‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ EVEN THE OLD TIMERS LEARNED SOME NEW TRICKS ABOUT ANTENNAS, NEW MODES, CONTESTING, ETC. FIELD DAY 2004 MARKED THE FIRST TIME FIELD DAY EFFORT FOR WCARES. CATEGORY F PROVIDES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ARES GROUPS TO PARTICIPATE IN FIELD DAY FROM AN EOC. I CANT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS GREAT EVENT FOR INVOLVING MEMBERS, GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN A CELEBRATION OF HAM RADIO AT ITS FINEST. AVID CONTESTER AND EXPEDITIONER, WA4JA, LED OUR EFFORT AND, IN HIS WORDS, THE PRIME DIRECTIVE ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ IS TO HAVE FUN. THAT WE FINISHED FOURTH IN THE COUNTRY IN CATEGORY 2F FOR OUR FIRST OUTING WAS NICE AND SURELY ADDED TO THE FUN. WELL DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR AND WA4JA WILL BE ABLY ASSISTED BY STALWART DXER W4UR. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOUR ARES GROUP PARTICIPATE IN FIELD DAY. MORE ABOUT THIS ‰ FROM PAGE 100 ‰ 341 NA4M/356 NB8B/343 NC9T/341 ND6G/341 NE8Z/356 NI0G/344 NJ2D/341 NN4T/ 347 NN7X/341 NO2R/345 NQ1K/344 NQ6N/341 NQ6X/343 NR1R/351 NS6C/352 NW7O/ ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ