[CQ-Contest] "please copy"

[Shelby Summerville]

"Kevin Brown" <kbrown at powerhouseproductions.com> wrote: "However, I totally
realize that this is NOT a contest"

Pronunciation: 'kän-"test
Function: noun
1 : a struggle for superiority or victory

Scores are kept, results are published? NOT a contest...."surely you jest"!

"In a real disaster, there wouldn't be any pre-conditioned formattics"

Having "been there, done that", I see a "noticable difference" in the
ability to copy/understand the received information under pressure, in those
"comfortable" with sending/receiving information, and those that are not?
Until those that feel they are prepared for disaster communications are
ready to admit that they aren't, all of the training in the world will not
have any success, because "they" won't attend?

IMHO, Field Day should be a "social event" with some directed interest
toward proving the ability to provide emergency communications and
demonstrate this ability to the public. The "real" emergency agencies are
already aware of whom they can "count on" in a "real" emergency!
C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW