Random stuff: Make your first CW contacts, subscribe to the ORI newsletter, FD publicity
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Field Day gets many mentions
This year, Field Day got more publicity this year than any year that I can remember. My Google Alerts was almost overflowing with links to stories in local newspapers. One of the stories that got mentioned a lot was βColoradoβs ham radio operators are ready for an emergencyβjust donβt call them amateurs.β Itβs worth reading.
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