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WERE YOU BITTEN BY THE BUG?  2007 ARRL FIELD DAY RESULTS AND STORIES WITH A
TIP OF THE CAP TO THOSE WHO SPECIALIZE IN TOP TEN LISTS DAN HENDERSON, N1ND
DHENDERSON ARRL. ORG  ARRL REGULATORY INFORMATION MANAGER FIELD DAY MANAGER
PERCY THE 2007 FIELD DAY HAMBUG WAS REPORTED AT HUNDREDS OF FIELD DAY SITES
ACROSS THE US, CANADA AND BEYOND.  AFTER RETURNING TO HIS HOME OFFICE IN
NEWINGTON, HE WAS ASKED TO RELATE SOME OF THE STORIES HE UNCOVERED IN HIS
TRAVELS.  SO, HE HAS PUT TOGETHER A TOP TEN LIST.  THIS ISNT A LIST OF THE
TOP SCORING STATIONS, BECAUSE THE HIGHEST SCORE REALLY ISNT THE PURPOSE OF
FIELD DAY.  IT ISNT A LIST OF THE TOP TEN BEST OPERATORS HE FOUND, THE TEN
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT FD OR EVEN THE TEN BEST FD FOOD LOCATIONS
THOUGH PERCY IS KNOWN TO BE PARTIAL TO FD CUISINE.  IT IS SIMPLY A TOP TEN
LIST OF FIELD DAY THINGS FROM 2007 10 AMATEURS LOVE TO TALK ON THE RADIO.
NOW MIND YOU THIS IS A GIVEN, BECAUSE AFTER ALL WE ARE COMMUNICATORS, ARENT
WE?  AND WITH A TOTAL OF OVER 1R2 MILLION QSOS REPORTED DURING FD2007,
THATS OVER 50,000 CONTACTS EVERY HOUR OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD.  THATS AN
EXCELLENT TOTAL ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER OL SOL IS BEING AS
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K5WHD 177 2 12 1,106 STX RCMP VA3MPC 304 2 9 1,034 ON EOAWA/NPARC/MCARES
W8TPY 195 2 19 1,034 OH MACON BIBB EMA AR GROUP WX4EMA 134 2 12 1,018 GA
ARA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER W2ZJ 168 2 20 992 WNY KEY CITY ARC K5ABI 285 2 20
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