Thanks for the memory, Don. FD has always been a contest to me--more fun than any other. I nearly always operate QRP/portable, sometimes entirely hand-held (with the KX2), dragging a counterpoise wire for miles, up and down hills. (Who needs a gym membership?)
I was 14 at my first FD. I learned some hard lessons about how *not* to put a PL259 connector on RG8. A grizzled veteran laughed at my mess, then showed me The Way. Wayne N6KR > On May 14, 2020, at 11:46 AM, Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > Yes Wayne, it was one of the greatest Field Days of all. You could track the > course of sunlight on 10 meters (which went dead at sundown), and there was a > lot of activity. > I was 17 in 1957, and had been licensed since '55 > > While the ARRL did not list it as a contest, it was regarded as a contest by > most all operators - the ARRL also posted the high scorers at the top of each > category. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 5/14/2020 2:20 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> Jim, >> I bet FD in 1957 was a real hoot (at the record peak of the sunspot cycle). >> (FWIW, I was born in '57, which explains a lot.) >> Wayne > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
