09/19/2006 | W7Q The turnout for Field Day this year was low. Set up and tear down process near the top of Larch Mountian went very smoothly thanks to our newly fabricated tower bases. Co-Chairs Mike Magnuson, N7ETA, and Cory Schoch, KA7IUG, reported that we earned between 1300 and 1400 bonus points. However, our total points for contacts were down from last year. We need more operators and loggers for our scores to improve. This was the first year we had a GOTA station which gave a couple of younger unlicensed people a chance to get a feel for operating.

WB7QIW, Hoodview Amateur Radio Club, Gresham, OR www.wb7qiw.org -- N7QR