[WriteLog] Field Day

[Mark Perrin]

The premier event for getting newbies and less active, radioactive.  For 
the hard core ops in our group, was all out.  But for others, was a more 
casual almost chatty experience.  Computers prevent dupes, but we almost 
always gave the exchange anyway, just did not hit the "log" key.  We did 
not want to dampen anyone's fun - so just give the exchange and go on, that 
is quicker anyway.

73, Mark N7MQ [part of K7EB team on Snow Peak, Oregon with DX SIG gang from 
Eugene Oregon's Valley Radio Club]


At 01:46 PM 06/27/2006 -0700, Rob wrote:
>What's the big deal? Field Day is not cut throat. There are no section,
>province or dx multipliers. I use a computer to avoid calling someone on the
>same band/mode for a second time (I wish some others had computers and good
>programs instead of calling me three times on the same band/mode - sometimes
>within minutes of the first QSO!). Is that a crime? I remember back to the
>days of Sweepstakes, dupe sheets, and only K and W prefixes. There were lots
>more "dupes" then than there are now even with all the fancy prefixes. I
>believe the difference (an improvement, for sure) can be attributed to
>computers.
>
>Rob K6RB
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John" <ns0i at comcast.net>
>To: <WriteLog at contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 8:39 AM
>Subject: [WriteLog] Field Day
>
>
> >I thought Field Day was supposed to be fun not "cut throat" contesting.
> >
> > What ever happened to paper dupe sheets?  After all just who will log
> > every station during an emergency. Isn't Field Day supposed to be
> > "training" for the real thing.
> >
> > Just try to bring all your fancy networked stations to a hurricane area
> > and spend days setting them up.
> >
> > 73
> > NS0I
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