Dee Flint wrote:
This year I decided to try something a little different. Early this week, I
sent an email to the people in my office briefly describing Field Day and
how one of the things we do is send messages.

Way back when in the mid 70s our ham radio club would
do this for Valentine's day. Invite students who had
girlfriends off campus to have us send messages to them.
Was a way for the ham club to get some exposure and a
way to score some points with the student activities
committee (who doled out the money to the various
clubs of the college). This was before the Internet
being commonly available.