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For others, it was giving up a valuable weekend to practice our radio skills. For some of us, there was the intensive week of prep time away from family and work. That seems like a better working definition and certainly better characterizes the ham radio people I know. People willing to go to extraordinary lengths to complete a task. Then I got to thinking, Field Day is really about sacrifice. How many disasters give you that much lead time? So, that definition doesn’t really hit the mark.

I guess that is rationale for fighting the heat, the bugs and the weather. All the while, I kept thinking, why are we doing this? What is the purpose of Field Day? I even sent myself a little voice memo…basically reciting the ARRL party line: Field Day is an opportunity to show our communities what ham radio can do in the event of a disaster. I was also chatting with some other members of the team who were doing the same for their own departments. Three days before Field Day, I was making my way to my storage locker to pull Field Day equipment to be staged in my garage.

Thanks to every single one of you who were able to attend or participate.