Well, Dairy Festival was cool. Field Day's coming up not this weekend, but next. They're wanting me to get my General license then, but I'm failing miserably. I'm expecting to be a little more stressed out on field day. The Dairy Festival was awesome, a little nerve racking calling CQ when nobody was on, or worse, when people would come close to our channel (off frequency) they said to continously call CW and give very little chance for someone to answer to let the people know we wasn't leaving our frequency and they needed to leave their frequency. Then, there was spells, where when someone answered, as soon as I got through talking, before calling CQ, someone was requesting us to talk to them and it was like just 3-4 people just waiting to make contact with us! Anyone that contacted us can get a "Cow Card" QSO card. I'm told if you go to QRZ.COM and search for W5WQ you'll get info on how to get it. I haven't been able to find the picture myself, I seen it on George's Blackberry, a picture of a cow standing up on the radio.... Looked cool and all. Loved getting to talk to people all over the USA! Some folks said "hey, we was just scanning the frequencies and heard you guys on this frequency and decided to make contact with you" I'm told the field day will just be make contact, get the info, write it down, move on to the next person, much like a contest... Ugh, a little more stressful... BTW, I was working the 40 meter radio at the dairy festival. Turns out I won't be getting the 10 meter right now... Will look probably next month or so for another one...

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Re: Dairy Festival
By: John Guillory to All on Sun Jun 03 2012 08:44 pm

Well, Dairy Festival was cool. Field Day's coming up not this weekend, but next. They're wanting me to get my General license then, but I'm failing miserably. I'm expecting to be a little more stressed out on field day. Th Dairy Festival was awesome, a little nerve racking calling CQ when nobody wa on, or worse, when people would come close to our channel (off frequency) th said to continously call CW and give very little chance for someone to answe to let the people know we wasn't leaving our frequency and they needed to le their frequency. Then, there was spells, where when someone answered, as so as I got through talking, before calling CQ, someone was requesting us to ta to them and it was like just 3-4 people just waiting to make contact with us Anyone that contacted us can get a "Cow Card" QSO card. I'm told if you go QRZ.COM and search for W5WQ you'll get info on how to get it. I haven't bee able to find the picture myself, I seen it on George's Blackberry, a picture a cow standing up on the radio.... Looked cool and all. Loved getting to ta to people all over the USA! Some folks said "hey, we was just scanning the frequencies and heard you guys on this frequency and decided to make contact with you" I'm told the field day will just be make contact, get the info, write it down, move on to the next person, much like a contest... Ugh, a lit more stressful... BTW, I was working the 40 meter radio at the dairy festiva Turns out I won't be getting the 10 meter right now... Will look probably ne month or so for another one...

When does it end? When the cows go home?

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Re: Dairy Festival
By: Corey to John Guillory on Sun Jun 03 2012 07:27 pm

Well, Dairy Festival was cool. Field Day's coming up not this weekend,

When does it end? When the cows go home?

Funny, at 3pm, and our last contact gave us a "Moo Call!" I love it! The guy was saying don't forget you promised to give us a Moo Call before we shut down! and he did! Pretty good too!

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Coming soon, that time again. Dairy Festival June First, 14.270 and 7.270. Make contact and then go to http://www.w5wq.net for information on sending the QSO card to get your special event 'ugly cow card'. We had a cow caling contest last year towards the end, this year we're going to start it off at the beginning and have it going all day long. The winner will get a message on their QSO card letting them know they're the winner! We're expecting this year's Dairy Festival Special Event to be even more fun than last year, don't miss it! More information can be found on ARRL's special event page.

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