[VHFcontesting] Field Day is not a contest

[Zack Widup]

That lets you make it whatever you want it to be.  Ours was sort of a 
mixture of both.  We had quite a few brand-new hams who were put in front 
of a microphone and allowed to make some QSO's. (Well, it was almost more 
than "allowed."  We twisted a couple arms to get them to try it.)  Those 
contesters of us who were around gave them some pointers and help. Those 
were mostly in the day on Saturday and on Sunday morning. It was almost 
painful to watch them, but the "coaches" did a really good job of being 
patient and Elmering them.

We had a cookout on Saturday evening.  That was more of a social event, 
with all radio operations ceasing for an hour or so.

After it got dark and the new people were gone, a few of us contesters 
settled in to crank out QSO's for a while. I was on 40 CW.  I had a run 
going for a while on 7031.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Ken Alexander wrote:

> I like my analogy better (from the 70s, or was it the
> 60s?):
> 
> Certs is a candy mint.
> No, Certs is a breath mint.
> It's two, two, two mints in one!
> 
> Applied to our current shorts-knotting situation:
> 
> Field Day is an emergency preparedness event.
> No, Field Day is a contest event.
> It's two, two, two events in one!
> 
> Tidys things up for me quite nicely!
> 
> 73,
> 
> Ken Alexander
> VE3HLS
>