[AK-VHF] Field Day 2023 Tomorrow

Sun Jun 25 13:46:28 EDT 2023

Hi Ed, 

We had a pretty good  run at the MARA site as well. The band conditions weren't doing us any favors, but we still managed to make a small handful of contacts. Honestly,. I think the group did more BS'ing than ham radio, which was great. Everyone checked out everyone else's setups, and we all came away with ideas for station improvements next year.

I think I just missed you in the morning. Were you talking to KL6M for a bit at the start of the day. I could swear that I heard your voice for a bit in the morning, but after that I could only hear Mike's side of the conversation. Maybe you were mobile for a bit and I caught your signal at a good location?

Brandon Clark, KL7BSC
https://brandonclarklabs.com/

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On Sunday, June 25th, 2023 at 06:38, Ed Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:

> Brandon,
> 
> We got home later than expected (5pm) and tried calling on 146.52 a
> couple times. Dale noted he made contact with you on 146.52 so that is
> encouraging.
> 
> I turned on 14.074 and watched the FT8 waterfall screen full of signals
> and decided it was too much a "circus" to go QRV.
> 
> AL7LE-Moosehorn ARC was active on 20m SSB yesterday until about 4pm when
> Joe-WL7E arrived to operate CW. They were shooting a dipole into the
> trees as I left.
> 
> We had three inquiries for exam testing. Two teens interested, one with
> General-class became a student member of the club; the other in becoming
> a ham. Had a woman with new mobile radio, power supply and mag-mount
> 6m/2m whip interested in becoming ham (referred her to ARRL-store for
> license manual and handbook). Pretty good turn-out of folks including
> some hams from the are.
> 
> Weather OK until about 3pm when it poured down for about an hour. Today
> looks better. AL7LE probably active until 1pm (27 hour limit).
> 
> I will have my IC9700 on 146.52 this morning until about 12:30om (when I
> leave to help tear-down and move tower-trailer to storage at KL7TC qth.
> 
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
> 
> On 6/23/2023 7:28 PM, Brandon Clark via ak-vhf wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ed,
> > 
> > Sounds like agood plan. Best of luck to you and the group over there. Be sure to get some photos.
> > 
> > Got the last of my gear packed for tomorrow. Only thing that didn't come together were the new 6M antennas. I need to get a spool gun to finish wepding the aluminum. With TIG DCEP didn't bond well, and DCEN just made a godawful mess. So no 6 M tomorrow.
> > 
> > Brandon Clark, KL7BSC
> > https://brandonclarklabs.com/
> > 
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> > 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > On Jun 23, 2023, 13:46, Ed Cole wrote:
> > 
> > > Haven't seen this go to the list. so resending On 6/23/2023 11:37 AM, Ed Cole wrote: > Brandon, > > Our (Moosehorn ARC) day will begin at 9am Sat (local) picking up our > trailers in Echo Lake to move to FD site near Challenger Center in > Kenai. Setting up will take at least an hour to get 20m yagi & station > going. May also hang a dipole for other bands. AL7LE is club callsign. > > I will have my 50w mobile station for 146.52 FM using 3-dBi whip. > Reaching Palmer area may be a bit of a challenge with just the mobile. > > We have a club potluck planned for afternoon so might get home by 3-4pm > to work 20m FT8 14.074 MHz. Will run 1D AK class at 100w into 3-elem > yagi at 50-foot. I can also monitor 146.52 with my dual 8-element yagis. > > -------- > Just started my computer on 14.074 and seeing DX from JA, DL, and UO so > band is open (Ant is my 6m 3-element yagi pointed NE). I have to > reconnect HF coax line after using that port for the 6m moxon in the > VHF Contest
> > > two week ago (moxin back in storage). > > Not sure how FD ops will be run by our club (usually quit at 24-hours) > to take down and store trailers. > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > > On 6/23/2023 10:43 AM, Brandon Clark via ak-vhf wrote: >> Hello group, >> >> Just a final reminder to everyone that tomorrow is the big day. I'm >> not sure how may stations Sean has lined up, but the FD packet he sent >> out went to seven email addresses. It might end up being quite the >> production tomorrow. >> >> I'll be running one of the HF stations as well as the VHF-UHF >> stations. Most likely I'll run VHF-UHF voice and HF digital, so that I >> can keep an ear on local contacts. >> >> The event starts at ten, so keep an ear on 146.52 FM and you'll >> probably hear me. With the yagis I should be able to reach the upper >> Kenai without issues. After making contact there I can help QSY you >> over to other ops on other bands, if you're available. I'm sure the >> team would love local contacts and
> 
> sup
> 
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