down.
>   
I have never  experienced a lack of enthusiasm for setting up for FD, 
though only a few of the enthusiastic people show up sooner than several 
hours after the contest operating start time.
I have also never experienced a lack of enthusiasm for eating food and 
drinking sodas or standing around TALKING about radio.
The problem (and I know it is only a problem for people who see FD 
primarily as a RADIO OPERATING EVENT) is lack of enthusiasm for actually 
operating the radios.
The finish and tear down has been a mixed bag for me. Mostly it has not 
been too bad.
DE N6KB