[Boatanchors] OT: You know it's hot when. . .

[Phil]

Every year TARC (Turlock Amateur Radio Club) has been VERY active on 
field day, planning it months in advance, having an Ice Cream Social at 
the last club meeting before FD (usually about two weeks) to set up who 
will work which bands/modes, equipment, food and so forth.  That Ice 
Cream Social was held last Tuesday and all went well.  They usually hold 
FD on some private property where there is an Almond Orchard, banks of a 
river etc.

Well, today for safety reasons the TARC Officials decided to completely 
cancel FD this year and have put the notices out, announcing it on the 
repeater during the W6BXN/R repeater ID's, etc. . .  It's ALWAYS hot 
here in the central valley at the end of June, but they were afraid that 
this heat wave that in in the middle of this year might cause some very 
severe medical problems, especially for the older members.  I don't 
think it's EVER been cancelled before.  This week the temps have been 
near record levels, right now (2:00PM) my outdoor remote thermometer 
says it's 108F outside, the "Weather Underground" web site says it's 
108.7F here in town.

This really doesn't affect my FD plans, I'd already planned on running 
it from home in "Class 1E" ( from home on emergency power).  I've done 
that for years, can't handle the heat of operating in a tent outside, etc.

-- 
73 From "The Beaconeer's Lair"
Specializing in DXing NDBs (Longwave Beacons)
Phil, KO6BB,  http://www.qsl.net/ko6bb/
KO6BB/B beacon, ~20W on 28.290 MHz, Ringo Vertical

HF/LF RADIOS:
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Icom:       IC-7200 Xceiver, DSP IF & filters (~2015).
Kenwood:    TS-450SAT Xceiver, cascaded 250/125Hz Inrad filters.
10M Beacon: Realistic HTX-100 on 28.290MHz
SDR:        Softrock Ensemble II LF (built from a kit 2017).

ACC:   HOMEBREW  LF-MF Pre-Amp, 8Hz Audio Filter.
        HOMEBREW  4 Port Antenna Multicoupler, Feeds 4 RX's.
        
ANTENNAS: 88 foot Long Ladder-line fed dipole, 35 feet AGL for MW/SW.
           Active Mini-Whip, 36 Feet AGL for LF/MW/SW.
           37 foot "Low Noise Vertical", 11 feet AGL for LF/MW/SW.
           Cushcraft AR-10 Ringo Vertical, 14 feet AGL for 10M beacon.
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