Dan/W4NTI wrote:
"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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http://www.centredaily.com/mld/dailytimes/11993917.htm

They had a pretty nice article. There was one error in that I was
explaining how the digital station worked, not actually using it. It's a
small point - but I want to mention it because it was the GOTA station,
and I was the control op.

- Mike KB3EIA -


Good show Mike. My local club, The Calhoun County Emergency Radio Club
had a nice field day in a park, lots of publicity.

We've been working hard to get the word out, and it seems to be
working. One thing I've discovered is that you can connect with the
folks with the computer, because that symbolizes something to them, (and
heck, I just plain like the soundcard modes) then you move them to
voice, and finally take them on the tour of the CW station. Once they
understand the other modes, the simplicity and elegance of CW isn't lost
on them.

Down the road the
Calhoun County Amateur Radio Association had their own FD and had good
publicity and public officials come by. My group managed 454 qso's 3A AL.

Didn't get ours complied yet. Our phone station had a problem around
1:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The G and H keys stopped working. Fortunately
we didn't lose any data, but we have to double check everything.

I came home and passed out a couple hundred qso's on CW myself 1D AL.

A good chance we logged ya.

- Mike KB3EIA -