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MYTHOLOGY, AMATEUR RADIO STYLE ARRL FIELD DAY 2005 WITH RESPECT TO THE
VARIOUS MYTHS, LEGENDS AND BELIEFS FROM SOCIETIES AROUND THE GLOBE  AND
BEYOND.  ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN AN AMATEUR FOR EVEN A SHORT LENGTH OF TIME HAS
PROBABLY BEEN QUICKLY EXPOSED TO THE SINGLE LARGEST ANNUAL AMATEUR RADIO
EVENT ARRL FIELD DAY.  ITS ORIGINS GO BACK TO 1933 WHEN IT WAS STARTED AS A
TEST OF THE EMERGENCY AVAILABILITY OF PORTABLE STATIONS AND EQUIPMENT, F.
E. HANDY IN QST, 1933 AND TODAY IT HAS TRANSFORMED INTO A BROAD
DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT OUR HOBBY HAS TO OFFER TO COMMUNITY OFFICIALS, SERVED
AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN TIMES OF COMMUNICATIONS NEED.  IN REALITY FIELD
DAY HAS MORPHED INTO THE AMATEUR RADIO VERSION OF HISTORICAL LEGACIES AND
NEW TRADITIONS THAT COULD RIVAL THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS BULFINCH, WHO WROTE
HIS FAMOUS COLLECTION OF STORIES TO TEACH MYTHOLOGY NOT AS A STUDY BUT AS A
RELAXATION FROM STUDY.  NOT UNLIKE HERCULES STRIVING TO FINISH HIS TWELVE
FEATS, FIELD DAY INSPIRES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMATEUR PARTICIPANTS ACROSS
THE GLOBE TO COMPLETE NUMEROUS, SOMETIMES SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE TASKS, IN
ORDER TO COMPLETE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.  FIELD DAY ALWAYS PRESENTS NEW
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Co ARC W4QK 555 2 6 1,868 GA RECWA/NYC ARES WA2GUG 313 2 4 1,858 ENY
Bellbrook ARC W8DGN 300 2 43 1,848 OH Jones Co ARC NN0L 448 2 19 1,842 IA
Spring ARC W0MAC 173 2 18 1,840 STX Olympia ARS NT7H 290 2 58 1,832 WWA
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