Local Club Accidentally Invites People To Field Day

MADISON, TEXAS – A southern Texas amateur radio club is scrambling to figure out how to keep people away from their Field Day activities after a newspaper published details about their event. 

“We just wanted the bonus points, not visitors,” said Nathan Binn.

“I sent an email to our small-town weekly newspaper expecting them to ignore it like they do every year. Instead, they published the date and time of our event, our hotel room number, my cell phone and my email address,” he said. 

Binn became concerned after receiving a phone call from the proprietor of the Best Western Inn. 

The hotel manager, Louis Downington, told Ham Hijinks, “When the room was booked I was under the impression that it was just five guys fooling around with ham radio. But then I read in the newspaper it was an ‘event’ at my hotel and wasn’t happy at all.”

“This year, we decided to set up at the hotel with our gear and portable antennas to enjoy indoor amenities like air conditioning and a vending machine while operating,” said Binn.

But the radio club actually doesn’t want visitors. “We’re not very sociable people,” said Binn. “And our food plans do not include enough rations for more than our group.”

“We are grateful for the bonus points, but I don’t know what we’ll do if someone shows up,” he said.

By K5KVN, on the scene