"Come Field day, set up a table in your front yard, put a radio on it, throw up an antenna so everyone can see, then call the local newspaper and ask them to come out and talk with you. Front page newpaper articles can get attention."
Come Field day, set up a table in your front yard, put a radio on it, throw up an antenna so everyone can see, then the neighbors come out and throw rocks, bottles and rotten tomatoes at you. Front yard geeks can get attention.
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"Front page newspaper articles can get attention."
Seriously, unless you murder somebody it's highly unlikely you'll make the front page even in a small town paper. I've never seen Field Day get such attention but there have been plenty of articles farther back, pictures and all. Hey, I was interviewed and got my picture in the paper once while putting up a 10M vertical looking like the flag raising on Iwo Jima, not too shabby.
While FD usually is small potatoes a major hamfest can easily get some major TV coverage and I don't mean a 30 second blurb in the fluff at the end of the broadcast. Once upon a time at the fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, Maryland they had one of the biggest blow-out festers in the East and every year it was covered by WTOP in Washington, DC. One year my friend brought his radio head son along who had his 15 minutes of fame operating the AM station while I moved out from under the trees giving the helicopter crew the Jersey Bird. I didn't get on the air, I guess they were more interested in the kid we call Tornado. (;->)
Now if you think ham radio is getting stupid like CB or in decline you may be right if all you do is hang out on 75M phone or your VFO got stuck on 14.275 and the locking tab broke off. There is SO much out there, you only have to go looking for it and whatever you're looking for I'm sure you'll find it.