‰ NOW 40 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2007 QST PAGES 80, 81 AND 91 ‰ EXAMPLE, JUST ASK THOSE WHO WERE ASSISTED DURING KATRINA BY HOME STATIONS SERVING AS RELAYS AND KEEPING THE FLOW OF INFORMATION GOING, HOW IMPORTANT THE CLASS D AND E STATIONS ARE. 4 YOURE SITTING THERE WITH WHO? MORE AND MORE, PERCY FOUND THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ‰ FROM PAGE 91 ‰ 2 12 758 GA N3PC 204 2 6 758 WPA AK SAR BEN ARC/ DOUGLAS CO EMA K0USA 232 1 UNCOOPERATIVE AS POSSIBLE WITH SUNSPOT. I GUESS WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS IS THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS BANDS THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE, REGARDLESS OF TIME OF DAY OR PROPAGATION. 9 AMATEURS ARE LIKE US BUGS YOU FIND THEM EVERYWHERE. EVERYWHERE PERCY WENT, WE RAN INTO AMATEURS PARTICIPATING IN FIELD DAY. IN FACT THERE WERE A RECORD 2,331 FIELD DAY ENTRIES SUBMITTED 4 MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 2,241 IN 2004. AND THAT RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES CONTAINED YET ANOTHER RECORD AS AN ALL TIME HIGH OF 34,833 OPERATORS, HELPERS AND VISITORS WERE REPORTED AT FD SITES. MODEST NUMBERS WHEN COMPARED AGAINST THE NUMBER OF LICENSEES IN THE US, BUT REMEMBER, NOT EVERY GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL THAT PARTICIPATES IN FIELD DAY PARTICULARLY HOME STATIONS SUBMITS ENTRIES TO DOCUMENT THEIR PARTICIPATION. 8 YOU GOTTA GOTA PERCY WAS WELL AWARE OF THE TWO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE PART 97 RULES MADE SINCE FD2006, AND HE WAS PLEASED TO OBSERVE THAT BESIDES PARTICIPATION IN GENERAL BEING UP, THERE WAS ALSO AN ALL TIME RECORD NUMBER OF GET ON THE ‰ FROM PAGE 91 ‰ 990 WTX BLOUNT CO ARC W4BLT W4BBN 223 2 12 980 AL COFFEE CO ARES N0EUU 287 2 7 954 TN PRESTON CO ARES NN8W 201 2 5 952 WV TILLAMOOK CO ARES/RACES ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ 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 ‰ FROM PAGE 91 ‰ 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 ‰ END OF 40 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ