[ARC5] Field Day musings...

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 24 Jun 2013 at 15:28, Jason W6IEE wrote:

> I really like the idea of dragging a Viking II out to FD. ;) I've
> often thought of the idea of trying to do a vintage/military FD, and I
> think it needs to occur next year.
> 
> What needs to occur is that we need to start immediately pestering the
> heck out of the stick-in-the-muds in Newington to create a "Vintage"
> class for FD.

Hear, hear!!!! I second that motion! :-)

> Maybe even allow for "grid power" since we would have
> all those filaments to light. ;)
> 
> Heck, the league used an old Gil cartoon of a kid operating an ARC-5
> tx/rx pair in their promotional run-up this year for crying out loud!

That REALLY hurts. I do believe in my next e-mail the HQ, I'll bring that point 
up.

> How much fun would it be to use a FD setup like that, even if you
> didn't make a single stinking contact? Plenty!

Yes, indeed! :-)

Ken W7EKB