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CHALLENGES FOR THE EXPERIENCED OR NEW HERO TO CONQUER.  FD2005 OFFERED SOME
NEW TWISTS FOR MOST PARTICIPANTS.  FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL STATIONS WERE
ELIGIBLE FOR AT LEAST SOME TYPE OF BONUS POINTS.  IN ADDITION A NEW YOUTH
ELEMENT BONUS WAS IMPLEMENTED TO ENCOURAGE GROUPS TO BRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO
THE EVENT.  THESE BONUS OPPORTUNITIES ARE AT THE CORE OF THE EVENT SHALL WE
SAY THE GOLDEN FLEECE OF FIELD DAY?  IT CAN BE ARGUED, RIGHTFULLY SO, THAT
99 OF THE SUCCESS OF FIELD DAY OCCURS BEFORE THE FIRST QSO IS MADE.  THE
FIELD DAY VERSION OF THE ORACLE OF APOLLO AT DELPHI IS PROBABLY THE W1AW
SPECIAL FIELD DAY BULLETIN.  TRANSMITTED FROM BOTH MT OLYMPUS IN NEWINGTON
AND FROM HISTORIC MARITIME RADIO HISTORICAL SOCIETYS K6KPH LOCATION ON THE
WEST COAST, WE TEST THE ABILITY TO GATHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON A WIDE
SCALE.  FD2005 CONTINUED THE DESIRE TO EXPAND PARTICIPATION ACROSS IARU
REGION 2 AND BEYOND.  ENTRIES WERE RECEIVED FROM ALL 80 ARRL SECTIONS AS
WELL AS 11 DXCC ENTITIES.  YOU CAN IMAGINE PELE, THE BEAUTIFUL HAWAIIAN
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Englewood ARS N4FA 508 2 19 1,818 WCF Katy ARS KT5TX NQ5B 255 2 13 1,794
STX Corona Police CSV Team W6CPD 305 2 20 1,784 ORG Kootenai ARS K7ID 393 2
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