[UK-CONTEST] NFD BBQ & Beer!

[Jonathan G0DVJ]

Our group nearly always does this - we have many people in our small 
group (Harwich Amateur Radio Interest Group - HARIG) who are neither 
particularly interested in contest operating nor cw in particular and on 
the Saturday night of NFD we hold a social with BBQ and separate tent 
etc. for chatting.  It has been very successful in attracting those 
members who we would otherwise not see at such an event.   I can 
recommend it!   It has also stimulated some interest in contesting in 
the past from newcomers.   Some decide to be dropped off (rather than 
driving) and stay the night enjoying a few drinks too.   This is good 
for boosting numbers of night shift operators/helpers!

We may be a small group and not all that often competitive but we have a 
good time, enjoy ourselves and regularly get more than 70% of members at 
our meetings and events.

Jonathan G0DVJ
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On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 07:21  pm, Tim-M5ACC wrote:

> On a lighter note,
> I like the sound of 'barbeque and some beer' at field day.
> I'm imaging a picture of NFD-bring a bottle, or seeing as though it's 
> CW we
> all throw our keys in the centre and pick another out at random.....erm
> wrong party.
>
> Tim-M5ACC.